Look what I found.

[SweetWitch]

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/Molly_Wens/augie.jpg

Somehow, this little gem made its way to my daughter's toybox. It's an Alan-Jay Clarolyte squeak toy that I won at a birthday party when I was five. I named him Augie, after Augie Doggie, a Chicago TV puppet. (I believe he was named for Augie Busch.)

Ah, the memories...

Anyone else have any little jewels like this lying around?

 

[voluptuary_manque]

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/Molly_Wens/augie.jpg

Somehow, this little gem made its way to my daughter's toybox. It's an Alan-Jay Clarolyte squeak toy that I won at a birthday party when I was five. I named him Augie, after Augie Doggie, a Chicago TV puppet. (I believe he was named for Augie Busch.)

Ah, the memories...

Anyone else have any little jewels like this lying around?

Not that I can think of. I was too "bookie" a kid for much in the way of toys, in spite of my baffled parents' best efforts. Finally they just gave up and built bookshelves on three walls of my bedroom and added a club chair. Talk about a happy camper . . .

 

[SweetWitch]

Not that I can think of. I was too "bookie" a kid for much in the way of toys, in spite of my baffled parents' best efforts. Finally they just gave up and built bookshelves on three walls of my bedroom and added a club chair. Talk about a happy camper . . .

Got any good first editions?

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Got any good first editions?

Yup. Frank Frazetta's Pillow Book and boxed copy of Summer's Salmon along with a couple of limited edition books from Safari Press.

 

[john-the-author]

I have my stuffed bear from when I was very, very small. And I have some of the books given to me as a boy, including an edition of Rutabaga Stories when I was 6 or 7 and the Rabbit Who Lost His Fur. A few of them that I grew up with one of my sisters has in her children's book collection but I've been able to buy replacement copies of them.

Did anyone else have the Book House Book series when they were young?

 

[DesertPirate]

We are now looking for a white stuffed puppy with tan/gold floppy ears(maybe 7 inches long) to pass to the youngest granddaughter. If we can figure out where our older granddaughter put it. I remember it from the first house I knew. We moved when I was 7.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

I still have my very first teddy bear and a stuffed elephant from when I was a child.

 

[tickledkitty]

My daughter has all my books, my Barbies, Dawn dolls, Rock Flowers, assorted baby dolls, and my porcelain tea set. She loves all that old crap. I'm amazed at how poorly the Barbies have held up. The legs come right off.

She has my jewelry too. She especially treasures the gold heart-shaped locket I got for Christmas when I was 8 or 9.

 

[Boxlicker101]

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/Molly_Wens/augie.jpg

Somehow, this little gem made its way to my daughter's toybox. It's an Alan-Jay Clarolyte squeak toy that I won at a birthday party when I was five. I named him Augie, after Augie Doggie, a Chicago TV puppet. (I believe he was named for Augie Busch.)

Ah, the memories...

Anyone else have any little jewels like this lying around?

Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy were cartoon characters in the Sixties. See the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augie_Doggie_and_Doggie_Daddy

The link doesn't give any date, but I remember them from that decade.

 

[Katyusha]

I still have three of my baby blankets. Incredible that they haven't disintegrated yet.

 

[SweetWitch]

Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy were cartoon characters in the Sixties. See the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augie_Doggie_and_Doggie_Daddy

The link doesn't give any date, but I remember them from that decade.

LOL. You're absolutely right. I think I had actually named him Cuddly Dudley. That's what the puppet's name was, anyway.

 

[Emperor_Nero]

LOL. You're absolutely right. I think I had actually named him Cuddly Dudley. That's what the puppet's name was, anyway.

Ah ... the old Ray Rayner show. What would childhood mornings in Chicago have been without him

 

[voluptuary_manque]

LOL. You're absolutely right. I think I had actually named him Cuddly Dudley. That's what the puppet's name was, anyway.

Augie Doggy, Quick-Draw McGraw, El Kabong, not really on par with Rocky and Bullwinkle but plenty funny all the same. And you had to love the dog and his biscuit.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Augie Doggy, Quick-Draw McGraw, El Kabong, not really on par with Rocky and Bullwinkle but plenty funny all the same. And you had to love the dog and his biscuit.

Rocky and Bullwinkle were great, but aimed at an entirely different audience - young adults. Augie Doggie and Quick Draw and Yogi and Huckleberry and Snagglepuss and Yacky Doodle and Pixie & Dixie were intended for kids.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Rocky and Bullwinkle were great, but aimed at an entirely different audience - young adults. Augie Doggie and Quick Draw and Yogi and Huckleberry and Snagglepuss and Yacky Doodle and Pixie & Dixie were intended for kids.

I was watching them all from childhood on up. Anyone remember Crusader Rabbit?

 

[Elianna]

My mom is a pack rat so I have my baby blankets still, the stuffed toy my great-aunt brought when I was born (a dog named fido) and several other aged stuffed toys, too.

Alas, I don't have my "little golden books" anymore, nor do I have my favorite book "Dog Party" from Dr. Seuss. *sighs* They were may favorites!



Makes me all warm and fuzzy remembering.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

My mom is a pack rat so I have my baby blankets still, the stuffed toy my great-aunt brought when I was born (a dog named fido) and several other aged stuffed toys, too.

Alas, I don't have my "little golden books" anymore, nor do I have my favorite book "Dog Party" from Dr. Seuss. *sighs* They were may favorites!



Makes me all warm and fuzzy remembering.

My childhood books didn't last, either. I 'bout read the print clean off 'em.

 

[Emperor_Nero]

Don't have a lot from my childhood (my mother was a purger, not a saver) ... but my oldest still has my original copy of this

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj193/Emperor-Nero/MonsterBook.jpg

 

[SweetWitch]

Don't have a lot from my childhood (my mother was a purger, not a saver) ... but my oldest still has my original copy of this

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj193/Emperor-Nero/MonsterBook.jpg

I used to have that one. Loved it. That and "Where the Wild Things Are.
"http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/Molly_Wens/61PJi28p9EL__SL500_BO2204203200_PIs.jpg

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I used to have that one. Loved it. That and "Where the Wild Things Are.
"http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh34/Molly_Wens/61PJi28p9EL__SL500_BO2204203200_PIs.jpg

Where the Wild Things Are! A modern classic.

 

[impressive]

I have my original set of Dr. Seuss books.

 

[starrkers]

We still have my original The Cat in the Hat and The Cat in The Hat Comes Back, and a bunch of other Suess books from my childhood. We have some double ups because my brother in law gave all his to our lot too - we'll have to round 'em all up soon and give them back. His son started crawling yesterday.

 

[TE999]

I have a mechanical dog that was an Xmas present when I was 4. The fur's pretty rough but it still works! Runs around, sits up and begs and yips. It was made in Occupied Japan.

 

[_Lynn_]

I have the lamb that I was given when I was born.
It used to be fluffy and white.
There's a music box in the stomach that doesn't work anymore.
Years ago my mom had to sew a patch over it to keep that in.

I also have a doll called Tammy...similar to a Barbie doll.
She was cheaper, though.

 

[DesertPirate]

I have my original set of Dr. Seuss books.

My grandkids have mine

And the ones we added