Behind the Dark Windowshade

Caps for sale and other Great Tales

Esphyr Slobodkina’s award-winning children’s books have delighted children and parents for generations. Caps for Sale is a particular favorite, as is Sleepy ABC, which was written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Slobodkina. Please click on a thumbnail below to view sample pages and learn more about each text.

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Behind the Dark Window Shade, written and illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina. Published in 1958 by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.

In their city apartment, Judy and Jim try guess what is happening behind their neighbor's dark window shade. Luckily, just when they run out of guesses, the window shade flies up.