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This is a list of all our online catalog entries in section "pics". Browse through the list and put a check mark next to the ones you want to remember. When you are finished, you can review the selections you made and print or order them.

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Abbreviations I've used are: Ill.=illustrated or illustrator; f/p=full-page; b/w=black and white; FE=first edition (may be the first edition by this illustrator); DJ=dust jacket; o/w=otherwise; dec=decorative; Ex-lib=ex-library book with markings accordingly; FFEP=front free end papers; c=copyright; BCE=book club edition; FIAR=five-in-a-row book.

The grading I've used: Mint=like new; F=fine; VG=very good, better than average; G=good, average wear and tear; Fair, reading copy, but all there. If there are two gradings (i.e. VG/VG), the first is the book, the second the dust jacket.

Sizing is as follows: 6"-7", 16mo; 7"-8", 12mo; 8"-10", 8vo; 10"-12", 4to; larger than 12", folio.

PICTURE BOOKS – FICTION
Alexander, Martha. NOBODY ASKED ME IF I WANTED A BABY SISTER. Dial Books 1971, 1977. Hardcover. Ill. by the author. Good, library card pocket. $4.photo of the actual item
  
Anno, Mitsumasa. ANNO’S MAGICAL ABC, An Anamorphic Alphabet. Philomel 1981, first Am. ed. Japanese copyright 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket. The distorted letters of the alphabet become quite clear when viewed with the help of the silver tube included with the book. 0399207880. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine; previous owner’s name and tear in dust jacket. $10.photo of the actual item
 
Anno, Mitsumasa. ANNO’S COUNTING BOOK. Thomas Y. Crowell 1977, first U. S. edition. Hardcover. Created to provide children with an opportunity to arrive at the ultimate understanding of numbers in a natural and pleasant way. Very Good. Previous owner’s name stickers. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Barber, Antonia. THE MOUSEHOLE CAT. Macmillan 1990, first American edition. Hardcover. Ill. Nicola Bayley. Wonderfully creative, very-English story of a “quayside” cat and her own pet, old Tom, who, when he was not looking after Mowzer, passed the day in his little boat catching fish for Mowzer’s dinner and the village of Mousehole. Charming story of warmth, love, and courage as they faced “the Great Storm-Cat” to get food for the starving children. A winner! 0027083314. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $6.photo of the actual item
  
Bedford, Annie North. FROSTY THE SNOWMAN. Barnes & Noble 1997. Hardcover. Ill. Corinne Malvern. Adapted from the song of the same name. Brand-New. $4.50.photo of the actual item
    
Brenner, Barbara. AMY’S DOLL. Alfred A. Knopf 1963. Hardcover. Photos by Sy Katzoff. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $12.photo of the actual item
    
Bryant, Beatrice. LET’S BE FRIENDS. Children’s Press 1947, 1954. Hardcover. Ill. by Becky. Butch has never played with other children. When he starts kindergarten he gets off to a bad start, but soon learns to make friends. Good with some interior spots. $4.photo of the actual item
  
Caldecott, Randolph, illustrator. SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE, One of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books. Hart Publishing 1977, first published in the 1880’s. Hardcover with dust jacket. Eight full-color and 20 b/w illustrations by the renowned illustrator, for whom the award is named. Ex-lib. Book Good; dust jacket Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Dahl, Roald. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Alfred A. Knopf 1964, 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Quentin Blake. Like-New. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Damjan, Mischa. THE CLOWN SAID NO. North-South Books 1987, first published in Switzerland in 1986. Translated by Althea Bell. Hardcover. Ill. Jozef Wilkon. The clown was tired of laughing and crying and playing the fool (he wanted to tell stories); the donkey was tired of the stubborn donkey act (he was not at all stubborn); Louise the giraffe, Gus the Lion, and Otto the Dog were also tired of their silly acts. So the friends ran away and started their own circus just the way they wanted it. Delightful illustrations. Almost new, with previous owner’s name erased. $5.photo of the actual item
  
Flack, Marjorie. THE STORY ABOUT PING. Viking 1938, 1961 BCE. Hardcover. Very Good. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Francoise. JEANNE-MARIE COUNTS HER SHEEP. Charles Scribner’s 1951. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Francoise. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Fujikawa, Gyo. GYO FUJIKAWA’S A TO Z PICTURE BOOK. Barnes & Noble 1974, 1999. Hardcover. Enchanting illustrations by Fujikawa accompany this alphabet picture book. Like-New. $6.photo of the actual item
   
