Alexandra G. Skinner, 10-15-84

My daughter Alexandra is 33 today.

Unfortunately, I cannot spend it with her, but I can remember her favorite book as a two-year old.

But I can’t find a copy of “I’m a Little House.”

It was part of a series by “I.M. Tubby,” a fictional author of vinal plastic books meant to withstand feeding and baths.

Published by Little Simon (ISBN 978067145556680 in 1982, the year of Alexandra’s birth.

How do I know the ISBN number?

The new Children’s Librarian at the Crystal Lake Public Library, Jennifer Drinka, came to speak to my Crystal Lake Kiwanis Club a bit over two weeks ago and I asked her if she could locate the book.

She found out about the book, but couldn’t find a library that stocked it.

She even looked at antique book stores.  It wasn’t there either.

I wanted to illustrate this story with a copy of parts of it, but no one has uploaded an image that I could find.

In any event, I remember most of the text:

I’m a little house.

I have a little Mommy.

I have a little Daddy.

I have a little baby who gets lots of kisses.  (You can guess what happens when this page is read.)

I have a little doggie.

I have a little kitty.

I’m as happy as can be.

Won’t you come live with me?

I may have missed a line or two, but you get the picture.