Whitney Darrow, Jr.: A Child's Garden of Misinformation

A Child's Garden of Misinformation is the subtitle to Kids Sure Rite Funny!, Art Linkletter's 1962 compendium of children's classroom writing that turned out to be unintentionally humorous. The illustrator is The New Yorker's Whitney Darrow, Jr. A generous promotional magazine excerpt is shown here. Now it's election season in the U.S. and our unique brand of misinformation is in the headlines, so it might be nice to be misled for a change by the innocent youngsters of yore.

A Child's Garden of Misinformation
From Kids Sure Rite Funny! (1962) collected by Art Linkletter
Whitney Darrow, Jr.

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Robin and Al's Copy of Art Linkletter's Kids Sure Rite Funny!

Art Linkletter (1912-2010) was a television personality and the compiler of the well-known Kids Say the Darndest Things! (1957). He was also the author-editor of other such compilations, including Kids Sure Rite Funny!: A Child's Garden of Misinformation (1962). Tom Bloom shares a copy of this latter book with us that is inscribed by illustrator Whitney Darrow, Jr. (1909-1999), with a sketch made in the year of publication. It is signed also by the author some forty-one years later with an enthusiastic "Me, too!!"

Kids Sure Rite Funny!: A Child's Garden of Misinformation (1962)
Compiled by Art Linkletter
Illustrated by Whitney Darrow, Jr.

Photograph by Tom Bloom

Inscribed by Whitney Darrow, Jr., "For Robin/& Al/from Whitney/Dec. 2-1962"
 with a sketch of a boy riting funny.
Inscribed with a heart "Me, too!!/Art Linkletter/ 5/5/03"
 in Kids Sure Rite Funny!: A Child's Garden of Misinformation (1962)

Photograph by Tom Bloom

Note:  My thanks once again to Tom Bloom for contributing these photographs of this uniquely twice-signed book. This is Tom's ninth contribution to the blog.

To me, this doubly-signed book recalls Frank Crowninshield's copy of The Prince of Wales and Other Famous Americans which bears two self-portraits by Miguel Covarrubias drawn eighteen years apart. Read all about it here. 

Other books uniquely signed, inscribed, drawn upon, or otherwise embellished by New Yorker personalities are eagerly sought after for inclusion on this blog. Please have your cameras and scanners at the ready.

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