Gag, Wanda. SNIPPY AND SNAPPY. University of Minnesota Press 1931, 2003. Hardcover. Ill. by Gag. Two little country mice go in search of a “cupboard full of cheese,” something they have never experienced, and come upon a house, which is also something they have never seen. Cute story. Small format. 0816642451. Ex-lib. with just a small date stamp. Fine. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Galdone, Paul. THE THREE LITTLE PIGS. Clarion Books 19790, 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Galdone. Brand-New. $5.photo of the actual item
     
Golden Book. WALT DISNEY’S SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. Golden Press 1952, 1980. Hardcover. Giant Golden Book. Story adapted by Jane Werner. Good, wear at spine ends and corners. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Gudel, Helen. DEAR ALEXANDRA, A Story of Switzerland. Sound Prints 1999, first American edition. First published in Switzerland in 1991 titled Liber Alex. Hardcover with dust jacket. Beautiful illustrations of the Swiss countryside by the author. In letters throughout the year, as she awaits Alexandra’s visit, Alexandra’s grandmother describes the routines and celebrations that make up life in her little village in the mountains of Switzerland. Brand-New. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Hegg, Tom. PEEF AND HIS BEST FRIEND. Waldman House 2001, first edition. Hardcover. Written by Author of Peef the Christmas Bear. Signed by author and illustrator. Ill. Warren Hanson. Like-New. $6.50.photo of the actual item
  
Heyward, Du Bose. THE COUNTRY BUNNY AND THE LITTLE GOLD SHOES. Houghton Mifflin 1939, recent printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. 75th Anniversary Edition with Free Audiobook to be downloaded. Brand-New. $4.50.photo of the actual item
   
Jacobs, Joseph. JOHNNY-CAKE. G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1933. Ill. Emma L. Brock. Hardcover. Very reminiscent of the “Gingerbread Man.” Ex-lib. Library binding. Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Janice. LITTLE BEAR’S’ PANCAKE PARTY. First Talking Storybook with 33 RPM record. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard/Scott Foresman 1960. Hardcover. Record still in jacket. School stamp on endpapers. Very Good. $8.50.photo of the actual item
    
Kerr, Judith. MOG THE FORGETFUL CAT. Parents’ Magazine Press 1972. Hardcover. Ill. by the author. Mog is a nuisance until the end of the story when she stops a burglary and becomes a hero. Good, wear at top of spine. $4.photo of the actual item
    
Kipling, Rudyard. HOW THE LEOPARD GOT HIS SPOTS. Rabbit Ear Books 1989. Hardcover. Kipling’s original text with colorful illustrations by Lori Lohstoeter. Ambleside 0. NOT ex-lib. 0887081118. Like-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Knight, Hilary. THE CIRCUS IS COMING. A Golden Book. Golden Press 1978. Hardcover. Vibrant, colorful illustrations by Knight. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $8.photo of the actual item
  
Krauss, Ruth. A VERY SPECIAL HOUSE. Harper Collins 1953, 1981. Pictorial hardcover. This is a little boy’s hymn of joy to the house of his dreams, where he and a giant and several animals have an extraordinary time in rhythm and rhyme. Very appropriate, hilarious illustrations by Maurice Sendak. NOT ex-lib. Two scuff marks on cover; one page has repaired tear. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Lund, Doris Herold. ATTIC OF THE WIND. Parents’ Magazine Press 1966. Hardcover. Vivid, airy illustrations by Ati Forberg. In lilting rhythm the author ponders where all the things go that are blown away by the wind. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good+. $4.photo of the actual item
 
McCloskey, Robert. THE WORLD OF ROBERT MCCLOSKEY, Including Make Way for Ducklings; One Morning in Maine; Lentil. Barnes & Noble 1998. Hardcover. Ill. by McCloskey. Ambleside 0. 0760711518. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, corners a little worn. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
McNulty, Faith. MOUSE AND TIM. Harper & Row/Weekly Reader 1978. Hardcover. Ill. Marc Simont. A boy and a mouse each from his own point of view reflect on their relationship. Cute story. Good. $3.photo of the actual item
    
Munari, Bruno. BRUNO MUNARI’S ZOO. Chronicle Books 2005, first published in 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket. Bright, bold illustrations and text with wry humor that will be appreciated by older readers. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
   
