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Aardema, Verna. WHY MOSQUITOES BUZZ IN PEOPLE’S EARS. Dial Books 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket. Caldecott Medal winner for 1976. In this beautiful and imaginative, uniquely illustrated picture book of an African tale, Mosquito learns her lesson and gives up telling tall tales. NOT ex-lib. 0803760892. (#) Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.50.
Ackerman, Karen. SONG AND DANCE MAN. Alfred Knopf 1988 BCE. Hardcover. Caldecot Medal 1989. Very Good. $3.
Adler, David. THE HOUSE ON THE ROOF, A Sukkot Story. Bonim Books, Hebrew Publishing 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Marilyn Hirsh. A wonderful Jewish story of an old man and his grandchildren celebrating Sukkot. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good with library pocket; no library marks on dust jacket. $7.50.
Aesop. THE AESOP FOR CHILDREN With Pictures by Milo Winter. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1994, first published 1919. Sonlight 1 & 2. 0590479776. Very Good. $3.
Alexander, Martha. BLACKBOARD BEAR. Candlewick Press 1969, 1999. Ill. by Alexander. Until he comes outside with his “blackboard bear” on a leash, the big boys won’t let the little guy play. When they see that bear they are green with envy. NOT ex-lib. 0763606677. Near-Fine. $4.
Alexander, Martha. I SURE AM GLAD TO SEE YOU, BLACKBOARD BEAR. The Dial Press 1976 FE. Hardcover. Ill. by Alexander. Ex-lib. Several library markings; dust jacket has spine label. Good-plus/Good-plus. $2.50.
Alexander, Martha. MY OUTRAGEOUS FRIEND CHARLIE. Dial Books for Young Readers 1989 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by the author. 0803705883. (#) Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $2.
Alexander, Martha. NOBODY ASKED ME IF I WANTED A BABY SISTER. Dial Books 1971. Hardcover. Ill. by Alexander. Ex-lib. Good. $2.50.
Aliki. THE GODS AND GODDESSES OF OLYMPUS. HarperCollins 1994 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated by Aliki. Colorfully illustrated stories of the ancient Greek myths that tell of brave heroes, fearful monsters, and gods and goddesses. 48 pp. 0060235306. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Andersen, Hans Christian. THE FIR TREE. Harper & Row 1970. Hardcover. Adorable full-page color and b/w drawings by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Ex-lib. Good with Good dust jacket. (#) Spine faded, marks from removed card pocket. $1.50.
Andersen, Hans Christian. THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER. HarperCollins 1991, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Fredz Marcellino, retold by Tor Seidler. Book and dust jacket Fine, previous owner’s name. $3.
Anglund, Joan Walsh. DO YOU LOVE SOMEONE? Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich 1971, first edition. 0152241906. Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.50.
Anno, Mitsumasa. ANNO’S ALPHABET, An Adventure in Imagination. Thomas Y. Crowell 1975, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Each letter of the alphabet accompanies a full-page picture of an object whose name begins with that letter. 0690005415. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Anno, Mitsumasa. ANNO’S COUNTING BOOK. HarperCollins 1975, 1977. 0690012888. Ex-lib. Book Good, dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Anno, Mitsumasa. ANNO’S JOURNEY. Thomas Y. Crowell 1977, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0529054183. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Anno, Mitsumasa. ANNO’S MATH GAMES. Putnam & Grosset 1987. Hardcover. 0613045009. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $5.
Anno, Mitsumasa and Masaichiro. ANNO’S MYSTERIOUS MULTIPLYING JAR. Penguin Putnam SOFTCOVER 1983. In this book, math becomes fun and numbers grow rapidly. 0698117530. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $3.50.
Anno, Mitsumasa, illustrator. ANNO’S TWICE TOLD TALES, The Fisherman and His Wife & The Four Clever Brothers. By The Brothers Grimm & Mr. Fox. Philomel Books 1993, first Am. Ed. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0399220054. Ex-lib. No marks on dust jacket, one sticker on front free endpaper. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Anno, Mitsumasa. ANNO’S U.S.A. Philomel 1983 first edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket. A wonder-filled exploration of the U.S.A. in pictures without words. NOT ex-lib. 0399209743. Book Fine. $4.50.
Anno, Mitsumasa. ANNO’S U.S.A. Philomel 1983, second printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. 0399209743. Book and dust jacket Fine. $5.
Arnold, Marsha Diane. THE PUMPKIN RUNNER. Dial Books 1998, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. FIAR. 0803721250. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $9.50.
Austin, Margot. CHURCHMOUSE STORIES. E. P. Dutton 1956 BCE. Hardcover. Includes Peter Churchmouse, The Three Silly Kittens. NOT ex-lib. Clean and solid with a small scuff mark on cover. $3.
Babbitt, Natalie. PHOEBE’S REVOLT. Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrations that bring to mind turn-of-the-century New York. Phoebe’s revolt is provoked by her distaste for everything to do with girls. Ex-lib. (#) Book and dust jacket Very Good, clean and sound. $2.50.
Baber, Frank. FRANK BABER’S MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES. Gramercy 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket. Over 300 rhymes, 107 illustrations with 27 double-page spreads in full color. 4to. 117 pp. with index. (*) Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Barker, Cicely Mary. A GARLAND OF FLOWER FAIRIES. Frederick Warne 1994. first edition. Hardcover. Barker’s wonderful flower people accompany flower poems. Locket that came with book originally not present. 0723241449. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $3.
Barker, Cicely. FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE GARDEN. Frederick Warne 1948, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. Identical to original edition, first published in the 1920’s. Small book, 4 3/8” x 5 ¾”. 0723237581. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.50.
Barklem, Jill. AUTUMN STORY, Brambly Hedge. Atheneum 1980. Hardcover. 0689830548. Fine. $3.50.
Barklem, Jill. SPRING STORY, Brambly Hedge. Philomel Books 1980. Hardcover. 0399207465. Fine, previous owner’s name. $3.50.
Barklem, Jill. WINTER STORY, Brambly Hedge. Atheneum Books 1980, first edition. Hardcover. 0689830572. Fine. $3.50.
Baumann, Hans. MISCHA AND HIS BROTHERS. The Green Tiger Press 1985, first Am. edition. Translated from the German by Peter F. Neumeyer. Unique and breathtaking paintings by Reinhard Michl. NOT ex-lib. (#) Very Good with a tiny tear on front free endpaper and a touch of wear to bottom of spine. $2.50.
Becker, John. SEVEN LITTLE RABBITS. Walker & Co. 1973, 2007. Hardcover. Ill. by Barbara Cooney. Wonderful sleepy-time story of seven sleepy rabbits. NOT ex-lib. 0802796346. Book Fine. $3.50.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. MADELINE AND THE BAD HAT. Viking 1956, 1984. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Very Good. $2.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. MADELINE AND THE GYPSIES. Viking 1959, 1987. Hardcover. Folio. 0670446823. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, light corner wear. $2.50.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. MADELINE. Viking Press 1939, 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket. FIAR. 0670445800. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. MADELINE’S RESCUE. Viking 2002. Hardcover, small format. (#) Fine. $1.50.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. MADELINE’S RESCUE. Viking 1951, 1981. Hardcover. Ill. by Bemelmans. Folio. 0670447161. Ex-lib. (1#) Very Good, one repaired tear in title page. $2.
Bemelmans, Ludwig and Marciano, John Bemelmans. MADELINE IN AMERICA AND OTHER HOLIDAY TALES. Arthur Levine Books 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. Includes “Madeline in America,” “The Count and the Cobbler,” “A Bemelmans Christmas Memory,” and “Sunshine.” Folio. NOT ex-lib. 0590039105. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Bjork, Christina. LINNEA IN MONET’S GARDEN. R & S Books 1985, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. Drawings by Lena Anderson. Includes many examples of Monet’s paintings. NOT ex-lib. 9129583144. As-New. $6.
Blegvad, Lenore. THE PARROT IN THE GARRET And Other Rhymes About Dwellings Chosen by Lenore Blegvad. Atheneum Margaret K. McElderry Books 1982, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Poems familiar and not-so-familiar, accompanied by humorous and charming illustrations by Erik Blegvad in color and b/w. NOT ex-lib. (#) Book Fine, dust jacket Near-Fine with one tear. $3.50.
Bohdal, Susi. TOM CAT. London: Ernest Benn Ltd. 1977, 2nd impression. First published in Zurich. Hardcover. Ill. with etchings. Tom is a very unique cat who does not want to hunt but rather socialize with and help his fellow animals, even the mice. 051009807x. VG+, previous owner’s bookplate. $4.50.
Boone, Debby. THE SNOW ANGEL. Harvest House 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Gabriel Ferrer. A little girl and her grandfather help an angel fan the spark of joy in the townspeople’s hearts. 0890818711. NOT ex-lib. (#) Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $2.50.
Bowen, Betsy. GATHERING, A Northwoods Counting Book. Little Brown 1995, stated FE. Minnesota author (from the North Shore) combines bold woodcuts and a special regard for the woods to create a counting book that celebrates the change of seasons in the North. 0316103713. Ex-lib. NF/NF. $3.50.
Brett, Jan. ARMADILLO RODEO. G. P. Putnam’s 1993 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0399228039. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Brett, Jan. BERLIOZ THE BEAR. G. P. Putnam’s 1991, first edition. Elaborately decorated hardcover, no dust jacket. Spell-binding illustrations by Brett. Very Good. $3.50.
Brett, Jan. COMET’S NINE LIVES. G. P. Putnam’s 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Brett. 0399229310. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jcket Fine. $4.50.
Brett, Jan. GINGERBREAD BABY. G. P. Putnam’s 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Brett. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket. Very Good. $4.
Brett, Jan. THE UMBRELLA. G. P. Putnam’s 2004 first edition. Hardcover. 0399242155. Near-Fine, previous owner’s name. $3.50.
Bright, Robert. GEORGIE GOES WEST. Doubleday 1973 BCE. Hardcover. (*) Very Good. $4.
Bright, Robert. MY RED UMBRELLA. William Morrow 1959, recent reprint. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Bright. A small girl takes her red umbrella along on her walk just in case, and sure enough! Her umbrella grows to keep several small animals dry in the rain. Cute story! Small book, 16mo. 0688052495. Book Fine, dust jacket Very Good with small scuff mark and two small tears. $4.
Bromhall, Winifred. BRIDGET’S GROWING DAY. Alfred Knopf 1957, first edition. Hardcover. Ill. by the author. “Wee Bridget” is seven years old, a tiny little girl of Ireland who stands no higher than the kitchen table. Only Patrick the pig understands what a trial it was to be so small. But when her mother is indisposed and “Wee Bridget” has to keep house all by herself, everyone discovers how capable she is and it no longer matters that she is no higher than the kitchen table. Sweet, delightful story! NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $5.
