Comments on: The Whole Year Through: The Children’s Friend, 1952

By: Matt W.'s wife

Matt W.'s wife — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:53:00 +0000

So fun. Keepitacomin.

By: LT

LT — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:02:44 +0000

I love how there is a different one for England and for Scotland, rather than lumping them all together into the “UK” or “Great Britain” like we tend to do now. I’m sure both Scottish and English grandmothers rejoiced

By: kevinf

kevinf — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:36:21 +0000

Ardis, this is from my birth year. Of course, I remember all of them distinctly. Fun stuff.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:16:37 +0000

I think so, Maurine. They aren’t all signed, but all that *are* signed are by Nelson White (don’t know anything about him). The style of the set makes it seem likely that he did them all.

Okay, who’s going to find out about Nelson White?

By: Maurine

Maurine — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:57:15 +0000

Although each cover is delightful, seeing them as a whole is much more meaningful. Are they all done by the same artist, do you know?

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:21:59 +0000

Thanks, ellen. This particular set of covers has a Disneyesque “It’s a Small, Small World” flavor to them — on the other hand, this is very early in the period when we began to realize that ours was destined to be a world-wide church, and I wonder if features like this didn’t help our Primary children take baby-steps toward understanding what that would mean.

By: ellen

ellen — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:31:34 +0000

these are fun! i liked the series you did before christmas and also the pioneer images in july. i don’t know of a topic i would especially like to see. i just enjoy your finding the themes.