Nelson, Marilyn. SNOOK ALONE. Candlewick Press 2010, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with wit and warmth by Timothy Basil Ering. Abba Jacob is a monk who lives on a faraway island with his loyal rat terrier, Snook. But when the two are separated by a ferocious storm Snook must learn to fend for himself in the wild. Brand-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Nesbit, E. THE DELIVERERS OF THEIR COUNTRY. Picture Book Studio 1985, first published in Germany. Charming illustrations by Lisbeth Zwerger. Two youngsters save their country from a plague of dragons. 0887080057. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Piper, Watty. THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD. Platt & Munk 1930, 2007. Hardcover. Ill. by Lois Lenski. Originally illustrated by Lenski but then changed to Watty Piper’s illustrations; the wonderful Lenski edition as been reprinted. Ambleside 0. 0760794936. Very Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Price, Margaret Evans. HANSEL AND GRETEL. Green Tiger Press 2005, reprint of a book first published in 1916. Heavy stock, flexible covers. Illustrated by Price. 159583012X. Brand-New. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Price, Margaret Evans, illustrator. MY BOOK OF OLD-TIME FAIRY TALES, first published in the 1920’s. Barnes & Noble 2007, first edition thus. 17 stories: “Beauty and the Beast;” “Jack the Giant-Killer;” “Rumpelstiltskin;” “The Teeny-Tiny Woman:” etc. 13 full-page color illustrations and numerous half-page color ill. Folio-size. NOT ex-lib. Very Good with faint stain at bottom of front cover. $5.photo of the actual item
    
Sandwall-Bergstrom, Martha. GOLDIE AT THE ORPHANAGE. Edinburgh:Floris Books 2004, first published in Sweden in 1986. This is the first in the "Goldie" series, sweet and funny stories of a little girl who lost her parents in a shipwreck and was turned over to the local orphanage.  Goldie finds a friend there from whom she is separated when they are each "purchased" by different foster parents.  Goldie is somewhat relieved when she is claimed by a be-whiskered but kindly old farmer. Like-New. $7.photo of the actual item
     
Say, Allen. THE SIGN PAINTER. Walter Lorraine Books 2000, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Say. A haunting story of dreams and choices for readers of all ages. Brand-New. $6.photo of the actual item
   
Schlein, Miriam. AMAZING MR. PELGREW. Abelard Schuman 1957. Hardcover. Ill. Harvey Weiss. What a delightful story! Steven and Mr. Pelgrew are neighbors and very good friends. But Steven is puzzled by Mr. Pelgrew’s job description. There is a surprise ending when Steven goes into town and sees Mr. Pelgrew at his job. NOT ex-lib. Good with previous owner’s name inside front cover. $6.photo of the actual item
  
Dr. Seuss. THIDWICK THE BIG-HEARTED MOOSE. Random House 1948, 1975, BCE. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. by Seuss. Brand-New. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Tip-Top Elf Book. PENNY AND PETE’S SURPRISE, by Ruth Lewis Shuman. Rand McNally 1949. Hardcover. Ill. Clare McKinley. 35-cent price. Fine. $4.photo of the actual item
  
Titus, Eve. ANATOLE. McGraw Hill 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Paul Galdone. Anatole, the happiest, most contented mouse in all France, became the official cheese taster at the Duval Cheese Factory. A children’s classic! NOT ex-lib. Book has slight rippling to one corner of pages. Dust jacket Good with small chips. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Travers, P. L. WALT DISNEY’S MARY POPPINS. Western Publishing 1964, 1973. Large Golden Book. Story adapted by Annie North Bedford. Ill. Grace Clarke. Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
  
Tresselt, Alvin. THE RABBIT STORY. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1957, 1989. Hardcover. Ill. Carolyn Ewing. First edition with these watercolor illustrations. Quiet and gentle story of a wild rabbit who is born in a snug, fur-lined burrow, then trapped and put in a cage by the farmer’s son. She escapes and joyously returns to the wild, eventually sharing her own burrow with four tiny rabbits. Wonderful illustrations. NOT ex-lib. Fine with previous owner’s name. $8.photo of the actual item
    
Visconti, Guido. THE SCARECROW WHO WANTED A HUG. Great Britain: Floris Books 2002, first published in Italian. Hardcover. Ill. Giovanna Osellame. Barnaby was a happy scarecrow who let his friends peck at the grain in the field in exchange for their help in carrying messages to Gwendoline, the lady scarecrow whom he loved very much. Brand-New. $6.50.photo of the actual item
     
