OK kids of the 70′s, who was raised with this book in regular rotation? I remember reading this with my mom, my dad, other family members…listening to the record for Boy Meets Girl. I still have my original copy, and it’s so loved! I’m almost afraid to open it up so it doesn’t disintegrate.
So I was overjoyed when I saw a 35th Anniversary edition. I bought it for me. Or so I thought. I read it cover to cover. The art has been updated, modernized. Which probably makes sense for the 5-yr-old in the other room. Or maybe not… Anyway. It sat on my floor in the “book pile” for about 3 weeks before A noticed it. I read her Boy Meets Girl and Ladies First! She loved them. It’s in regular rotation now. The updated version has a CD, but only 4 of the songs/stories. So I dug out the 70′s version on CD I got many years ago in anticipation of children. I haven’t given it to A yet. I listened to it in the car today on my (frustrating) drive to work. Such…great…memories…
Sesame Street still a child favorite…the Electric Company back on TV…Free to Be You and Me…it’s great to see my childhood favorites back in rotation for all those great lessons like tolerance, love, diversity. I just hope A continues to like them, and has the same appreciation 30 years from now.
