We at the Laughing Elephant have a weakness not just for elephants that laugh, but all animals. We have found a delightfully illustrated and funny book that does these various farm animals justice, in their full laughing glory.

Ha- Ha Farm is a faithful reproductions of the 1944 original by Thirma & Carlyle Leech. It is a mechanical book, for a small child, which tells the simple story of the farm, in a pleasing rhyming format. The mechanical movements invite the child to help the animals laugh. A perfect gift for any child who like their fancies tickled.

Combining a vintage aesthetic with modern party needs, parents can throw a fun, different children’s party with the help of this title. The occasions included are New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and, of course, Birthdays. The book features ideas for invitations, decorations for both the rooms and tables, menus and games to
play. And though the material that inspired and illustrates Children’s Party Book is from the past, the ideas are fresh and stylish and sure to appeal to today’s party givers.

NOTE: If you have a copy of the Children’s Party Book and would like additional party templates, simply email mail@laughingelephant.com and put PARTY TEMPLATES in the subject line and we will send you PDF versions to use.

This is the second set of three full-color activity books, each featuring different activities origanlly done by the great illustrator, George Carlson.

Though originally published in the 1930s, these books embody the timeless appeal for children of the activity book. A clown helps you perform a trick, a rabbit and a duck in a wild hat guide you through a pencil maze and a bear in a suit watches as you connect the dots.

Children will enjoy these delightful small books on car trips, or at home during quiet non-internet moments.

The booklets featured in this set are; Mazes, Connect the Dots and Simple Magic Tricks and are all enclosed in a beautiful slipcover box.

This volume evokes children’s teatime through images from antique children’s books. It shows solitary teas, teas with pets, teas with toys, teas with guests, and children having tea with adults. It also includes recipes for alternate beverages and simple treats and baked goods.

Teatime is a pause in the late afternoon at which we partake of a light meal of some sort, but also, more importantly, calm the spirit by the enactment of a familiar ritual. Children’s Teatime differs in that the ceremony is being learned, rather than perfectly reenacted. Sometimes a child’s tea party does not involve food or beverage at all, because the essence of teatime lies in the act rather than the refreshment.

Deborah Thomas is a lifelong tea connoisseur who, at the invitation of schools or families, teaches children how to prepare and enjoy tea.

The continuing manufacture of children’s tea services, coupled with the abundance of tea party imagery in children’s books old and new, tells us that the teatime tradition remains fascinating to children.

A box of 3 booklets of puzzles and other challenging entertainments for children — Fun-Time Puzzles, Fun-Time Games, and Fun-Time Drawing.

These delightful entertainments were created by George Carlson, who is best known as an illustrator of the Uncle Wiggily stories. These puzzles, mazes and other pictorial challenges are ones a child can accomplish alone, leaarning and enjoying at the same time.

Fun-Time Library is superior to most books of this ilk because of the high-quality art, the ingenuity of the exercises and the infectious good humor which informs the whole.

A book of simple crafts for children six and older.

We believe that modern life requires of us too little creativity; that living in a world where everything is done and made for you has disadvantages aw well as advantages. Most of us are deprived of the deep satisfactions which come from making things with our hands.

This book is a compilation of simple craft projects drawn from old books and magazines. None of them require special equipment (just yarn, cardboard, etc.), and are within the capabilities of most children.

Projects include: a clown riding on the back of a giraffe, a tiny merry-go-round, a paper May basket, a little house with cardboard inhabitants, handmade greeting cards and many more.

In the 1950s Children’s Activities Magazine ran a delightful monthly feature. Children from all over America submitted recipes which they had successfully prepared. An illustrator named Sonia Roetter added a little drawing to each recipe, and a whimsical and useful page was created for each month.

We repirnt, in Fun in the Kitchen, more than a hundred of our favorite entries from the many hundreds which were run in the life of the column. they are simple enough to be cooked by children eight years and older. We have added a little color to the images in a manner which we think would have pleased the artist. Our staff chef has examined all the instructions for reasonableness.