The Up And Down Book

By Mary Blair. Published by Penguin Random House. Originally Published by Golden Books. 

Board Book, 26 pages, Colour, 1964.

THE BUG CRAWLS UP. The bug crawls down. . . . My umbrella goes up when the rain comes down.

Mary Blair’s bright, whimsical artwork captures the wonderment of children exploring their world. Sturdy board pages will let children enjoy this classic again and again.

Mary Blair was a prominent concept artist for the Walt Disney Company and worked on such films as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the South, and Cinderella. Several children’s books she illustrated in the 1950s remain in print today, including I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss and Baby’s Houseby Gelolo McHugh. In 1991 she was posthumously inducted into the Disney Legends hall of fame.