Comments on: Ladybird Books

By: eszter

eszter — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Wow, interesting stroll down memory lane! Those ladybugs look very familiar as do some of the covers like the one on Helping at Home. http://www.mintylou.connectfree.co.uk/series/563helphome15p.jpg
So there you were in Ireland reading this stuff while I was sitting in Hungary reading this stuff (okay, let’s not exaggerate, I didn’t speak English then I was just looking at the pictures) and twenty years later we end up sharing an office where we never once talk about Piggly. Had we only known about this bond…

By: George V. Reilly

George V. Reilly — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I remember the Ladybird books from growing up in Ireland too. In retrospect, they seem quintessentially English, in an old-fashioned sort of way.

Some of the Ladybird books were translated into Irish. I dimly recall reading Ned the Lonely Donkey as “Neidin an t-asal ?lonely?”.

By: George V. Reilly

George V. Reilly — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I remember the Ladybird books from growing up
in Ireland too. In retrospect, they seem
quintessentially English, in an old-fashioned
sort of way.

Some of the Ladybird books were translated into
Irish. I dimly recall reading Ned the Lonely Donkey as
“Neidin an t-asal ?lonely?”

By: Helen Day

Helen Day — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

If this talk of Ladybird books makes you nostalgic, if you want to find more out about old Ladybird books and see pictures of books you sort of remember, have a look at my site: http://www.ladybirdflyawayhome.com. Yes, there were Ladybird books in Gaelic and Welsh and Chinese, Arabic, Africaans, Maltese (no really) and I think about 20 more languages…

By: Crooked Timber

Crooked Timber — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Ladybird books

Michael Brooke has a post up today about Ladybird books and their value to collectors. This sent my scurrying to look for an old post of mine on the subject from back when I was Junius. It had disappeared from…