Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘The South Hams of Devonshire’ (1951) Artist: SR Badmin

Other work of the Ladybird artists Railway poster, circa 1930 ‘Great Yarmouth’ Artist: Septimus Scott

Tomorrow at lunchtime BBC Bargain Hunt is going to feature Ladybird books - and me - in the middle segment! Catch it if you can 😀

I do think this snippet of Ladybird wisdom will prove useful one day (Leaders: Tea, 1981)

Before Peter and Jane, it was Bunnikin’s Picnic Party! Natasha Raskin Sharp talks Ladybird books with collector Helen Day.

Picking blackberries (In the Country, 1954) Artist: A Buchanan

The 1950s really were a golden age for commercial illustration. So much delight in colour and story-telling. (Afraid I’ve no idea who the artist is)

Fascinating to learn how global best-selling crime author Lee Child Jack Reacher Books was inspired by a Ladybird Book he read as a four-year-old, with thanks to John Wilson and Helen Day. christiantoday.com/article/top.cr…

The modern world in old Ladybirds books. ‘Telecommunications’ "If a policeman does not telephone the police station at the proper time, a patrol car will be sent out to see if he has had an accident..." (The Policeman, 1962) Artist: John Berry

And somehow it’s time for the first page of ‘What to Look for in Autumn’. Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Ladybird villains. Confronting the Bridge Troll Artist: Robert Lumley (1968)

The modern world in old Ladybird books (1967) “Graceful steel pylons stretch in lines across the fields, taking electricity to towns, and villages” (I get the feeling nature-loving artist Ronald Lampitt wasn’t convinced)

Other work by the Ladybird artists The English Lakes British Railways poster Artist: Ronald Lampitt

Going to School, 1959. Artist: Harry Wingfield

The modern world in old Ladybird books, 1968. “Perhaps we have too much music now - and because it is so easily obtained, we make too little effort to listen to it” Writer: Geoffrey Brace Artist: MartinAitchison ‘The Story of Music’

September garden Artist: HarryWingfield (Helping at Home, 1961)

A goodbye to my lovely bookshed ladybirdflyawayhome.com/goodbye-to-the…

‘Wild Flowers of Late Summer and Autumn’ by M de Sausmarez (not a Ladybird artist but I’m allowed a day off)

The Ladybird living-room (Picture Reading, 1973) Artist: Harry Wingfield

On this day 6th September 1651 Charles II evaded capture by the Parliamentarians by hiding in an oak tree (Charles ll, 1960) Artist: John Kenney