Friday, March 27, 2009

my barbapapa collection: coin bank

In a previous post last month, I had mentioned that one of my fave childhood books is the Barbapapa series. I have been collecting random Barbapapa items over the years both old and new, so I thought I would post up one of them today. This is a wooden coin bank I got from a local store (it's Barbalib - the nerdy book reader... er, for any other fanatics out there!). I was so happy to see that a French wooden toy company called Vilac was rereleasing new Barba-items... not sure how I will resist getting more of these! Will update some more from my collection from time to time, so stay tuned!

10 comments:

LillyShayStyle said...

I had never heard of these, but they sure are cute!

Unknown said...

taking a lil breather from my busy day - i LOVE the barbapapas! (and barbamamas, and barbababies...)

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Tessa said...

Wow I read these books when I was a kid! I can't remember how many times... but my books are all well worn. I'm really digging that coin bank!

Rick said...

I've never heard of those. I like it!

TheSeaWithin said...

Wow! That is fabulous! I never knew they made banks of barbapapas! I love the barbapapas! Share your other items!

Little Gray Pixel said...

No wonder you collect 'em, they're fabulous!

Lauren said...

How interesting! I should check this out...

CaffeinatedFrenzy said...

I've never heard of them, but it's adorable :)

Unknown said...

Hi Valerie, my daughter and I love barbapapa, I use to read them and watch on tv too when I was a kid. Now my 3 year old love them too. I'm also in Vancouver and I was wondering which local store you found some of th,one items.