It only takes one visit to know you have stumbled upon not just something, but someone special. I wanted to know more about the woman with the exquisite eye for design and vintage books. Meet Gina of Laguna Vintage.
Kellie: You have exquisite taste in vintage children’s books. I just can’t get enough of your account.
K: How long have you been a vintage book collector?


G: Yes, I was, and I can remember the first book I read all the way through by myself: it was The Best Nest by P. D. Eastman, and I read it over and over and over, and I can still recite most of it to this day. It’s funny because I really am such a nester and I still find the book so appealing.

The picture book that I remember with the most joy is Patsy Scarry’s Big Bedtime Story Book illustrated by Cyndy Szekeres. It brings back everything that was wild and nature-centred about my childhood. I thought I lived in that house in the tree in those overgrown woods. Later on, in grade school, I read a lot of Nancy Drew. And by middle school, I was devouring sci-fi.



G: There are so many books illustrated by Evaline Ness that I’ve yet to see.

G: This question makes me laugh! My books are in no way organized. It is possible that I am the most disorganized person on earth. This fall I did buy a new bookcase with glass doors, so my most special books are in there.

K: In closing do you have anything else to share?

You can follow Gina along at Laguna Vintage and shop her incredible book selection in her Etsy shop also linked in her profile.
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