Brown, Judith Gwyn. MUFFIN. Abelard Schuman 1973. Hardcover. Ill. by the author. Muffin is a shaggy but frightened little puppy who has come to live with Maggie. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good. $5.
Brown, Marcia. HOW, HIPPO! Charles Scribner’s 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Brown. Ex-lib. (#) Book and dust jacket Good. $3.
Brown, Margaret Wise. BIG RED BARN. Harper Collins 1956, 1989 BCE. Hardcover. Like-New. $3.
Brown, Margaret Wise. FOX EYES. Pantheon Books 1951, 1977 BCE. Hardcover. Ill. Garth Williams. Good, last line of story is underlined. $3.
Brown, Margaret Wise. THE GOLDEN BIRTHDAY BOOK. Western Publishing 1989, first edition. Giant Golden Book, 9 ½” x 12 ¾”. Ill. Leonard Weisgard. Very Good, previous owner’s name. $5.
Brown, Margaret Wise. THE QUIET NOISY BOOK. Harper Collins. Hardcover. Ill. Leonard Weisgard. (#) Very Good. $2.
Brown, Margaret Wise. WAIT TILL THE MOON IS FULL. HarperTrophy 1948, 1989. Hardcover. Ill. Garth Williams. In delightful, lyrical text, Mother Raccoon tells little Raccoon that he must wait till the moon is full to venture outside. Cute story with wonderful Garth Williams illustrations. One school stamp. Very Good+. $4.50.
Brown, Margaret Wise. THE COUNTRY NOISY BOOK. Harper Collins 1940,, 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Leonard Weisgard. 0060208104. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Brown, Margaret Wise. ROBIN’S ROOM. Hyperion Books 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. Never-before published story of a small boy who paints pictures on the doors, plants flowers in the bathtub, and hides toys under the rug. 0786806028. (#) NOT ex-lib. Book Fine, dust jacket Near-Fine, with tear in back. $2.50.
Brown, Margaret Wise. WHEEL ON THE CHIMNEY. J. B. Lippincott 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Tibor Gergely. Follow the migration of the storks from Africa to the Northern climate with Brown’s rhythmic text and Gergely’s colorful, vivid illustrations. Ex-lib. Book Very Good with front free endpaper removed and one ½” repaired tear; dust jacket Very Good. $6.
Brown, Ruth. THE GHOST OF GREYFRIAR’S BOBBY. Dutton Children’s Books 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. Il. by the author. 0525455817. Ex-lib. (#) Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $2.50.
Brumbeau, Jeff. THE QUILTMAKER’S GIFT. Duluth, MN: Pfeifer-Hamilton, Inc. 2000. Hardcover. Ill. Gail de Marcken. When the kind and generous quiltmaker agrees to make a quilt for a greedy king under certain conditions, he eventually undergoes a change of heart. Neat story teaching a valuable lesson. Winner of five different children’s book awards. NOT ex-lib. 1570251991. Fine. $7.50.
Brumbeau, Jeff. THE QUILTMAKER’S JOURNEY. Orchard Books 2005, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Prequel to The Quiltmaker’s Gift. A young girl discovers the value of generosity, kindness and love. Rich and detailed, sumptuous illustrations by Gail de Marcken. Ex-lib. with library stamp top of closed pages. 0439512190. Book and dust jacket Very Good.. $6.50.
Bulla, Clyde Robert. THE STUBBORN OLD WOMAN. Thomas Y. Crowell 1980, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Anne Rockwell. Young children will delight in this lively tale of an obstinate woman who finally meets her match in a very stubborn little girl. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $3.
Burkert, Nancy Ekholm. VALENTINE & ORSON. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1989 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Beautiful paintings by the author. Rhythmic picture-book story of a folk play performed in the sixteenth century. 0374380783. (#) NOT ex-lib. Book Fine, dust jacket Near-Fine. $2.50.
Burn, Doris. THE SUMMERFOLK. Coward McCann 1968 BCE. Hardcover. Immaculate! Near-Fine. $3.50.
Burningham, John. BORKA, The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers. Jonathan Cape 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hilarious story and illustrations by Burningham. NOT ex-lib. (#) Book and dust jacket Very Good with touch of wear at spine ends. $2.50.
Burton, Virginia Lee. MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL. Houghton Mifflin 1939, 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket. FIAR. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine, dust jacket Good with ½” x 1” piece torn from bottom edge. $6.50.
Burton, Virginia Lee. MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL. Houghton Mifflin 1939, 2000 BCE. Hardcover. FIAR. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $3.50.
Bushnell, Jack. SKY DANCER. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 196. Hardcover. Wonderful watercolors by Jan Ormerod. One winter morning Jenny discovers a hawk has come to the farm, and she develops a rapport with the graceful sky dancer. 0688052886. (#) Near-Fine. $4.
Carle, Eric. ERIC CARLE’S ANIMALS ANIMALS. Philomel 1989. Hardcover. Sonlight K. 0399217444. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $5.
Carle, Eric. A HOUSE FOR HERMIT CRAB. Simon & Schuster 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Carle. 0887080561. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.50.
Carle, Eric. MISTER SEAHORSE. Philomel Books 2004, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0399242694. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $5.
Carlson, Nancy White. JESSE BEAR, WHAT WILL YOU WEAR? Macmillan 1986 BCE. Hardcover. FIAR. Good, color pencil on front free endpaper. $2.50.
Carlson, Nancy. HOW TO LOSE ALL YOUR FRIENDS. Viking 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket. Comical book with rules such as: 1. Never Smile; 2. Never share; 3. Be a bully, etc. Illustrations are hilarious. 0670849065. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Caudill, Rebecca. A POCKETFUL OF CRICKET. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1964. first edition. Ill. Evaline Ness. Ex-lib. Good+. Light cover wear, interior Very Good. $5.
Clifton, Lucille. THE BOY WHO DIDN’T BELIEVE IN SPRING. E. P. Dutton 1973, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Brinton Turkle. Two little guys don’t believe spring is really coming, but when they go looking for it, they are excited to find flowers popping up, blue eggs in a nest, and other signs of spring. Cute inner-city story. Ex-lib. (#) Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Cohen, Barbara. MOLLY’S PILGRIM. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Michael J. Deraney. 0688021034. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Cooney, Barbara. MISS RUMPHIUS. Viking Press 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket. FIAR. 0670479586. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $7.50.
Cooney, Barbara, illustrator. SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED, by the Brothers Grimm. Checkerboard Press 1967. Hardcover. One page has corner repaired, o/w Very Good. $3.
Crouch, Robin G. J., Compiler. A TREASURY OF PLAYTIME POEMS. Ideals Children’s Books 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. Full-color museum paintings are paired with children’s verse by poets such as Eugene Field, James Whitcomb Riley, Robert Louis Stevenson. Acquaints children with art and poetry. 0824984854. (#) NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine with previous owner’s name. $2.50.
Dale, Penny. WAKE UP, MR. B! Discovery Toys 1988. Hardcover. Mr. B is Rosie’s extra special friend and the only one willing to get up early one morning to play. Cute story with very few words and a surprise ending. NOT ex-lib. 0939979217. (#) Fine. $2.50.
D’Amato, Janet and Alex. WHO GOES THERE? Wonder Books 1961. Ill. by Janet and Alex D’Amato. Jeff and Sue and their father study the animals’ footprints in the snow at the zoo. Very Good. $3.
Day, Alexandra. CARL’S AFTERNOON IN THE PARK. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1991, first edition. Hardcover. 0374311099. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.
de Beer, Hans. LITTLE POLAR BEAR AND THE BIG BALLOON. North-South Books 2001. Hardcover. Ill. by de Beer. 0735815321. Fine. $3.
de Brunhoff, Jean. THE STORY OF BABAR THE LITTLE ELEPHANT. Random House 1933, 1961. Translated from the French by Merle Haas. Hardcover. 0394805755. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine, previous owner’s name. $3.50.
de Brunhoff, Jean. BABAR AND HIS CHILDREN. Random House 1938, 1966. Translated from the French by Merle Haas. Hardcover. 0394805771. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.50.
de Brunhoff, Jean. THE TRAVELS OF BABAR. Random House 1934,1962. Translated from the French by Merle Haas. Hardcover. 0394805763. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $3.
dePaola, Tomie. NANA UPSTAIRS & NANA DOWNSTAIRS. G. P. Putnam’s 1973, 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket. 4-year-old Tommy enjoys his relationship with both his grandmother and great-grandmother, but eventually learns to face their inevitable death. Sonlight. 0399231080. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $2.50.
de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk, others, selected by. SING A SONG OF POPCORN, Every Child’s Book of Poems. Scholastic 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by 9 Caldecott Medal artists. 142 pp. 4to. 059043974x. NOT ex-lib. One page has repaired tear. Book and dust jacket Good. $4.
Dillon, Jana. SASHA’S MATRIOSHKA DOLLS. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2003, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. In old Moscow, Sasha’s grandfather carves her matrioshka dolls (nesting dolls) one after another until Sasha has just the right number. Lavishly illustrated by Deborah Nourse Lattimroe. 0374373876. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Duvoisin, Roger. PETUNIA. Alfred A. Knopf 1950, 2002. Hardcover. Petunia the Goose learns the hard way that just carrying a book under one’s arm does not make one wise – you must have it in your heart and in your mind. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $3.
Dwyer, Jane Ellen, editor. I SEE A POEM. Whitman Publishing 1968. A Whitman Giant Tell-A-Tale Book. Hardcover. A truly unique book! 23 familiar and not-so-familiar poems accompanied by color photographs of delightful, beautiful children. 28 pp. Folio. Light cover wear and a small 1.00 in marker on the cover. Interior very clean and nice. $3.
Eastwick, Ivy O. SEVEN LITTLE POPOVERS. Follett Publishing 1979, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Gabriel Lisowski. In return for not being eaten by seven little children in Old Russia, seven little popovers repay them with warm new clothes and good not food, but as a result their poor widowed mother gets into trouble. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, previous owner’s name on front endpaper. $7.50.
Edwards, Dorothy. TALES OF MY NAUGHTY LITTLE SISTER. Great Britain: WHSmith 1979. Ill. Shirley Hughes. Includes My Naughty Little Sister Goes Fishing; My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Harry’s Rabbit; My Naughty Little Sister at the Fair. Good, wear to bottom of spine and light crayon on front free endpaper. $6.50.
Ehlert, Lois. EATING THE ALPHABET, Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z. Harcourt, Inc. 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0152244352. Ex-lib. (#) Book and dust jacket Very Good. $2.50.
Emberley, Barbara. DRUMMER HOFF. Simon & Schuster 1967, 1987. Hardcover. Ill. Ed Emberley. Junior Literary Guild Selection. Lively, snappy folk verse about the building of a cannon, with each soldier bringing a part for the remarkable machine. 0671662481. Ex-lib. (*) G/VG, one page repaired. $3.50.