Ward, Lynd. THE BIGGEST BEAR. Houghton Mifflin 1952, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Ward. Caldecott Medal 1953. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Weil, Lisl. LET’S GO TO THE CIRCUS. Holiday House 1988, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by the author. One library stamp. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Williams, Vera B. and Jennifer. STRINGBEAN’S TRIP TO THE SHINING SEA. Greenwillow Books 1988, stated first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Stringbean Coe, his big brother Fred, and their dog Potato are driving from Kansas to California in a pickup truck with a little house built on the back. Reading the postcards they send home every day is the next best thing to having a cross-country adventure all your own. Brand-New. $4.photo of the actual item
     
Wolf, Tony. THE WOODLAND FOLK MEET THE GNOMES. Dean International Publishing 1983, first edition. Pictorial hardcover. Vivid, detailed illustrations by Italian artist Tony Wolf. The adventures begin when the gnomes and woodland folk begin to inhabit the same land. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $12.photo of the actual item
   
Yashima, Taro. CROW BOY. Viking 1955. Hardcover. Ill. by the author. Caldecott Honor book 1956. This story of childhood in Japan is a tender tale of a neglected outsider and the power he gains from being accepted. Folio, more than 12”. Ex-lib. Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
PICTURE-BOOK BIOGRAPHY
Blos, Joan W. THE DAYS BEFORE NOW, An Autobiographical Note by Margaret Wise Brown. Simon & Schuster 1994, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Thomas B. Allen. Here, in her own words, are brief, early recollections by Margaret Wise Brown, describing the “brick city” in which she was born at the turn of the century and her family’s move to the beaches and woods of Long Island. Brand-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Demi. COLUMBUS. Amazon Publishing 2012, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Demi’s exquisite illustrations use Chinese paintbrushes and inks, gold overlays, and Italian marbled paper from Italy. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Eubank, Patricia Reeder. SEAMAN’S JOURNAL, On the Trail with Lewis and Clark. Ideals Children’s 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by the author. Based on the true entries in Lewis’s own journal, this book presents their expedition through the eyes of Lewis’s dog Seaman. Truthquest Age of Revolution II grades 1-3. 082494424. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine with previous owner’s name. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Stanley, Diane. MICHELANGELO. HarperCollins 2000, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Stanley. Ambleside 3. Truthquest Renaissance & Reformation grades 3-10. 0688150853. Book and dust jacket Fine. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Stanley, Diane. PETER THE GREAT. Four Winds Press 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed by Diane Stanley. Ill. by Stanley. Sonlight C. TRuthquest Age of Revolution I grades 2-8. 0027867900. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Visconti, Guido. THE GENIUS OF LEONARDO. Barefoot Books 2000, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Bimba Landmann. Leonardo’s new apprentice watches closely as his wise and eccentric master sets the broken wing of a bird, invents new machines, plays the harp, and paints masterpieces like the Mona Lisa. Like-New. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Winter, Kay. ABE LINCOLN, THE BOY WHO LOVED BOOKS. Simon & Schuster 2003, stated first edition. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. Nancy Carpenter. Attention-grabbing text and illustrations creatively tell how a boy who loved to read changed the world forever. Excellent! Truthquest Age of Revolution II grade1-3. Brand-New. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
CHILDREN’S NON-FICTION / LIVING HISTORY PICTURE BOOKS
Leaf, Munro. MANNERS CAN BE FUN. Universe Publishing 1936, 2004. Hardcover. Ill. with Leaf’s comical stick figures. “Having good manners is really just living with other people pleasantly.” Like-New. $4.photo of the actual item
   
Spradlin, Michael P. DANIEL BOONE’S GREAT ESCAPE. Walker & Co. 2008, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Picture book story of Boone’s daring and courageous escape from the Shawnee Indians to warn Kentucky settlers of the planned attack. 0802798711. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Yolen, Jane. MY BROTHERS’ FLYING MACHINE, Wilbur, Orville, and Me, Kitty Hawk 1903. Little, Brown 2003, first edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Paintings by Jim Burke. Katharine tells the story of growing up with and encouraging her older brothers as they developed their “flying machines.” Fascinating story for young boys – and girls! Like-New. $7.50.photo of the actual item
    
