Thursday, November 6, 2008

Unicef booklets, 1973




These front and back booklets flip up at the waist to show a small booklet with black and white line drawings and story describing each country. Turn the booklet around and you get a different doll and story. Art and story by Barby and Glen Peterson, for the United States Committee for Unicef.

Juliana and Kwesi are the sides of one booklet, the others: Casimir and Nadia; Shalu and Olav; and Floridor and Hanako. I don't know how many are in this series, but it is very well done.

2 comments:

  1. Do you know if these have any value? I uncovered a set of four in pretty solid condition and was just wondering if there is any kind of market for them

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  2. Not sure, always hard to tell with late 20th cent.paper collectibles. I think they would have value for anyone who collects ephemera related to children's play things, children's literature and global outreach during the cold war era.

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