Engelbreit, Mary, illustrator. MY SYMPHONY, by Wm. Henry Channing. Andrews McMeel 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket. Engelbreit lovingly and delightfully illustrates a radiant poem written by a 19th-century clergyman. The verse is a simple yet powerful one that lists the ways to live a virtuous life. A masterpiece! 0836236742. Book and dust jacket are fine; front free endpaper has been removed. $3.
Eugenie. JENNY’S SURPRISE SUMMER. Golden Press 1981. Little Golden Book. 0307020479. FIAR. Fine. $12.50.
Evers, Helen & Alf. CRYBABY CALF. Rand McNally Book 1957. Tip-Top Elf Book. Small thumb-size piece torn from top of title page. Repaired tear in title page. Clean, solid. Illustrations and story so sweet! $8.
Falconer, Ian. OLIVIA. Atheneum Books, Anne Schwartz Book 2000 FE. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by the author. Fine with Fine dust jacket. $4.50.
Ferguson, Sarah, the Duchess of York. LITTLE RED. Simon & Schuster 2003. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Sam Williams. Little Red and her friends are off on a very-British picnic, and when they hear strange noises they go to investigate. NOT ex-lib. 0689843402. Book and dust jacket Fine. $4.
Field, Eugene. THE GINGHAM DOG AND THE CALICO CAT. North-South Books 1994. Hardcover. B/w ill. by Johanna Westerman accompany the words of the famous poem by Field. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.
Field, Rachel. PRAYER FOR A CHILD. Macmillan 1941, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. Exquisite illustrations by Elizabeth Orton Jones. Before FIAR. Ex-lib. Tear in title page, o/w book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. CYCLOPS. Holiday House 1991 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Fisher. The Cyclopes were a race of monsters described by Homer, the ancient Greek poet. 0823408914. Ex-lib. Bookand dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Fisher, Leonard Everett, illustrator. SEA SONGS, by Myra Cohn Livingston. Holiday House 1986 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Poetic images of the sea reflecting its many moods, with majestic paintings by Fisher. 4to. Unpaged. NOT ex-lib. 0823405915. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Good with edge tears. $4.50.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. STORM AT THE JETTY. The Viking Press 1981, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Stunning paintings by Fisher. Late on a summer day as Levi sits on the jetty, he is awed by the power of the elements when a wild storm blows in and he hastily scrambles to the safety of home. NOT ex-lib. (#) Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR. Holiday House 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Fisher. Truthquest Ancient Greece Grades 2-6. 0823407039. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.
Flack, Marjorie. ASK MR. BEAR. Aladdin 1932, 1971. Hardcover, recent printing. FIAR. 0027353907. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $4.
Flack, Marjorie. THE STORY ABOUT PING. Children’s Choice Book Club 1933, 1961. Ill. Kurt Wiese. FIAR. Very Good, scuff mark on cover. $3.
Fox, Mem. TIME FOR BED. Harcourt Brace 1993. Ill. Jane Dyer. Fine. $2.50.
Freeman, Don. EARL THE SQUIRREL. Viking. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0670060194. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $2.50.
Freeman, Don. GREGORY’S SHADOW. Viking 2000. Hardcover. Gregory Groundhog and his shadow desperately look for one another when they become separated just before their annual appearance on Feb. 2. 0670893285. Very Good. $2.50.
Freeman, Don. INSPECTOR PECKIT. Viking Press 1972 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Inspector Peckit is a Private Eye detective who also happens to be a pigeon with a perch on the Eiffel Tower. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $4.
Frost, Robert. STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING. Dutton Children’s Books 1978. Hardcover with dust jacket. FIAR. Ex-lib. 0525401156. Book and dust jacket Good. $3.50.
Gaeddert, LouAnn. NOISY NANCY AND NICK. Doubleday & Co. 1970, first edition. Hardcover. Ill. Gioia Fiammenghi. Nancy lives in the third floor of an apartment building in New York City and loves to make noise. Nick has just moved from the country and does not like the city. Cute story of the development of a friendship. Very Good. $3.50.
Galdone, Paul. THE LITTLE RED HEN. Clarion Books 1973, 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Galdone. This is the classic Little Red Hen! 0395288037. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Gay, Zhenya. LOOK! The Viking Press 1952, 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket. Wonderful baby animal illustrations by Gay. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, light tape stains on endpapers. $5.
Golden Book. THE GREAT BIG FIRE ENGINE BOOK. Golden Press 1950, 1977. Hardcover. Ill. Tibor Gergely. Folio. 0307104702. G, corners worn through. $3.
Golden Book. THE CITY BOOK, by Lucille Corcos. Western Publishing 1972. Ill. by the author. Giant-size Golden Book. 92 pp. Good, corner wear. $5.
Golden Book. A TREASURY OF LITTLE GOLDEN BOOKS, 36 All-Time Favorite Stories. Western Publishing 1992. Hardcover. Selected by Ellen lewis Buell. With original illustrators. Folio. 0307865401. Fine. $6.50.
Gramatky, Hardie. LITTLE TOOT. G. P. Putnam’s 1937, 1978. Pictorial hardcover. NOT ex-lib. 039922419x. Very Good. $3.50.
Greaves, Margaret. HENRY’S WILD MORNING. Dial Books 1991, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Teresa O’Brien. Henry, the smallest kitten, determines that his stripes qualify him to be a fierce tiger and thus his wild morning. 0803709072. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Green, Melinda. RACHEL’S RECITAL. Little, Brown & Co. 1979 first edition. Ill. by Green. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. (#) Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Green, Mary McBurney. WHEN WILL I WHISTLE? Franklin Watts 1967. Hardcover. Ill. Harold Berson. More than anything in all the world, David wants to learn to whistle, and he tries to learn from the birds, from the teakettle, from his brother, from his father, all to no avail. Ex-lib. Good. $4.
Grilley, Virginia. THE BUNNY SITTER. Wonder Books 1963. Hardcover. Ill. Nancy Meyerhoff. Miss Belle Rabbit is just the best bunny sitter in all the world! Very Good+. $3.
The Brothers Grimm. LITTLE RED-CAP. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1964. Pictorial hardcover. Translated by Werner Linz; woodcuts by Susan Blair. Story very similar to “Red Riding Hood.” Very Good+, one school stamp. $4.
Gruelle, Johnny. THE RAGGEDY ANN & ANDY STORYBOOK. Grosset & Dunlop 1981, first published in 1918. Hardcover. Ill. June Goldsborough. Picture-book size, style. 0448121956. Book Near-Fine, fingerprints on title page. $4.
Haas, Irene. A SUMMERTIME SONG. Margaret K. McElderry Books 1997, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. One warm summer night a frog jumps into Lucy’s room with an invitation to a magical, imaginative birthday party. Magical pictures, painted with intricate detail and subtle colors by the author. Folio. NOT ex-lib. 0689505493. Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.50.
Hader, Berta and Elmer. COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO, The Story of a Little Red Rooster. Macmillan 1939, 1945. Hardcover. Ill. in color and b/w by the Haders. In spite of loneliness and danger, the little red chick grows into a beautiful, proud red rooster. No dust jacket. Ex-lib. Book Very Good with small repaired tear on title page. $6.
Hader, Berta and Elmer. REINDEER TRAIL, A Long Journey From Lapland to Alaska. Macmillan 1967. Exquisite illustrations by the Haders. Fascinating and informative picture-book story of a day when the Laplanders took their families and their reindeer herds across land and sea to provide food for the Eskimos in Alaska. Ex-lib. Book Good. $6.
Hague, Michael, illustrator. MOTHER GOOSE, A Collection of Classic Nursery Rhymes. Selected and illustrated by Michael Hague, with color ill., many full-page. NOT ex-lib. 0030707234. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $2.50.
Haley, Gail. A STORY A STORY, An African Tale. Atheneum Books 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket. Caldecott Medal 1971. Ill. by the author. Ex-lib. 0689205112. (#) Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. Book has library stamp, sticker; no library marks on dust jacket. $2.50.
Hall, Bill. WHATEVER HAPPENS TO BABY HORSES? Merrigold Press 1965. Hardcover. Sweet story with adorable pictures by Virginia Parsons. 030790962x. $3.
Hallmark Books. THE PRINCESS STORYBOOK, Five Favorite Fairy Tales, adapted by Julia Summers. Hallmark Children’s Editions 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket. Beautiful full-page color illustrations. Includes “Snow White,” “The Real Princess,” “The Mouse Princess,” “Rumpelstiltzkin,” “Sleeping Beauty,” (and not Disney). Book Very Good, dust jacket Good. $4.50.
Harshman, Marc. ONLY ONE. CobbleHill Books 1993, stated first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Great book for beginning math: “There may be a million stars, But there is only one sky,” etc. NOT ex-lib. 0525651160. (#) Book and dust jacket Fine. $2.50.
Hazen, Barbara Shook. IF I WERE. Adventures in Living. Western Publishing 1970. Hardcover. Out-of-print. This wonderful old favorite has a few problems but they don’t diminish the delight of the story. A small boy muses on the upside and downside to being a pig. . .a fish. . .a bug, etc. Folio. A few pages have small repaired tears; cover has wear to spine ends. Clean and solid. $6.
Hazen, Barbara Shook. PLAYFUL PUPPY. Golden Press 1967. Hardcover. Adorable ill. by Jan Pfloog. Square4to. G, spine ends worn; previous owner’s name. $4.
Herriot, James. JAMES HERRIOT’S TREASURY FOR CHILDREN. St. Martin’s Press 1992, first edition. Hardcover. Includes all of Herriot’s children’s stories: Moses the Kitten; Only One Woof; The Christmas Day Kitten; Bonny’s Big Day; Blossom Comes Home; The Market Square Dog; Oscar, Cat-About Town; Smudge, the Little Lost Lamb with original illustrators. Sonlight K. 0312085125. NOT ex-lib. Book Near-Fine with small ink mark on back cover. $7.50.
Herriot, James. THE MARKET SQUARE DOG. St. Martin’s Press 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Ruth Brown. 0312033974. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Herriot, James. MOSES THE KITTEN. St. Martin’s Press 1974, 1984. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Peter Barrett. When the world’s most-famous English vet rescues a bedraggled kitten, a Yorkshire family adopts it and nurses it back to health only to find that Moses has adopted an unusual mother! 0312549059. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.
Hest, Amy. GABBY GROWING UP. Simon and Schuster 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket. By the author of The Purple Coat. 068980573x. Ex-lib. (#) Book Very Good, dust jacket Very Good. $2.
Heward, Constance. THE TWINS & TABIFFA. Derrydale 1993, first published in 1923. Hardcover. Ill. Absolutely delightful, comical illustrations by Susan B. Pearse. 0517093529. Near-Fine. $4.
Hoban, Russell. BEDTIME FOR FRANCES. Harper Collins 1960, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Garth Williams. 006027106x. Ex-lib. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Fine. $4.