INSPIRATIONAL PICTURE BOOKS
Bulla, Clyde Robert, translated by. NOAH AND THE RAINBOW, An Ancient Story, retold by Swiss poet Max Bolliger. Thomas Y. Crowell 1972, printed in Switzerland. Hardcover with dust jacket. Exquisite paintings by Helga Aichinger. Folio, more than 12”. Ex-lib. with perfect dust jacket card pocket in back of book. Near-Fine. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Doane, Pelagie. THE BOY JESUS. Oxford University Press 1953, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. This is the story of Jesus from His birth to the day He talked with the teachers in the Temple, with details added by the author and accompanied by lovely, illuminating illustrations by the author. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.photo of the actual item
   
Peretti, Frank. ALL IS WELL, The Miracle of Christmas in July. Integrity Publishers 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Gary Glover. Peretti gently reminds each of us that through the provision of our loving God and the kindness of others, we can celebrate the joy of Christmas all year long. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine, dust jacket Near-fine. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Tudor, Tasha, illustrator. GIVE US THIS DAY, THE LORD’S PRAYER. Philomel 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0399214429. Brand-New. $8.photo of the actual item
  
Weisgard, Leonard, illustrator. A BOOK ABOUT GOD, by Florence Mary Fitch. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket. Church stamp. Book and dust jacket Good, two pages have repaired tears, rear endpapers removed. $8.photo of the actual item
   
SOFTCOVER CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS
Anderson, Lena, illustrator. ANNA’S SUMMER SONGS, poems by Mary Q. Steele. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1984, 1991. Anna’s joyous songs celebrate everything that grows. Very Good. $2.75.photo of the actual item
 
Bouchard, David. IF YOU’RE NOT FROM THE PRAIRIE. Aladdin SOFTCOVER 1995. Visual and poetic journey recalling the bittersweet memories of living in this diverse land. Beautiful paintings by Henry Ripplinger. A treasure!  0689820356. Brand-New. $4.photo of the actual item
   
Coles, Robert. THE STORY OF RUBY BRIDGES. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1995. As the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, Ruby showed amazing courage and loving forgiveness toward the white families who demonstrated and taunted her as they refused to let their white children be educated with a little black girl. Brand-New. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Dalgliesh, Alice. THE THANKSGIVING STORY. Aladdin SOFTCOVER 1954, new printing. Ill. by Dalgliesh. Great Thanksgiving story, giving thanks to God for His keeping and provision. Like-New. $4.50.photo of the actual item
  
Flack, Marjorie. THE BOATS ON THE RIVER. Troll SOFTCOVER 1946, 1974. Ill. Jay Hyde Barnum. Caldecott Honor Book 1947. A classic, especially for any little boy who loves boats! Very Good. $2.75.photo of the actual item
 
Franklin, Benjamin. THE HATMAKER’S SIGN, A Story by Benjamin Franklin, Retold lby Candace Fleming. Scholastic/Orchard Books SOFTCOVER 1999. Ill. by Robert Andrew Parker. FIAR. 0439071798. Brand-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Hest, Amy. WHEN JESSIE CAME ACROSS THE SEA. Candlewick Press SOFTCOVER 1997, 2003. Breathtaking illustrations by P. J. Lynch. Little Jessie is chosen by the Rabbi from the Jewish settlement in Eastern Europe to leave her dear grandmother and go to America to start a new life with the Rabbi’s widowed sister-in-law. Her heart breaking, she leaves her home and sails alone with the promise to bring her grandmother to America one day soon. Touching and informative story. 076361274X. Brand-New. $4.50.photo of the actual item
    
Krensky, Stephen. CHILDREN OF THE WIND AND WATER. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1994. Ill. James Watling. Five Stories about Native American children. SCM. Fine. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Provensen, Alice and Martin. OLD MOTHER HUBBARD. Random House Picture Back 1977. SOFTCOVER. Delightfully illustrated by the Provensens. Old Mother Hubbard visits many merchants in the village, each providing a teaching moment. Fine. $3.photo of the actual item
     
Rey, H. A. CECILY G. AND THE 9 MONKEYS. Trumpet Club SOFTCOVER 1942, 1989. Ill. by Rey. Very Good. $3.photo of the actual item
 
