Jan 5: The Brownies Primer
The Brownies Primer by Palmer Cox (PDF ebook) – One of the most popular children’s illustrators in the late 1800s was Palmer Cox, who created the amazing “Brownies” for the pages of ST. NICHOLAS magazine in the 1870s, and later a whole series of Brownies books. Cox drew incredibly intricate pictures of his playful Brownies, often with hundreds of brownies on every page. Amazingly, each brownie character was unique and possessed its own personality. If your kids have never seen these before, they are in for a real treat. They are a little like “Where’s Waldo?” in that you can just about make a game of every full page illustration, trying to spot your favorite brownies.
The Brownies Primer is a fine beginning reader primer using many delightful illustrations from various Cox books. Use it for reading, for coloring, or just for plain fun, exploring these amazing pictures. Be sure to leave a comment if you’d like to see more of the Brownies, as we have a couple more rare educational Brownie resources we could also share here if there is a demand for them. Enjoy!
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January 5th, 2009 at 4:32 am
Silly me. I thought this would be recipes for yummy brownies
I think my children will like this better. Now I have to make some brownies–my taste buds are all set for them 
January 5th, 2009 at 6:45 am
I would love to see more Brownies! Thank you for everything!!!!
January 5th, 2009 at 6:58 am
I would love to see more of these. I am sure all children will love them.
January 5th, 2009 at 7:36 am
We LOVE the brownies!!! We want more, more, more!!
Please!
January 5th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Thank you! I would like to see more Brownies…we like them!
January 5th, 2009 at 8:24 am
What a wonderful resource! This one will be printed, cover laminated and bound! Thank you so much!
January 5th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Brownies, very cute. Please bring more of these to us. Thanks
January 5th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
This is so cute!!! Thank you!
January 5th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
This is a great book. I wish I had beginning readers still at home. Since I don’t, I will save it for my grandchildren. Thank you.
January 5th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
A great way to start out the new year. We like the brownies, too.
Thanks Mr. Jim
We wish you many blessings in 2009 as you are a blessing to so many!
January 5th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Definitely bring out more Brownies! Thanks for all you do!
January 6th, 2009 at 4:57 am
love all the freebies that you send our way. The Brownies are by far some of the best. Keep it up Erskine family.
January 6th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Thank you – we’d love to see more! My 8-year-old has already started coloring, and looks forward to reading to our 4-year-old friend.
January 6th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
My sons who are still at home are very behind for there ages. This is exactly the type of thing I pray will ignite them to the world of reading. It is so much harder dealing with these last two at this end of things contrasted to our older 3 who were more the opposite at least the 1st and 3rd were. So please bring out the others you have available.
Thank you I loved the Christmas time ones as well, recipes and favorite ones I had missed before. Thank you for all you do.
January 7th, 2009 at 10:57 am
More Brownies, please! Love that artwork!