Hoban, Russell. A BIRTHDAY FOR FRANCES. HarperCollins 1968, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0060223383. Ex-lib. Book Very Good; back of dustjacket has water mark. $2.50.
Hoban, Russell. BREAD AND JAM FOR FRANCES. Harper Collins 1964, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Garth Williams. 006022360X. Ex-lib. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Fine. $4.
Hoban, Russell. HARVEY’S HIDEOUT. Parent’s Magazine Press 1969 BCE. Hardcover. Ill. Lillian Hoban. Good, front hinge reinforced. $4.50.
Hoban, Russell. LETITIA RABBIT’S STRING SONG. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan 1973. Hardcover with dust jacket. Soft, luminous watercolors by Mary Chalmers. A springtime celebration for small children. Ex-lib. (*) Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.
Hoban, Russell. THE MARZIPAN PIG. Farrar, Straus Giroux 1987, first American edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Quentin Blake. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine, previous owner’s name. $5.
Hoberman, Mary Ann. BILL GROGAN’S GOAT. Little, Brown 2002, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hilarious illustrations by Nadine Bernard Westcott accompany this well-known children’s song. Ex-lib. 0316362328. (#) Book and dust jacket Very Good. $2.50.
Hoberman, Mary Ann. A HOUSE IS A HOUSE FOR ME. Viking Press 1978, first edition. Hardcover. Ill. Betty Fraser. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, previous owner’s name. $4.50.
Hodges, Margaret. SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Little, Brown 1984. Hardcover with dust jacket. A golden legend adapted by Margaret Hodges from Edmund Spenser’s Faerie Queene. Ill. Trina Schart Hyman. Caldecott Medal 1985. Truthquest Middle Ages Grades 2-6. 0316367893. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine, dust jacket Good. $5.
Hogan, Carol. . Parents Magazine Press 1968. Hardcover. Written in catchy rhyme. A little boy discovers it’s fun to be one of eighteen cousins in the country. NOT ex-lib. Immaculate and sound – like new! $9.50.
Hogstrom, Daphne. LITTLE BOY BLUE, FINGER PLAYS OLD AND NEW. A Whitman Small World Library Book. Whitman Publishing 1966. Hardcover. Ill. Alice Schlesinger. Folio. Pages very clean, appear unread. Adorable cover bright and clean with just slightest bit of wear; previous owner’s name on endpapers. $5.
Holabird, Katharine. ANGELINA AND HENRY. Pleasant Co. 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Helen Craig. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.50.
Holl, Adelaide. THE LITTLE VIKING. Golden Press 1969, 1975. Ill. Isolde Schmitt-Menzel. Eric is a brave little boy who lives in the land of Norway, builds himself a Viking ship and goes sailing across the waters. Oversize Golden Book with bright, colorful graphics. VG. $4.
Hutchins, Pat. THE WIND BLEW. Macmillan 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hilarious, detailed illustrations by Hutchins. Comical, delightful fun for little people! 0027459101. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Ichikawa, Satomi. SUZETTE AND NICHOLAS IN THE GARDEN. St. Martin’s Press 1976. Hardcover. Exquisite illustrations by the author. 0312779828. Near-Fine. $3.
Jarrell, Randall. THE GINGERBREAD RABBIT. HarperCollins 1964, 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Garth Williams. Book and dust jacket Fine with “withdrawn” stamp on endpapers but no other library markings. 0060527684. $3.50.
John Deere Storybook. CORNY CORNPICKER FINDS A HOME, A John Deere Storybook for Little Folks, by Lois Zortman Hobbs. Deere & Co. 1988, 1997. Hardcover. Ill. Roy A. Bostrom, retired staff artist for John Deere. NOT ex-lib. 1887327169. As-New. $3.
John Deere Storybook. JOHNNY TRACTOR AND HIS PALS, A John Deere Storybook for Little Folks, by Louise Price Bell. Deere & Co. 1988. Hardcover. Ill. Roy A. Bostrom, retired staff artist for John Deere. Near-Fine, previous owner’s nameplate. $3.
Johnston, Tony. AMBER ON THE MOUNTAIN. Dial Books 1994, stated first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Paintings by Robert Duncan. FIAR. NOT ex-lib. 0803712197. Book and dust jacket New. $8.50.
Kay, Helen. A STOCKING FOR A KITTEN. Abelard-Schuman 1965. Hardcover. Ill. by Yaroslava. Heartwarming, very-Russian or Eastern European story of a grandmother's love and how - in her own way- she teaches her granddaughter an important lesson in forgiveness. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good with small piece cut out of front free endpaper. $6.
Keats, Ezra Jack. THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY. Viking 2000, first edition. Truthquest grades 1-3. Hardcover. Words and music by Katherine Davis, others. Very Good. $3.50.
Keats, Ezra Jack. THE SNOWY DAY. Viking 1962, recent printing. Hardcover. FIAR. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $3.
Kimmel, Eric. THE GOOSE GIRL, A Story From the Brothers Grimm Retold by Eric Kimmel. Holiday House 1995. Beautiful color ill. by Robert Sauber. Mint/Mint. $1.
Kincaid, Eric, illustrator. A CHILDREN’S BOOK OF VERSE. Brimax 1987. Hardcover. 91 pages of children’s poems, familiar and not-so-familiar, accompanied by softly tinted drawings lby Eric Kincaid. 4to. NOT ex-lib. 1858545382. Very Good. $4.
Kirk, David. MISS SPIDER’S NEW CAR. Scholastic Press 1997 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-library. Oblong folio. 0590307134. Book Mint, dust jacket Mint. $4.
Kirk, David. MISS SPIDER’S TEA PARTY. Scholastic Press 1994. Hardcover. Paintings by the author. 0439173116. First page of text has 1 ½” tear repaired with non-yellowing paper tape, otherwise book is Near-Fine. $3.
Kirk, David. LITTLE MISS SPIDER. Scholastic Press 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Kirk. 0439083893. Book Very Good, dust jacket creased. $3.50.
Kirk, David. MISS SPIDER’S ABC. Scholastic Press, Callaway 1998, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Vividly colored paintings by Kirk. 0590282794. Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.50.
Krasilovsky, Phyllis. THE VERY LITTLE BOY. Cartwheel Books 1962, 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Karen Gundersheimer. The very little boy was smaller than a cornstalk, smaller than a baseball bat, and too small to ride his bicycle, but not for long! Sweet story! NOT ex-lib. 0590447629. Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.50.
Krauss, Ruth. BIG AND LITTLE. Scholastic hardcover 1987. Ill. by Mary Szilagyi. Hardcover with dust jacket. Simple and delightful poem about big things and little things and a child’s special place in his world. 059041707x. Book and dust jacket Fine, previous owner’s name. $4.50.
Ladybird Books. GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS. England: Ladybird Books 1993. Hardcover. Ill. in color by Chris Russell. Small book, 4 ½” x 7”. Very Good, previous owner’s name blacked out. $2.
Ladybird Books. THE STORY OF MUSIC, by Geoffrey Brace. England: Ladybird Books 1968. Pictorial hardcover. Small book, 4 ½” x 7”. Full-page color illustrations by Martin Aitchison. 50 pp. Near-Fine. $2.50.
Ladybird Books. OLYMPICS 92 (Barcelona, Spain). Loughborough: Ladybird Books 1981 FE. Shiny pict. cover. Photos. Small book, 4 ½” x 7”. Very Good. $2.
Ladybird Books. ROYAL WEDDING, by Audrey Daly. Loughborough: Ladybird Books 1981. Small book, 4 ½” x 7”. Ill. with photos. Souvenir of marriage of Charles and Diana. Shiny cover. Very Good. $2.
Ladybird Books. THE SECRET GARDEN, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Retold in simple language by Joyce Faraday. Ladybird Books 1980. Ill. in color by Joy Shufflebotham. Hardcover. Small book, 4 ½” x 7”. VG+. $3.
Ladybird Books. THE SHEPHERD BOY OF BETHLEHEM, By Lucy Diamond. England: Ladybird Books 1953. Hardcover. Small book, 4 ½” x 7”. Very Good. $3.
LaMarche, Jim. THE RAFT. Harper Collins 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by the author. FIAR. 0688139779. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Lasky, Kathryn. HERCULUES, The Man, the Myth, the Hero. Hyperion Books 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Mark Hess. 0786822740. Tear in last page has been repaired, otherwise book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Leaf, Munro. THE STORY OF FERDINAND. Viking 1936, 1964, recent printing. Hardcover. Ill. Robert Lawson. FIAR. 0670674249. Near-Fine. $5.
Le Mair, H. Willebeek, illustrator. LITTLE SONGS OF LONG AGO. London: Gallery of Children’s Books. Newly reprinted, originally published in 1911. Hardcover. Beautiful detailed and delicate paintings by Le Mair, with 30 familiar rhymes. Cloth over boards, gilt lettering. Small book, 24mo. Mint. $4.50.
Le Mair, H. Willebeek, illustrator. MOTHER’S LITTLE RHYME BOOK, A Collection of Favorite Nursery Rhymes. Philomel 1992, first ed. thus. Newly reprinted, originally published in 1911. Hardcover, pink cloth over boards. 10 rhymes with softly tinted paintings by Le Mair. 0399221409. As-New. $6.
Lemieux, Michele. THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN. Morrow Junior Books 1993, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0688098495. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $2.50.
Lenski, Lois. COWBOY SMALL. Random House 1949, 2001. Hardcover. Color ill. by Lenski. 0375810757. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $6.
Lenski, Lois. SING A SONG OF PEOPLE. Little, Brown 1965, 1987, first thus. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Giles Laroche. Catchy rhythmic text and colorful illustrations of the mixture of people and places in the city. 0316520748. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good with library markings and repaired tear in dust jacket. $3.50.
Lenski, Lois. MR. AND MRS. NOAH. Random House 1948, 2005. Oversize board book, measuring 9 ¼” x 10 ¾”. 0375836179. Very Good. $4.50.
Lenski, Lois, illustrator. PINOCCHIO, by C. Collodi, Adapted by Allen Chaffee. Random House 1946. Pictorial hardcover. Vivid, colorful full-page illustrations. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $6.
Levenson, Dorothy. THE MAGIC CAROUSEL. Parents’ Magazine Press 1967. Hardcover. VG. $2.
Levitin, Sonia. NINE FOR CALIFORNIA. Orchard Books 1996 first edition. Hardcover. Ill. by Cat Bowman Smith. Based on letters and diaries of real travelers, this is the eventful and comical story of Mama and her five young’uns who head to California to join Pa who is working in the gold fields. 0531088774. Ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Lidberg, Rolf, illustrator. TROLLS. Oslo: Cappelens Folag 1997, originally published in Denmark. Hardcover. Text by Jan Loof, translated by Kari Engen. Funny story with comical pictures of a Scandanavian Troll family. 8202166616. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $4.