POETRY FOR CHILDREN / YOUNG PEOPLE
Attenborough, Liz, compiler. POETRY BY HEART, A Child’s Book of Poems to Remember. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2003. 4to. Very Good. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Attenborough, Liz, compiler. POETRY BY HEART, A Child’s Book of Poems to Remember. Scholastic/The ChickenHouse 2001, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Wide-ranging collection includes poetry from Roald Dahl, William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, Lewis Carroll, Emily Dickinson, Langson Hughes, others. Variety of illustrators. Foreword by Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate, UK. 4to. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Auslander, Joseph and Hill, Frank Ernest. THE WINGED HORSE ANTHOLOGY. Doubleday Doran 1929. Hardcover. This from the “Foreword“, speaking of many anthologies they had perused, “. . .there was not among them a single volume seeking to encompass the best verse done in English, in whatever form – and only the best.” Includes Chaucer, Edmund Spenser, Sir Walter Raleigh, Shakespeare, William Cowper, John Milton, Wordsworth, Keats, and many, many others. 669 pp. with index of titles, authors and first lines. One small school stamp. Worn spot on back spine edge. Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Baxter, Nicola, compiled by. THE CHILDREN’S CLASSIC POETRY COLLECTION. Smithmark 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket. Softly tinted illustrations by Cathie Shuttleworth. Short bio of poets. Brand-New. $6.photo of the actual item
     
Brooke, L. Leslie, illustrator. RING O’ ROSES, A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book with drawings by L. Leslie Brooke. Clarion Books 1992, first published 1922. 21 traditional Mother Goose rhymes with illustrations that bring to life the amusing, outlandish, and noble characters that have amused children and adults for generations. Brand-New. $8.photo of the actual item
    
Clark, Betsey, illustrator. HELLO, SUNSHINE! Charming and Delightful Proverbs to Warm the Heart. Hallmark Crown Editions 1972. Hardcover with dust jacket. These timeless thoughts and Betsey Clark’s charming little people will add sunshine to every day. Book and dust jacket Very Good with tiny chip in front of dust jacket; previous owner’s name. $4.photo of the actual item
    
Conkling, Hilda. POEMS BY A LITTLE GIRL. Frederick Stokes 1920, 1923. Hardcover. Just delightful! Cover is paper over boards with cloth binding/gilt lettering. Ambleside 3. NOT ex-lib. Good+. $25.photo of the actual item
   
Conkling, Hilda. SHOES OF THE WIND, A Book of Poem. Frederick Stokes 1922, second printing. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards, library rebound. Ambleside 3. Finger smudges on a few pages; library card pocket in back of book. Good. $25.photo of the actual item
  
de la Mare, Walter. COME HITHER, A Collection of Rhymes and Poems for the Young of All Ages Made by de la Mare. Alfred Knopf 1923, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket. Decorations by Warren Chappell. 500 poems by 150 authors. Index of authors, titles, and notes. 771 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good+. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Esbensen, Barbara Juster. SWING AROUND THE SUN. Carolrhoda Books 2003, poems first published in 1965. First edition with these illustrations. A collection of beautiful poems that celebrate the seasons, with illustrations for each season by a different Minnesota artist: Cheng-Khee Chee, Janice Lee Porter, Mary GrandPre and Stephen Gammell. Living Science. Brand-New. $6.photo of the actual item
    
Field, Eugene. WYNKEN, BLYNKEN, AND NOD. E. P. Dutton 1982. Hardcover. Ill. by Susan Jeffers. Ambleside 0. 0525440224. Fine, previous owner’s name whited out. $7.photo of the actual item
   
Gray, Lucy, editor. ODE TO CHILDHOOD, Poetry to Celebrate the Child. London: Batsford 2014, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Anthology of poetry celebrating childhood – from the magical times and memories of childhood, through to the unconditional love a parent has for a child, by poets such as William Blake, William Cowper, William Wordsworth, Walt Whitman. Illustrated with museum prints. 1849941335 . Brand-New. $5.photo of the actual item
   
Hader, Berta and Elmer. PICTURE BOOK OF MOTHER GOOSE. Derrydale 1987, first published in 1930. Hardcover with dust jacket. Wonderful b/w and color ill. by the authors. Book and dust jacket Like-New with touch of wear to dust jacket. $8.50.photo of the actual item
        
Holly Hobbie. HOLLY HOBBIE’S NURSERY RHYMES. Platt & Munk 1977. Hardcover. Familiar nursery rhymes with adorable Holly Hobbie illustrations. Folio, more than 12”. NOT ex-lib. Good with some wrinkles in mylar covering. $6.photo of the actual item
    
