Ajax, the Golden Dog
Look what I found!
When I was a kid, my mom bought a set of Collier's encyclopedia that came with a ten-volume set of kids' books, Collier's Junior Classics.
The encyclopedia had great stuff like a dissected frog printed on clear plastic, so you could turn the pages and see the different organs.
Each of the kids' books had a theme - "Ajax, the Golden Dog" is the first story in Volume 4, "Just Around the Corner," with excerpts from books focussed on different countries.
My brothers and I read and re-read the stories in these books, and my mother still has them on her shelves.
When I saw this set in a thrift store the other day, I snapped them up! For ten dollars!
My real-life Ajax, named after my memory of this story, says, "What? Why did you call my name and wake me up?"
Labels: antique/estate/thrift store finds, dogs
posted by Alwen | 11:59 AM
7 Comments:
Don't you love when you come across books you remember from childhood?!
What a treasure! The books AND the bowser!
I loved the encyclopedias we had as a kid. We also had Literary Classics which had been my dad's. I have most of them now and my kids loved the ones about the gods and goddesses.
beautiful Ajax pic - he probably thinks the story pooch is named after HIM not the other way round :]
Is that "Australia" I spot at the start of the story? If so, amazing! Have never heard of this story. But great find - I love finding childhood books again as an adult.
And look at your Ajax - think we should see more of him!
Hello Ajax!
remarkable knitting - gives me a headache just trying to keep track of all those!
Ooh, I love finding things like that! I especially love getting to share them with the girls... (also, btw, the lace is looking fabulous)
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