Little Golden Book. BUGS BUNNY AND THE INDIANS, by Annie North Bedford. Simon and Schuster 1951, “A” edition. Hardcover. Pictures by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Very Good. Clean, sound, no tears. $3.50.
Little Golden Book. DOCTOR DAN THE BANDAGE MAN (includes one bandage). Random House 2004. Hardcover. By Helen Gaspard, illustrated by Corinne Malvern. 037582880x. Near-Fine. $2.
Livingston, Myra Cohn. VALENTINE POEMS. Holiday House 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Patience Brewster. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $2.
Lobel, Arnold. A HOLIDAY FOR MISTER MUSTER. Harper & Row 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hilarious illustrations by Lobel. Whatever Mister Muster, zookeeper par excellence, does, he does it with a flair. Delightful! NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Good but with a couple of tears. $7.
Longman, Harold. THE WONDERFUL TREE HOUSE. Parents’ Magazine Press 1962 BCE. Hardcover. Ill. Harry Devlin (Cranberry Thanksgiving). Good, wear along spine edge, clean and sound interior. $3.50.
Lowe, Edith. THE TRAVELING MUSICIANS. Follett Publishing 1965 first edition. Hardcover. Ill. by Dollie Tingle. Tall, narrow book, 11 x 5”. Clean, attractive. $8.
Lund, Doris Herold. ATTIC OF THE WIND. Parents’ Magazine Press 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. Vivid, airy illustrations by Ati Forberg. In lilting rhythm the author ponders where all the things go that are blown away by the wind. Rare in dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket has several neatly repaired tears. $4.
Lindbergh, Reeve. JOHNNY APPLESEED. Little Brown 1990, first edition. Hardcover dust jacket. Paintings by Kathy Jakobsen. Lyrical and joyous tale of America’s beloved folk hero. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good, dust jacket laminated. 0316526185. $2.50.
Littledale, Harold. ALEXANDER. Parents’ Magazine Press 1964. Hardcover. Chris confesses to his father at bedtime all of his naughtiness of the day, but in doing so blames it all on Alexander his imaginary horse. Fun story! NOT ex-lib. Good, corner wear. $3.50.
Macaulay, David. ANGELO. Houghton Mifflin 2002, first edition. Hardcover. FIAR. Ex-lib. Very Good. $7.50.
Macaulay, David. BLACK AND WHITE. Houghton Mifflin 1990, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0395521513. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
MacLachlan, Patricia. THREE NAMES. Charlotte Zolotow 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Alexander Pertzoff. FIAR. 0060240350. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $5.
MacLachlan, Patricia. THREE NAMES. Charlotte Zolotow 1991, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Alexander Pertzoff. FIAR. 0060240350. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $6.50.
Magnus, Erica. OLD LARS, Adapted From a Norwegian Folktale. Carolrhoda Books 1984 FE. Hardcover with dust jacket. Comical story with delightful color illustrations. Ex-church library. Very Good book, Very Good dust jacket. $5.
Mahy, Margaret. SAILOR JACK AND THE 20 ORPHANS. Franklin Watts 1970. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. Robert Bartelt. One page has repaired tear. (#) Good+. $2.50.
Mane, Carmen de Posadas. MISTER NORTH WIND. Silver Burdett Co. 1986. First published in Spain in 1983. Hardcover. Ill. Alfonso Ruano. Spanish Ministry of Culture Award. It is time for spring, but the north wind is so cold! Arthur devises a plan to visit the intimidating Mister North Wind and convince him to stop blowing winter air. Cute story! NOT ex-lib. 0382091914. $4.
Martin, Bill, Jr. BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE? Henry Holt & Co. 1967, 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Eric Carle. 0805017445. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine, previous owner’s name. $3.
Marzollo, Jean. I SPY, EXTREME CHALLENGER! A Book of Picture Riddles. Scholastic 2000. Hardcover. Photos by Walter Wick. NOT ex-lib. 043919900x. Fine. $3.
Marzollo, Jean. I SPY SCHOOL DAYS, A Book of Picture Riddles. Scholastic 1995. Hardcover. Photos by Walter Wick. 0439252423. Fine. $2.50.
Marzollo, Jean. I SPY, A BOOK OF PICTURE RIDDLES. Scholastic 1992. Hardcover. Photos by Walter Wick. 0590450875. Fine. $3.
Mayer, Mercer. FROG ON HIS OWN. Dial Books 1973, recent printing. Hardcover. 0803728832. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $3.50.
Mazer, Anne. THE SALAMANDER ROOM. Alfred A. Knopf 1991, first edition. Hardcover. FIAR. 039482945x. Good, tear in back of spine has been repaired. $4.50.
McBratney, Sam. YOU’RE ALL MY FAVORITES. Candlewick Press 2004, first edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. Sweet, delightful and loving story with incredible illustrations by Anita Jeram. NOT ex-lib. 076362442x. Book Fine, dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.50.
McCloskey, Robert. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS. Viking Press 1941, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. McCloskey. FIAR 2. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine, dust jacket has repaired tear. $7.50.
McCully, Emily Arnold. MIRETTE ON THE HIGH WIRE. G. P. Putnam’s 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. FIAR. NOT ex-lib. 0399221301. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $6.
McDonnell, Flora. GIDDY UP! LET’S RIDE! Candlewick Press 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket. McDonnell does vivid, exuberant color illustrations of a favorite rhyme. Your little ones will love this captivating book! 0763617784. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $5.
McNeer, May & Ward, Lynd. MY FRIEND MAC, THE STORY OF LITTLE BAPTISTE AND THE MOOSE. Houghton Mifflin 1960. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.
Melmed, Laura Krauss. LITTLE OH. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1997. Ill. Jim LaMarche. Hardcover with dust jacket. A lonely woman folds a little doll from origami paper, and much to her surprise, finds the figure springing from the box exclaiming “Good morning, Mother,” when she opens her eyes in the morning. 0688142087. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket As-New. $4.
Mike, Jan M. GIFT OF THE NILE, An Ancient Egyptian Legend. Troll Associates 1993. Hardcover. Ill. Charles Reasoner. 32 pp. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.
Milhous, Katherine. APPOLONIA’S VALENTINE. Charles Scribner’s 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Milhous. Story tells of Appolonia and Dan who went to a one-room school in Pennsylvania and the lovely Valentines they made from designs made by their Pennsylvania Dutch grandparents. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Miller, Virginia. TEN RED APPLES, A Bartholomew Bear Counting Book. Candlewick Press 2002 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Adorable counting book about Bartholomew Bear (Ba) and his apple tree, illustrated by the author. NOT ex-lib. 0763619019. Book and dust jacket Fine. $6.
Milne, A. A. THE POOH STORY BOOK. E. P. Dutton 1965. Hardcover. With new illustrations in full color by E. H. Shepard. 79 pp. NOT ex-lib. Good. $3.
Minarik, Else Holmelund. PERCY AND THE FIVE HOUSES. Greenwillow Books 1989, first edition. Hardcover. Ill. James Stevenson. NOT ex-lib. 0688081045. Fine. $2.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY FIRST BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Kathryn Hutton in color. (#) Near-Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “a” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Pam Peltier in color. (#) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “h” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (*) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “i” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (#) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “j” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (#) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “k” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (#) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “K” SOUND BOX. The Child’s World 1979, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Sommers in color. Ex-lib. (*) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “L” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (#) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “m” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (*) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “n” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (*) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “o” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (#) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “p” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (*) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “q” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (*) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “r” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (#) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “s” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. in color by Linda Hohag. (*) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “t” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (#) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “u” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (#) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “v” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (#) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “w” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (#) Fine. $1.50.
Moncure, Jane Belk. MY “x, y, z” BOOK, My First Steps to Reading. The Child’s World 1984, 1991. Hardcover. Ill. Linda Hohag in color. (#) Fine. $1.50.
B. E. Thing. MAGIC EYE, A New Way of Looking at the World. 3D Illusions by N. E. Thing Enterprises. Andrews and McMeel 1993, 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0836270061. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $2.50.
Naden, C. J. PEGASUS THE WINGED HORSE. Troll hardcover 1981. Ill. Robert Baxter. 32 pp. 0893753610. Fine. $2.50.
Naden, C. J. THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR. Troll hardcover 1981. Ill. Robert Baxter. 32 pp. 0893753637. Fine. $3.50.
Napoli, Donna Jo. ALBERT. Harcourt, Inc. 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Jim LaMarche. FIAR. 0152015728. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Newberry, Clare Turlay. BARKIS. Smithmark 1938, 1998. Hardcover. Adorable illustrations by Newberry. Read how the problem is finally resolved when James receives a cocker spaniel for his ninth birthday and definitely does not want to share him with his sister. Original format, folio. 0765190567. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine, previous owner’s name. $4.50.
Noble, Trinka Hakes. THE DAY JIMMY’S BOA ATE THE WASH. The Dial Press 1988 BCE. Hardcover. Ill. Steven Kellogg. Fine. $2.50.
Nodset, Joan. WHO TOOK THE FARMER’S HAT? Harper Collins 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Fritz Siebel. One library stamp on rear free endpaper. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Norton, Natalie. A LITTLE OLD MAN. Rand McNally 1959 BCE. Hardcover. Ill. Will Huntington. Delightful story of an adorable little old man who finds a cozy boat to live in with five kittens when his little house blows away in a storm. NOT ex-lib. Good, corner wear. $5.
Numeroff, Laura. IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE. Laura Geringer Books 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Felicia Bond. Ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Fine. $2.50.
Numeroff, Laura. IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE. Scholastic 1978. Hardcover. Ill. Felicia Bond. NOT ex-lib. 0439042232. Fine. $3.
Paladino, Catherine. LAND SEA & SKY, POEMS TO CELEBRATE THE EARTH. Little, Brown & Co. 1993, first edition. Wonderful nature poems by various children’s poets, selected and illustrated with photos by Paladino. 32 pp. 0316688924. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Parish, Peggy. JUMPER GOES TO SCHOOL. Simon & Schuster 1969, second printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Cyndy Szekeres. When the truant officer (who has very bad eyesight) mistakes Jumper, the organ grinder’s monkey, for a little boy, he marches him off to school where he creates a hilarious hulabaloo to the delight of the children. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine, dust jacket has edge tears and a small piece missing. $5.
Parker, Bertha Morris. THE NEW GOLDEN DICTIONARY. Golden Press `972. Hardcover. 1712 words and over 2000 pictures in color by Aurelius Battaglia. 118 pp. Good+, light wear to corners. $4.
Patience, John. THE FLOATING RESTAURANT, Tales From Fern Hollow. Landoll. Hardcover. (#) Very Good, but previous owner’s name stamped repeatedly on endpapers. $2.
Payne, Emmy. KATY NO-POCKET. Houghton Mifflin 1944, 1972 BCE. Ill. H. A. Rey. FIAR. Very Good. $3.
