My Favorite Things

This book is incredible. It is very high quality and of excellent print material. The pictures are vivid and the text is wonderful to read. It is a nostalgic look at her life when she was young and one can easily relate to how rooms and things mean so much to us because of what took place there or what we did/where we took those objects. I find this book introspective and thoughtful. Definitely worth a reread over and over again. I loved this so much I also gave one as a gift. An excellent buy and super gift if you know someone who loves her stuff! Other thoughts: The quality of the actual book is excellent. The binding is of very high quality and has the nice added touch of being red fabric, lending itself to feeling like an old library book rather than a modern print. This went along perfectly with the books point of recalling memories and old objects. Also, each page has just the right amount of text and pictures on it--one does not overshadow the other. It is not crowded which is important given the artist's funky text type. This is by far my favorite one of her books and I love to curl up with it on a rainy day and reminisce about my won childhood memories!

I loved this book. A friend gave me a copy for Christmas and I bought my Amazon copy for my best friend's 97th birthday. And SHE loved the book. Maira Kalman is marvelous, funny, witty, clever, perfection. Her art is fresh and utterly appealing. One of my favorite books in my entire collection. A person cannot go wrong in purchasing "My Favorite Things."

If you like stuff, this book reinforces every purchase you've made and cherished. A slim but great coffee table book.

I love the illustrations, but was surprised that her short snippets and stories, especially about her mother actually made me cry. A really great reading experience.

A lovely thing, this book. Contemplative, tender, amusing, droll, perceptive. Ideal for those with magpie minds who like to mull things over and have their own collections of memories - and wish they had the wit and talent to gather them together in similarly creative ways. Writers, artists and curators of all things whimsical will delight in these pages. Kalman's hand-writing is also a delight - not a whiff or Arial, Verdana or Times New Roman in the whole thing.

This is my kind of favourite book! I love the gorgeous illustrations, the writing is great, and the book itself is well made and beautiful. Just the kind of book I love to read and enjoy over a nice cup of coffee on a sunny Sunday morning. Not long, just enjoyable and beautiful!

I do really love this artist and author, so I often buy her books either for myself or gifts. This is the second copy that I have purchased and it was perfect as promised by seller.

Love this book. Bought it to send to by sister-in-law. It arrived right on time and she loved it too. Also the price was better than the price at a local bookstore where I first bought mine.

Fabulous - wonderful, quirky. As always. Great gift, too.

私はMairaさんの作品をFood rules で知りました。とても素敵で、この本も買いましたが、これより Food rulesにある彼女のイラストがとても素敵です。

Como os outros livros da autora, ilustrações, algumas fotos e reflexões. Envio fotos de exemplo, inclusive com o conteúdo e as divisões do livro. Observar que na parte II são suas coisas favoritas de um museu em NY chamado "Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum".

I just bought 4 of Kalman's books after seeing one of them mentioned on a philosophy blog. They are beautiful, touching, a bit "off the beaten path", philosophical and funny. Every one of her books gives you something special to think about.

Maira Kalma is THE best, so of course this book is totally great.