Retro Kid

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About Retro Kid

Welcome to the New Improved Retro Kid!

We are interested in illustrated children's books from the mid-1940's through the mid-1960's, give or take a few years. As long as it has that cool, mid-century modern stylized look that was so popular during that time. Some of what I dig are books and anything illustrated by Mary Blair, JP Miller, The Provensen's, Art Seiden, Aurelius Battaglia, and the like. I'm not limiting to just these illustrators, but willing to be open to just about anything similar.

This group is not limited to just children's books, but also anything that was illustrated for kids at that time: albums, 45's, commercials, magazine ads, games, toys, etc. If it's retro, and it looks cool, let's see it! (See below for examples.)

INDEX: Thanks to the ever diligent ticky tacky, Retro Kid has a submissions index -- a document itemizing every submission to the group, listed by title of book, illustrator, publication year, and poster's name. This is a great resource for the collector, and will be updated regularly.

Thanks to Matt of Scubbles fame, you can download the most recent index (as of 5/23/06) HERE.

Feel free to check out my blog, as well. Occasionally I'll talk about these books and illustrators from time to time: The Ward-O-Matic

HERE is a brief but glorious parade of wonderful examples from The Retro Kid:


Image courtesy of Glen Mullaly.


Image courtesy of MrMack.


Image courtesy of rock-paper-scissors.


Image courtesy of Julia (Ticky Tacky).


Image courtesy of grickily.


Image courtesy of Glen Mullaly.


Image courtesy of David at Klockarp Foundation.


Image courtesy of Eric Sturdevant.


Image courtesy of Leif Peng.