Payne, Emmy. KATY NO-POCKET. Houghton Mifflin 1944, 1972. Ill. H. A. Rey. FIAR. 0395171040. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Peet, Bill. BIG BAD BRUCE. Houghton Mifflin 1977. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0395251508. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Peet, Bill. COCK-A-DOODLE DUDLEY. Houghton Mifflin 1990, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0395553318. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $4.
Peet, Bill. CYRUS THE UNSINKABLE SEA SERPENT. Houghton Mifflin 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0395202728. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Peet, Bill. KWEEKS OF KOOKATUMDEE. Houghton Mifflin 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0395379024. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Peet, Bill. THE WUMP WORLD. Houghton Mifflin 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0395198410. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good with library markings. $4.50.
Peet, Bill. ZELLA ZACK AND ZODIAC. Houghton Mifflin 1986. Hardcover. Ill. Peet. 039541069x. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $4.
Petersham, Maud and Miska. THE CIRCUS BABY. Macmillan 1950, recent printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Bright, vivid, adorable illustrations by the authors. Mother Elephant decides she wants her baby to eat like the baby clown but in the end decides she would rather have her baby be an elephant after all. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket immaculate! Near-Fine/Near-Fine. $4.50.
Pfister, Marcus. THE HAPPY HEDGEHOG. North-South Books 2000 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. 0735811644. (#) Book and dust jacket Fine. $2.50.
Pfister, Marcus. THE RAINBOW FISH. North-South Books 1992. Hardcover. Rainbow Fish finds out life doesn’t bring him much happiness until he shares his beautiful fins. Good story, good lesson. 1558580093. Near-Fine, previous owner’s name. $3.50.
Pilgrim, Jane. BLACKBERRY FARM, THE BIRTHDAY PICNIC. United Kingdom: Brockhampton Press 1952, 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. F. Stocks May. 1841860492. Book and dust jacket As-New. $4.
Pilgrim, Jane. BLACKBERRY FARM, POSTMAN JOE. United Kingdom: Brockhampton Press 1973. Ill. F. Stocks May. Hardcover. 0879550112. (#) Good. $2.50.
Plasmati, Valdine. ALGERNON AND THE PIGEONS. Viking Press 1963 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Kazue Mizumura. (Algernon being a black and white cat who works as a night watchman at the New York Public Library.) (*) Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Polacco, Patricia. CHICKEN SUNDAY. Philomel 1992. Hardcover. To thank old Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, the children sell decorated eggs and buy her a beautiful Easter hat. Another typical warm, wonderful story from Polacco’s childhood. Ex-lib. Very Good. $7.50.
Polacco, Patricia. I CAN HEAR THE SUN, A Modern Myth. Philomel 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story of a small unwanted boy and his friendship with a blind goose. 039922520x. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $4.50.
Polacco, Patricia. PINK AND SAY. Philomel 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket. Touching picture-book story of caring, set during the Civil War. 0399226710. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Polacco, Patricia. THUNDER CAKE. Philomel 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Polacco. Polacco reaches back into her childhood to bring a story to dispel the small listener’s fear of thunderstorms. 0399222316. Just one faint library stamp on front endpaper. Book and dust jacket Fine. $7.50.
Politi, Leo. JUANITA. Charles Scribner’s 1948. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Politi. Lighthearted and charming book of a 5-year-old girl in old Mexico. Ex-lib. Book Good, dust jacket Good but trimmed short. $6.
Poltarnees, Welleran. THE HAPPY BOOK. Blue Lantern Books 1998. Pictorial hardcover. Adorable little book intended to promote happiness, taken from children’s books published in England between 1909 and 1918. Sweet illustrations from that era, accompanied by short quotes and the author’s thoughts. Small book, 8vo, unpaged. 0962113158. Fine. $3.50.
Pop-Up. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST AND OTHER FANTASTIC FAIRY TALES, A Pop-Up Book with Four Miniature Story Books, by Ron Van der Meer. Random House 1994, first edition. Ill. Fran Thatcher. Hardcover. Spectacular pop-ups, moveable scenes, and a charming, pocket-size book for each of four well-loved fairy tales: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “The Pied Piper of Hamelin,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and “Pinocchio.” All pop-ups perfect and story books present. 0679866698. Near-Fine. $4.50.
Potter, Beatrix. THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY. Frederick Warne 1987, first published in 1904. With Potter’s original illustrations. 0723205957. Very Good. $1.50.
Potter, Beatrix. THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET. Fredrick Warne. Green hardcover. Good. $1.50.
Potter, Beatrix. THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER. Frederick Warne 1903, 1987. Green pictorial hardcover with dust jacket. With Potter’s original illustrations; original small format. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $2.
Potter, Beatrix. THE TALE MR. JEREMY FISHER. Frederick Warne 1906, 1987. White pictorial hardcover. With Potter’s original illustrations. Book Near-Fine. $1.50.
Potter, Beatrix. THE TALE OF MRS. TITTLEMOUSE. Frederick Warne 1910, 1938. Green pictorial hardcover with dust jacket. With Potter’s original illustrations; original small format. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $2.
Potter, Beatrix. THE TALE OF TOM KITTEN. Frederick Warne 1907, 1986. Small format, white pictorial cover. SOFTCOVER. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $1.50.
Potter, Beatrix. GIANT TREASURY OF PETER RABBIT. Hardcover. Derrydale Publishers 1980, 1998. With Potter illustrations. Includes The Tale of: Peter Rabbit; Tailor of Gloucester; Squirrel Nutkin; Benjamin Bunny: Two Bad Mice; Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle; Mr. Jeremy Fisher; and The Pie and the Patty-Pan. 4to. NOT ex-lib. 0517316870. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Prelutsky, Jack, selected by. THE RANDOM HOUSE BOOK OF POETRY FOR CHIDREN. Random House 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket. Familiar and not-so-familiar poems with comical illustrations by Arnold Lobel that will delight any child. 248 pp. 4to. 0394850106. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $8.50.
Provensen, Alice and Martin. THE ANIMAL FAIR. Merrigold Press 1952. Pictorial hardcover. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Provensen, Alice and Martin, illustrators. A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Big Golden Book. Golden Press 1951. Hardcover. Wonderful color illustrations in unique Provensen style. 4to. 68 pp. Good, mylar peeling on spine. $5.
Provensen, Alice and Martin. THE GLORIOUS FLIGHT, Across the Channel With Louis Bleriot, July 25, 1909. The Viking Press 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket. FIAR. 0670342599. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Provensen, Alice and Martin. THE MOTHER GOOSE BOOK. Random House 1976, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by the Provensens. 60 pp. Folio. NOT ex-lib. 039482122x. Book Near-Fine with previous owner’s name, dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Pyle, Howard. THE SWAN MAIDEN. Holiday House 1994 FE. Hardcover. Picture-book story taken from The Wonder Clock, published in 1888. Dramatic, vivid paintings by Robert Sauber. 0823410889. Fine/Fine. $3.50.
Rand McNally Elf Books. FIREMAN JOE, by Virginia Hunter. Rand McNally 1959. Hardcover. Ill. Marge Opitz. Very Good. $3.
Rand, Ann. SO SMALL. Harcourt, Brace & World 1962 BCE. Hardcover. Ill. Feodor Rojankovsky. “Little Bit” is an undersize mouse who is so small it’s hard to realize he’s a mouse at all. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, previous owner’s name. $3.
Rand McNally Elf Book. THE GIANT’S SHOE, by Jessica Nelson North. Rand McNally 1967. Hardcover. Original price 39 cents. Small book, 4¾ x 6 ¼”. Very Good. $2.50.
Rathmann, Peggy. OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIA. G. P. Putnam’s 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. Caldecott Medal 1996. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. 0399226168. $3.
Reinhard, Lisa. THE NUTMEG ADVENTURE. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 1944, recent printing. Hardcover. Ill. Barbara Gibson. Jonah Sims has an adventure in Old Williamsburg. 0879350997. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $3.50.
Resnick, Jane. HAPPY DAYS, A Sunshine Storybook. Modern Publishing 1986. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Seven little one-page stories with adorable color ill. by Mary Brooks. 0874490456. VG. $3.50.
Rey, H. A. CURIOUS GEORGE. Houghton Mifflin 1941, 1969, recent printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0395159938. (1*) Book Near-Fine, previous owner’s inscription; dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Rey, Margret & H. A. Rey. CURIOUS GEORGE GOES TO A CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Houghton Mifflin 1998. Hardcover. 039592331x. Fine. $2.
Rey, H. A. ELIZABITE, Adventures of a Carnivorous Plant. Houghton Mifflin 1942, 1969, recent printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Rey. 0395977029. Book Very Good, dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Rogers, Jean. RUNAWAY MITTENS. Greenwillow Books 1988 first edition. Hardcover. Pica is an Eskimo boy who is always losing his mittens, but when he discovers them keeping the newborn puppies warm he decides to leave them where they are until spring. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Good. $3.
Rose, Florella. YIPPEE KIYI. Whitman Tell-A-Tale Books 1953. Ill. Floyd Munson. Hardcover. Very Good, no soil, bright and sound; just a touch of wear to cover. $3.
Rylant, Cynthia. WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS. Dutton Children’s Books 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Diane Goode. FIAR. 052542525x. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $7.50.
Sakharnov, Svyatoslav. LIONS AND SAILING SHIPS. Raduga Publishers 1982, originally published in Russia in 1979. Hardcover. Translated from the Russian by Glenys Ann Kozlov. Illustrations by Mikhail Belomlinsky, many full-page. Anthology of stories of the sea (and lions)”made up or retold by the cheerful, untiring writer.” 55 pp. NOT ex-lib. Clean and bright. Very Good. $3.50.
Saltzman, David. THE JESTER HAS LOST HIS JINGLE. The Jester Co. 1995, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by David Saltzman. A jester awakes one morning to find laughter missing in his kingdom and sets off on a quest to find it. 0964456303. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.50.
Sams, Carl R., II. STRANGER IN THE WOODS, A Photographic Fantasy. Carl R. Sams 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket. Photos by Jean Stoick. While two children watch, the resident birds and animals react to a snowman appearing in their woods after a winter storm. Cute story with great wildlife photos. NOT ex-lib. 0967174805. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket As-New. $5.
San Souci, Robert D. YOUNG GUINEVERE. Doubleday 1993 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Jamichael Henterly. 0385416237. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $2.50.
Sandburg, Carl. POETRY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, Edited by Frances Schoonmaker Bolin. Sterling Publishing 1995. Hardcover. Full-page color illustrations by Steven Arcella. 33 Sandburg poems, i.e. “Fog,” and “Plowboy.” 0806908181. NOT ex-lib. As-New. $6.50.
Sawyer, Ruth. JOURNEY CAKE, HO! The Viking Press SOFTCOVER 1953 BCE. Hardcover. Ill. Robert McCloskey. Very Good. $4.50.
