Considered one of the most influential artists at Disney, who was credited with the creation of "It's A Small World," Mary Blair's illustration work is apparently quite scarce. Particularly the giant-sized Golden Book of Little Verses which...oh, wait, there's one on abebooks right now in fine condition for $56. So what's the big whoop?
Anyway, the not-for-profit Hollywood Animation Archive Project is running Mary Blair week on their site, and has posted the first batch of scans from Little Verses [minus the verses themselves, odd.] Nice stuff.
Mary Blair's Little Verses Part One [animationarchive via boingboing]
Sweet.
There's also a nice flickr set of vintage kids illustrations, including some by Mary Blair:
http://flickr.com/groups/retrokid/pool/
I have a book called "I Can Fly" illustrated by Mary Blair - lovely stuff. It was mine when I was a kid, and now it's my daughter's - taped back together and all. I highly recommend it!
The copy of Little Verses at abebooks isn't there any more. I had a feeling that would happen!
Thanks for the link
Stephen Worth
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
[d'oh, sorry, I mean, thanks, I mean, you're welcome, I mean... -ed.]