Hopkins, Lee Bennett, Selected by. AMERICA AT WAR. Margaret K. McElderry 2008, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Stephen Alcorn. Collection of fifty poems that trace emotions of warfare from the American Revolution to the Iraq War. Pays fitting tribute to those who have served, those now serving, and those who have given their lives so we all may live in peace. 1416918329. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $6.50.photo of the actual item
         
Jackson, Leroy F. THE PETER PATTER BOOK, Rhymes by Leroy F. Jackson. Barnes & Noble 2007, first published 1918. Hardcover. Ill. Blanche Fisher Wright. 88 pp. Folio-size, 12”. Brand-New. $6.photo of the actual item
     
Koch, Kenneth and Farrell, Kate. TALKING TO THE SUN, An Illustrated Anthology of Poems for Young People. Henry Holt and Metropolitan Museum of Art 1984. Hardcover with dust jacket. Splendid and diverse treasures of the Metropolitan Museum of Art increase a young reader’s enjoyment and understanding of these classic children’s poems. 112 pp. with index. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Brand-New with slight flaw in dust jacket. $6.photo of the actual item
  
Lawson, Robert, illustrator. UNDER THE TENT OF THE SKY, A Collection of Poems About Animals Large and Small, selected by John E. Brewton. Index of authors, titles and first lines. 205 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.photo of the actual item
    
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. HIAWATHA, Illustrated by Susan Jeffers. Dial Books 1983. Enthralling illustrations illuminate some of the poem’s most lyrical verses depicting Hiawatha’s boyhood. Folio-size, more than 12”. Ambleside 0. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
McFarland, Wilma. FOR A CHILD, Great Poems Old and New. Westminster Press 1947. Hardcover. Adorable illustrations by Ninon with familiar and not-so-familiar poems by a variety of children’s poets. 96 pp. 4to. Ex-lib. Library binding. Very Good. $6.50.photo of the actual item
     
Milne, A. A. THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN BOOK OF VERSE, Selected from When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six with new illustrations in full color by E H. Shepard. E. P. Dutton 1967, stated first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 63 pp. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good with previous owner’s name. $8.50.photo of the actual item
   
Milne, A. A. NOW WE ARE SIX. Dutton 1920, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside 1. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Milne, A. A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. Dutton 1928, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside 1. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Noyes, Alfred. THE HIGHWAYMAN. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1990, stated first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dramatic color illustrations by Neil Waldman. Ambleside 6. Ex-lib. with minimal marks, no marks on dust jacket. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.photo of the actual item
    
Opie, Iona, Editor. MY VERY FIRST MOTHER GOOSE. Candlewick Press 1996, first U. S. edition. Hardcover. Simple, child-friendly illustrations by Rosemary Wells. 107 pp. 1564026205. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
     
Prelutsky, Jack, Selected by. THE RANDOM HOUSE BOOK OF POETRY FOR CHILDREN, A Treasury of 572 Poems for Today’s Child. Random House 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Arnold Lobel. 394850106. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Rossetti, Christina. WHAT IS PINK? Macmillan 1971, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Jose Aruego. Ambleside 2. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good+. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Sage, Alison, editor. TREASURY OF CHILDREN’S POETRY. Great Britain: Hutchinson 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket. 319 pp. with Index of Titles; Index of Poets; Index of Illustrators. Illustrations by Tony Ross, Kate Greenaway, Arthur Rackham, Jessie Willcox Smith, Shel Silverstein, Charlotte Voake, Eleanor Farjeon, many others. Poetry by William Blake, Margaret Wise Brown, Robert Browning, Robert Frost, Vachel Lindsey, Walt Whitman and a host of others. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine; dust jacket clean with a ½” tear at one corner. $8.photo of the actual item
    
Smith, Jessie Willcox. THE JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH MOTHER GOOSE. Derrydale 1986, first published 1914. Hardcover with dust jacket. 17 full-page drawings by Smith, 12 in full color. 750 nursery rhymes. Ambleside 0. 0517603578. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $10.photo of the actual item
    
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES. Crown Publishers 1985, first published 1885. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color plates and b/w illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith. 119 pp. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $7.50.photo of the actual item
   
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A LOWDEN SABBATH MORN. Scribner’s 1898. Hardcover. B/w drawings by A. S. Boyd. A poem in dialect depicting a Scottish rural parish in Stevenson's youth. First published in 1887 in "Underworlds" without illustrations.The illustrator published this edition and dedicated the book to "the memory of Robert Louis Stevenson". 125 pp. Very dark green cloth over boards with gilt plate and top edges of pages gilt. Very Good, previous owner’s name. $8.photo of the actual item
    