Say, Allen. GRANDFATHER’S JOURNEY. Scholastic 1993, 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket. FIAR. 0590488643. Book and dust jacket As-New. $7.50.
Scarry, Richard. GREAT BIG SCHOOLHOUSE. Random House 1969. Hardcover. Ill. Richard Scarry. Large book, folio. Very Good, a little wear to corners; very clean. $8.50.
Schulz, Charles M. “HE’S YOUR DOG, CHARLIE BROWN!” World Publishing 1968 first edition. Hardcover. Ill. Schulz. Cover and interior Very Good, one ½” tear in title page. $3.
Schwalje, Marjory. I WALK TO THE PARK. Whitman Tell-a-Tale Books 1966. Ill. Stina Nagel. Original price 25 cents. Very Good. $5.
Scott, Sally. THERE WAS TIMMY. Harcourt, Brace 1959 BCE. Ill. Beth Krush. HC. Bright and lively story of a very mischievous small dog who lives wh a very large family, and finally becomes a hero when he catches a trouble-making raccoon. VG/Fair. $4.
Selden, George. CHESTER CRICKET’S PIGEON RIDE. Farrar, Straus Giroux 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Garth Williams. 0374312397. Ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Very Good. $2.50.
Seuling, Barbara. THE TRIPLETS. Houghton Mifflin 1980. Hardcover with duist jacket. Ill. by the author. Cute story of three little girls who become fed up with everyone mixing them up. Ex-lib. The library has reinforced the bottom of each page with clear tape, some interior soil. Book Good-; dust jacket Good with one tear. $3.
Dr. Seuss. BARTHOLOMEW AND THE OOBLECK. Random House 1949, 1977. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.
Dr. Seuss. THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS. Random House. Hardcover. Truthquest Middle Ages. 039484484x. Ex-lib. Book Very Good, copyright page removed. $3.50.
Dr. Seuss. DR. SEUSS’S SLEEP BOOK. Random House 1962. Hardcover. Good, previous owner’s name on FFEP; worn spots on cover. $6.50.
Dr. Seuss. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! Random House 1959, 1987. Hardcover. Ill. Seuss. 0394800761. NOT ex-lib. Fine, previous owner’s name. $3.50.
Dr. Seuss. HORTON HATCHES THE EGG. Random House. Hardcover. Copyright page torn out, otherwise Near-Fine. Ex-lib. $2.
Dr. Seuss. HORTON HATCHES THE EGG. Random House 1940, 1968. Hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Dr. Seuss. IF I RAN THE ZOO. Random House 1950 BCE. Hardcover. Ill. by Seuss. Very Good. $4.50.
Dr. Seuss. THE KING’S STILTS. Random House 1939, 1967 BCE. Hardcover. 0394800826. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $3.50.
Dr. Seuss. McELLIGOT’S POOL. Random House 1947, 1974 BCE. Hardcover. 0394800834. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.
Sewall, Marcia. THE LITTLE WEE TYKE, An English Folktale. Atheneum 1979 first edition. Ill. by Sewall. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Good. $5.
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. A BIG FAT ENORMOUS LIE. E. P. Dutton 1978. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. David McPhail. A child’s simple lie grows to enormous proportions. Comical, but teaches a good lesson. 0525265104. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Shaw, Nancy. SHEEP ON A SHIP. Houghton Mifflin 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Margot Apple. NOT ex-lib. 0395481600. Book Near-Fine with previous owner’s name; dust jacket Very Good with two small tears. $3.
Shepard, Aaron. THE MAIDEN OF NORTHLAND, A Hero Tale of Finland. Atheneum Books 1996, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0689804857. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine, no library marks on dust jacket. $4.50.
Shulevitz, Uri. SNOW. Scholastic 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. Caldecott Honor book. Ill. by Shulevitz. A boy and his dog celebrate the first snowfall and a city is transformed. 0439131448. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine, dustjacket Near-Fine with one small tear. $3.50.
Slobodkina, Esphyr. CIRCUS CAPS FOR SALE, A Companion to Caps for Sale. HarperCollins 1967, 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0060296550. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.50.
Slobodkina, Esphyr. CAPS FOR SALE. A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business. Young Scott Books 1940, 1947, recent printing. Hardcover. FIAR. Ex-lib. Near-Fine. $4.
Smith, Jessie Willcox, illustrator. BOYS AND GIRLS OF BOOKLAND, by Nora Archibald Smith. Dalmation Books 2006, first edition this printing, first published 1923. Hardcover with dust jacket. The author divulges only enough about storybook heroes and heroines to stimulate interest in the classics they are taken from. Each 8-9 page story has a beautiful color plate by Jessie Willcox Smith. 4to. 100 pp. 1403720568. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket New. $8.50.
Soule, Jean Conder. NEVER TEASE A WEASEL. Parents Magazine Press 1964. Hardcover. Ill. Denman Hampson. NOT ex-lib. Good, touch of wear to corners; previous owner’s name. $5.
Spier, Peter. CRASH! BANG! BOOM! Doubleday 1972. Green hardcover, no dust jacket. Ex-school. Good. $3.50.
Spier, Peter. DREAMS. Doubleday & Co. 1986, first edition. Hardcover. Ill. by Spier. A small boy and girl lie in the grass and watch the cloud formations, imagining all kinds of wonderful things. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $5.
Spier, Peter. FATHER, MAY I COME? Doubleday 1993, first edition. Spier’s typical, intricately detailed illustrations. In parallel stories set in 1687 and 1987, the author chronicles life-saving actions of bravery and compassion as seamen are rescued from ships along the Dutch coast. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Spivak, Dawnine. GRASS SANDALS, The Travels of Basho. Atheneum Books 1997, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. FIAR. 0689807767. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $9.50.
Spyri, Johanna. HEIDI. Random House 1946. Hardcover. Picture-book story adapted by Florence Hayes with all the charm of Johanna Spyri’s beloved story of Heidi’s childhood. Wonderful illustrations by Erika Weihs. Book is immaculate, inside andn out, with just a touch of wear to corners. Near-Fine. $6.
Steiner, Joan. LOOK-ALIKES, Find more than 1,000 hidden everyday objects! Little, Brown 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0316812552. Bok and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Stern, Julian, translator. THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN, New Version of an Old Tale as told by JPF. Wiesbaden: Jos. Scholz, no date but probably 1950’s. Pictorial hardcover. Color illustrations by Carl Lindeberg. Unique book. Very Good. $8.50.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES, The Complete Edition. Platt & Munk 1961. Hardcover. Illustrations by Eulalie, many in full-page color. Very Good with the exception of a child’s pen marks on front free endpaper and title page; none within text. $5.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. LEAVES FROM A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES. Smithmark 1992, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket. 50 of Stevenson’s poems accompanied by beautiful full-page color ill. by Donna Green. Book and dust jacket are in Near-Fine condition with the exception of pen marks on one page, not affecting readability. NOT ex-lib. 0831756977. $3.
Stock, Catherine. WHERE ARE YOU GOING MANYONI? Morrow Junior Books 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket. Children can share Manyoni’s walk through the African veld, and seek out the shy wildlife in each of Stock’s spectacular watercolor paintings. Wonderful story to teach children what it may be like for missionary or native children on the Limpopo River in Zimbabwe. 0688103529. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $6.50.
Stolz, Mary. BELLING THE TIGER. Running Press Kids 1961, 2004, first edition thus. Same text as the Newbery Honor chapter book but with vivid, exciting new artwork by Pierre Pratt in picture-book format. 0762418893. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine. $6.
Strickland, Tessa. PLEASE, MR. CROCODILE, Poems About Animals. Barefoot Books 1999, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. in color by Rosslyn Moran. Catchy, fun children’s rhymes to delight little people, by such as Ogden Nash, Walter de la Mare, William Wordsworth, and Emily Dickinson. NOT ex-lib. 1902283627. Book and dust jacket Fine. $4.50.
Sturges, Philemon. SHE’LL BE COMIN’ ‘ROUND THE MOUNTAIN. Little, Brown 2004 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Ashley Wolff. In this catchy adaptation of an old children’s song, friendly southwestern animals prepare for the arrival of a mysterious guest. 0316822566. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Sundgaard, Arnold. THE LAMB AND THE BUTTERFLY. Orchard Books 1988, first edition. Hardcover. Ill. Eric Carle. A protected lamb and an independent butterfly discuss their different ways of living. 0531057798. Fine, crease in title page. $4.
Surany, Anico. ETIENNE-HENRY AND GRI-GRI. Holiday House 1969. Hardcover. Ill. Sylvie Selig. Picture book with beginning French mixed in with the English text. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.
Thayer, Ernest Lawrence. CASEY AT THE BAT, A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the year 1888. Handprint Books 2000, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. This poem written and published in 1888 has become an icon of Americana. The illustrations by Christopher Bing weave in a host of baseball memorabilia of a bygone era. Folio. 1929766009. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.
Thayer, Jane. GUS WAS A MEXICAN GHOST. William Morrow 1974 BCE. Hardcover. (#) Good. $1.50.
Thomas, Jane Resh. ELIZABETH CATCHES A FISH. Seabury Book Clarion Book 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by author. For her seventh birthday, Elizabeth receives the special gift of a rod, reel, tackle box and a promise of a day of fishing with her father. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Thompson, Kay. ELOISE IN PARIS. Simon & Schuster 1957, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. Drawings by Hilary Knight. 0689827040. Book Mint, dust jacket Mint. $4.
Tippett, James. CRICKETY CRICKET! The Best-Loved Poems of James S. Tippett. Harper & Row 1973 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 76 pages of poems with charming illustrations by Mary Chalmers. Small book, 16mo. Ex-lib. (*) Book Good, dust jacket Very Good with spine label. $6.
Titus, Eve. ANATOLE AND THE CAT. McGraw Hill 1957. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Paul Galdone. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good, dust jacket chipped at spine ends, front endpaper has corner torn off. $3.50.
Titus, Eve. THE KITTEN WHO COULDN’T PURR. Morrow Junior Books 1991, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Amrei Fechner. Jonathan can’t purr to relay his thanks, so eventually learns from the puppy to wag his tail instead. 0688093639. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.50.
Tolstoy, Leo. MARTIN THE COBBLER. Winston Press – Billy Budd Films 1982. Hardcover. Adapted. Illustrated with stills of the animated, clay figures from the award-winning film by Billy Budd, Inc. 0866836381. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.
Trent, John, Ph. D. THERE’S A DUCK IN MY CLOSET! Word Publishing 1993. Hardcover. Ill. Judy Love. The warm, fuzzy animals in this story should calm children’s fears about going to bed. NOT ex-lib. 0849910374. Fine. $3.50.
Tresselt, Alvin. HOW FAR IS FAR? Parents’ Magazine Press 1964 BCE. Hardcover. Out-of-print. G, edgewear. $2.50.
