Scored a great haul of old kids' books

A nice neighborhood was having a sale today and tomorrow and I stopped at a few houses over lunch. One place had a wonderful stash of kids' books, which was apparently much bigger at the start of the day. The man at the sale said, "She taught first through third grade, so they're mostly books for little kids."
Then a little later, "Are you a home schooler?"
Nope, but I might be before too much longer.
Anyway, the kid who picked these books must have had the exact same taste in reading that I did. I vividly remember reading both of these:

In the King book, a King without a kingdom goes on an adventure (naturally) and meets six friends along the way (I like ensemble casts). Each has a special power: one is a snake, another a fire, another an ax. Each one helps the out-of-work king, Zar, pass the three challenges required to win the princess's hand. Beautiful illustrations.

In the Snake book, a cowboy sign painter knows how to speak snake, "I worked one time don in Oklahoma territory, painting signs along the 'Strip.' Were a sight of snakes there, and almost no people, so if I wanted anybody to talk to, I had to learn snake," and befriends a bull snake who grows to an enormous size. The drawings in this book are beautiful too, all black and white line drawings.


I got this painting too with the idea of revising it, as this crafter did. Love the colors in it too.
I was thinking of cutting up some of the picture books to use for decoupage or as pictures in my kid's room, but I may not be able to bring myself to do that. We'll see.

Poopy day at work, but we had a fun picnic this evening. TF got the bubs out of day care early and they went to our favorite park down on the river. I picked up some snacky dinner stuff and we had a lovely dinner. Love my family so much.