Book By Its Cover » The Lollypop Factory

5.3.07

The Lollypop Factory

Mary Elting/ Jeanne Bendick

I bought this book for reference for a website job Also is currently working on. A client mentioned this book from his childhood and told us he wanted an illustration style similar to this. I found it on ebay for a few dollars and it came in the mail last week. It’s old-copyright 1946, first edition. It seemes like the kind of book I had in my elementry school library. It’s an easy-reader about all different kinds of factories- lollypop, automobile, pencil, ice cream, dolls- all things kids are interested in. I’m sure the the machinery they describe is completely outdated now but it’s still fun to read and the illustrations are great. There’s two variations in color used in them- red, green and black or tan and black. There’s a really nice pattern on the end pages too. You can pick up a copy of this book on ebay- there’s a few up with different covers here.

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4 Comments

05/3/07 1:55pm

Caitlin wrote

In the olden days, crackers used to walk out of the factory all by themselves!
This looks like a nice book and the cover is great too.

05/3/07 4:02pm

Janet wrote

Love that old style of illustration and colors limited by the printing process.

05/10/07 8:34pm

Matt wrote

Jeanne Bendick really is a master of using line and contrast to move your eye around. And that rough shading is so unpredictable, but it all seems to fit together so well. Great illustrations and lots of candy, who else wants to live in the 50’s?

10/11/07 12:48am

MARK wrote

Jeanne Bendick did a ton of books starting in the 40’s and seems to be still working today (she is 88). We have collected about 30 of her books for our kids so far… mostly the home schooling “My First Book Of…” series… She wrote some and illustrated some and did both for some… but her 40’s-50’s drawing style really blows me away the most and ‘the Lollypop Factory’ is her crowning achievement in my opinion. By the way, ALSO did a FANTASTIC job on the website! Thank you!!!

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