Trivas, Irene. ANNIE. . .ANYA, A Month in Moscow. Orchard Books 1992, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by the author. Ex-lib. 0531054527. (#) Book and dust jacket Very Good. $2.50.
Tudor, Tasha, illustrator. A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES, By Robert Louis Stevenson. Simon & Schuster 1981, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. Full-page watercolor ill. by Tudor. Ill. endpapers. Ribbon marker in place. A beautiful copy! Folio. One small date stamp on rear endpaper and library stamp on closed pages. 0689823827. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $7.50.
Tudor, Tasha. MOTHER GOOSE. Random House 1944, 1989. Pictorial hardcover. Tudor’s illustrations in color and b/w are, as usual, adorable. Small book, 6 ½” x 7 1/2”. NOT ex-lib. 0394844076. Fine.. $6.50.
Tunnell, Michael O. MAILING MAY. Greenwillow Books 1997, first edition. Hardcover. Ill. Ted Rand. Amazing true story of how young Charlotte May Pierstorff made a surprising trip to visit her grandmother in 1914. FIAR. Truthquest grades 1-4. 0688128785. Ex-lib. Book Near-Fine. $7.50.
Turkle, Brinton. THY FRIEND, OBADIAH. Viking 1969. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Good. $4.50.
Udry, Janice May. MARY JO’S GRANDMOTHER. Albert Whitman 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Eleanor Mill. Junior Literary Guild Selection. Little Mary Jo must fight the snowstorm to walk for help when her grandmother falls and gets hurt. Ex-lib. (#) Book and dust jacket Good. $2.
Udry, Janice May. THE MOON JUMPERS. Harper & Row 1959. Caldecott Honor 1960. Ill. in color by Maurice Sendak. A child’s exhilaration and enchantment with a summer night and the magic of the moonlight. 060261463. (#) Very Good. $4.
Unwin, Nora S. POQUITO, THE LITTLE MEXICAN DUCK. David McKay 1959. Hardcover. Ill. by Unwin. Ex-lib. Good. $3.
Updike, John. A CHILD’S CALENDAR. Holiday House 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. Caldecott Honor 2000. Vibrant full-page, full-color illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman accompany a poem by Updike for each month of the year. Delightful book! 0823414450. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, one page has a repaired tear. $3.50.
Van Laan, Nancy. WHEN WINTER COMES. Atheneum Books 2000, first edition. Hardcover. Where do the leaves, the flowers, the birds. . .go in winter? Charming illustrations by Susan Gaber with warm and snuggly rhyming text. NOT ex-lib. 0689817789. Fine. $5.
Vincent, Gabrielle. WHERE ARE YOU, ERNEST AND CELESTINE? Green Willow Books 1985, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0688062342. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Vincent, Gabrielle. ERNEST AND CELESTINE AT THE CIRCUS. Greenwillow Books 1988, first American ed. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Vizurraga, Susan. OUR OLD HOUSE. Henry Holt 1997, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Soft paintings by Leslie Baker. Junior Library Guild Selection. After moving into an old Victorian house, a little girl finds many surprises to tell the story of the old house. Charming story! 0805039112. Book Mint, dust jacket Mint. $6.50.
Waddell, Martin. CAN’T YOU SLEEP, LITTLE BEAR? Candlewick Press 1988. Hardcover. When Little Bear is afraid to go to sleep, Big Bear cuddles him and shows him the moon and the stars and they both finally fall asleep. 0763619299. Fine/Fine. $4.
Waddell, Martin. LET’S GO HOME, LITTLE BEAR. Candlewick Press 1991, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed by the author. 1564021319. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $5.
Waddell, Martin. SAILOR BEAR. Candlewick Press 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Virginia Austin. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sweet story of a small bear who finds out being a sailor is too rough a life and instead settles down to being a little girl’s friend. (*) Book and dust jacket Very Good, previous owner’s name. $4.50.
Wahl, Mats. GRANDFATHER’S LAIKA. Carolrhoda Books 1989, first edition. Hardcover. Ill. Tord Nygren. Grandpa and his grandson Matthew share their worries and overcome their grief together when Grandpa’s much-loved dog becomes sick and dies. Sweet, sad story. NOT ex-lib. 0876144342. $3.50.
Warburg, Sandol Stoddard. I LIKE YOU. Houghton Mifflin 1965, 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Jacqueline Chwast. A tiny little book with delightful and charming little statements of what it’s like to have a special friend. 16mo. NOT ex-lib. 0395071763. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Watts, Mabel. THE BOY WHO LISTENED TO EVERYONE. Parents’ Magazine Press 1963. Folktale with rhythmic prose and an Irish setting, that tells what happens when you listen to everyone. (*) Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Watts, Mabel. OVER THE HILLS TO BALLYBOG. Aladdin Books 1954, first edition. Hardcover. Ill. Henry C. Pitz. Delightful story and very Irish it is. Good-natured and helpful Mr. Brogan discovers that to have a good neighbor one must also be one. Ex-school library. Cover quite worn, some interior spots; binding solid. $5.
Wells, Rosemary. MCDUFF COMES HOME. Hyperion Books 1997, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Susan Jeffers. NOT ex-lib. 0786803177. Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.50.
Whitman Big Tell-a-Tale. ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, THE OCEAN BLUES. Whitman Publishing 1966. Ill. Phil de Lara. Good+. $2.50.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. WINTER DAYS IN THE BIG WOODS, My First Little House Books. Scholastic 1994, 1995. Hardcover. Ill. Renee Graef. Adapted from the Little House books. 0590252194. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $4.
Wildsmith, Brian. PELICAN. Pantheon Books 1982, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Children will delight in discovering the surprises Wildsmith has hidden behind the half pages of this lavishly colorful picture book. Oversize folio. 0394856686. Rare in hardcover. Ex-lib. First couple of pages softly creased. Book Good, dust jacket Near-Fine. $6.
Wilhelm, Hans. I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. Crown Publishers 1985. Hardcover. Ill. by the author. When a young boy’s much-loved dog dies, he is comforted to know he had told Elfie the night before he died and every night before that, that he would always love him. NOT ex-lib. 0517556480. Near-Fine. $5.
Wilkin, Eloise, illustrator. THE BOY WITH A DRUM, by David L. Harrison. Merrigold Press 1969, 1971. Hardcover. 0307109755. Very Good. $4.50.
Wilkin, Eloise, illustrator. HOW MANY KISSES GOOD NIGHT, by Jean Monrad. Random House 1949, 1986. Hardcover. Adorable illustrations on heavy paper. 0394882539. Fine. $2.50.
Wilkin, Eloise, illustrator. MY LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK ABOUT GOD, by Jane Werner Watson. Little Golden Book 1956, 1994. Near-Fine. $2.
Wilkin, Eloise, ill. MY PUPPY, Written by Patsy Scarry. Little Golden Book 1955, 1992. Hardcover. Good, top 3/8” of spine covering gone; no tears or writing. $2.50.
Wilkin, Eloise, ill. WE HELP MOMMY, by Jean Cushman. Western Publishing Little Golden Book 1959. Hardcover. Clean, sound, no tears. Previous owner’s name in “belong to” square. $5.
Willard, Nancy. A VISIT TO WILLIAM BLAKES’ INN, Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Alice and Martin Provensen. 0152938222. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $3.50.
Williams, Margery. VELVETEEN RABBIT. Doubleday 1992. Original text and original illustrations by William Nicholson. Living books. 0385009135. (#) VG+/VG+. $4.50.
Winthrop, Elizabeth. BUNK BEDS. Harper & Row 1972, stated first edition. Ill. Ronald Himler. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book is fine; dust jacket has 2 tears and scuff mark but is bright and clean. $10.
Wright, Blanche Fisher, illustrator. THE REAL MOTHER GOOSE. Rand McNally 1916, 1947. Green cloth over boards hardcover with pictorial paste-down on cover. Sonlight P. Nice older copy. Corners worn. $8.50.
Wright, Blanche Fisher, illustrator. THE REAL MOTHER GOOSE. Barnes & Noble 1992. Red cloth over boards with pictorial paste-down on cover as in original edition. Sonlight P. 0880297719. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Wright, Mildred Whatley. HENRI LEBEAR. Steck-Vaughn Co. 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Carolyn Huff Kinsey. Henri LeBear is a fat, jolly, friendly, black bear who lives in the Louisiana swamps. Warm and fun story. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.
Yep, Laurence. THE KHAN’S DAUGHTER, A Mongolian Folktale. Scholastic Press 1997, first edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. Lavish paintings by Jean and Mou Sien Tseng. 0590483897. Ex-lib. Book and laminated dust jacket Good. $4.
Yolen, Jane, editor. THE LAP-TIME SONG AND PLAY BOOK. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989 first edition. Cute illustrations by Margot Tomes. Collection of 16 nursery songs, each with a historic note, musical arrangement, and instructions for accompanying hand motions. 0152435883. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $4.
Yolen, Jane. THE MUSICIANS OF BREMEN, A Tale From Germany. Simon & Schuster 1996, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. John Segal. 0689805012. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine, front free endpaper cut out. $3.50.
Yorinks, Arthur. BRAVO MINSKI. Farrar, Straus Giroux 1988, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Richard Egielski. NOT ex-lib. Book and dustjacket Fine. $3.50.
Zelinsky, Paul O., Illustrator. HANSEL AND GRETEL, Retold by Rika Lesser. Dutton Children’s Books 1984. Fascinating interpretation of the old Grimm tale with Zelinsky’s brilliantly original paintings. This interpretation does not have a “witch” but rather a little old woman. 0525461523. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket As-New. $5.
Zemach, Harve. NAIL SOUP, A Swedish Folk Tale. Follett Publishing 1964. Ill. by Margot Zemach. Hardcover. Grand tale about the tramp who whipped up soup from a nail (and lots of other good things). Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Good, small edge tears have been repaired. $4.
Zion, Gene. A HARRY THE DIRTY DOG TREASURY, Three Stories. Barnes & Noble 1956, 1984. Hardcover. 0760707421. NOT ex-lib. Book Near-Fine with previous owner’s name. $4.50.
Zwerger, Lisbeth, Illustrator. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES. Michael Neugebauer North-South Books 1991, first American Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. First published in German under the title Andersen Marchen; translated by Anthea Bell. An extraordinarily beautiful, excellent quality book with illustrations by Zwerger that are breathtaking! Includes eleven fairy tales, each with several full-page illustrations. 0735813949. NOT an ex-lib. copy. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $12.
Zolotow, Charlotte. MR. RABBIT AND THE LOVELY PRESENT. HarperCollins 1962, 1998 BCE. Hardcover. Ill. Maurice Sendak. Caldecott Honor Book 1963. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.
Zolotow, Charlotte. THE QUARRELING BOOK. Harper & Row 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Arnold Lobel. 0060269766. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $4.
See also CHILDREN’S NON-FICTION / HISTORICAL FICTION PICTURE BOOKS .