A small boy in a red robe, chin in hand, watches snow fall over a town of red-roofed houses while his dog and cat keep watch beside him. This 1956 Abingdon Press picture book, illustrated by Lloyd Dotterer, comes from a Tennessee church library and still carries its library pocket and card.
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Author: Carolyn Muller Wolcott
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Illustrator: Lloyd Dotterer
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Publisher: Abingdon Press
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Copyright: 1956, Pierce and Washabaugh
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Format: Hardcover, pictorial cover, no dust jacket
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Dimensions: 7.25 inches Tall x 8.75 inches Wide (landscape)
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Condition: Very Good. The covers shows wear and stains, lightly bumped corners, consistent with age. There is no foxing, toning or yellowing, no tears or loose pages, and no writing on the story text. This is a former church library copy with a memorial bookplate, a church stamp and number, a small price of $0.25 handwritten in ink on the front free endpaper, and the original library pocket, checkout card and date-due slip. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.
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Shipping: Eligible for USPS Media Mail, our most economical shipping option. Delivery can take up to 8 business days and is not guaranteed, so please choose the method that best fits your timeline at checkout.
The cover carries the same artwork as the jacket: the boy at the window, the dog, the cat, the clock tower and the falling snow. The illustrations are printed in two colors, red and yellow, with soft gray pencil doing the fine detail. The book was lithographed in the USA. In the story, a mother shares with her young son the many ways God cares for him: through the people in his life, such as his parents, grandparents and sister, and through something God has placed in each of us so that we can help care for ourselves. The front free endpaper holds a bookplate: "Presented to Round Lick Library, In Memory of Mrs. Winnie Payne, By Mrs. Juanita Johnson, May 1977." The book is stamped by Round Lick Baptist Church of Watertown, Tennessee, and numbered #741. The pocket in the back still holds the original checkout card and a date-due slip showing its borrowing history.
Stand it on a nursery shelf with the snowy window scene facing out, or slip it into a Sunday-school or church library, where it will feel at home. The pocket, checkout card and stamp tell the story of a book lent and returned in a small-town church. It's for collectors of vintage children's books and mid-century illustration, for anyone who loves library ephemera, and a thoughtful gift for a child.
Carolyn Muller Wolcott wrote several small picture books for Abingdon Press about God's part in a child's everyday life, including God Gave Us Seasons and God Made Me to Grow (1960). Kirkus reviewed the latter as one of a series. Abingdon is the book-publishing arm of the Methodist Publishing House. This copy has a history of its own. In 1977 a congregation member gave it to the Round Lick Library in memory of a loved one, and the church stamped it, numbered it, and lent it out.
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