Tudor, Tasha, selected and illustrated by. ALL FOR LOVE. Philomel Books 1984. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Love songs, quotes, poetry, beautiful Tudor illustrations. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $8.50.photo of the actual item
    
Untermeyer, Louis, Selected by. THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF POETRY. Golden Press 1959. Charming illustrations in b/w and color by Joan Walsh Anglund. More than 400 poems for your kids to grow on that will make them laugh and cry and learn to love poetry. Ambleside 0. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, previous owner’s name. $8.photo of the actual item
    
Wilkie, Ellen. TIME FOR A RHYME. Start-Right Elf Book. Checkerboard Press 1966. Hardcover. Ill. Sharon Kane. Great start for rhyming words, with large, simple illustrations. Fine. $3.photo of the actual item
   
Wright, Blanche Fisher, illustrator. THE REAL MOTHER GOOSE. Barnes & Noble 1992, first published 1916. Hardcover. Full-page color illustrations by Blanche Fisher Wright. Ambleside 0. CM Alveary. Previous owner’s name and card pocket. Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Wright, Blanche Fisher, illustrator. THE REAL MOTHER GOOSE. Scholastic/Cartwheel Books 1994, first published 1916. Hardcover. Full-page color illustrations by Blanche Fisher Wright. Ambleside 0. CM Alveary. Brand-New. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Yolen, Jane & Peters, Andrew Fusek. HERE’S A LITTLE POEM, A Very First Book of Poetry. Candlewick Press 2007. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Polly Dunbar. Short poems that capture a young child’s delight in daily experiences and routines, written by A A. Milne, Myra Cohn Livingston, Jack Prelutsky, Langston Hughes, and others, and exuberantly illustrated by Polly Dunbar. Large format, 10 ½” x 11 ½” and 105 pp. $4.50.photo of the actual item
    
BIOGRAPHIES FOR YOUNG READERS
de Monvel, Maurice Boutet. JOAN OF ARC. The Grolier Society SOFTCOVER 1967. Illustrated. Ex-church. Truthquest Middle Ages grades 3-8. Very Good. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Graves, Charles P. JOHN MUIR. A Crowell Biography. Thomas Y. Crowell 1973, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Robert Levering. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Greene, Carol. MARCO POLO VOYAGER TO THE ORIENT. Children’s Press 1987. Hardcover. Ambleside 3. 0516032291. Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Step-Up Biography. MEET ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by Barbara Cary. Random House 1965, later printing. Truthquest Age of Revolution Iii grades K-3. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $4.50photo of the actual item
 
Step-Up Biography. MEET ANDREW JACKSON, by Ormonde deKay. Random House 1967. Pictorial hardcover. Truthquest Age of Revolution II Grades K-3. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Step-Up Biography. MEET BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, by Maggi Scarf. Random House 1968. Pictorial hardcover. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades K-3. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Step-Up Biography. MEET THE MEN WHO SAILED THE SEAS, by John Dyment. Random House 1968. Pictorial hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Step-Up Biography. MEET THOMAS JEFFERSON, by Marvin Barrett. Random House 1967. Hardcover. SCM. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades 1-4. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Tousey, Sanford. JOHN C. FREMONT, WESTERN PATHFINDER. Albert Whitman 1953. Hardcover. Ill. endpapers. Who Should We Then Read? Good, corner wear, spine ends worn. $5.photo of the actual item
   
BIOGRAPHIES FOR OLDER CHILDREN / YOUNG ADULTS
Adler, David A. GEORGE WASHINGTON, AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY. Holiday House 2004, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Full story of the life of George Washington told with quotes from his correspondence and accounts by his peers and accompanied with b/w detailed historical illustrations and maps every page. 274 pp. Ex-lib. with minimal marks. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Davis, Harry. THE ART OF TASHA TUDOR. Little, Brown 2000, stated first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 150 of Tudor’s illustrations on nearly every page. Detailed biographical information. 148 pp. Beautiful book! NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $14.photo of the actual item
   
Foster, Genevieve. ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S WORLD. Charles Scribner’s 1944. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Foster. Ambleside 5. Truthquest age of Revolution II grades 3-9. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $20.photo of the actual item
 
Franklin, Benjamin. A BENJAMIN FRANKLIN READER, The Essential Writings of a Colonial Sage, including The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and The Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin. Barnes & Noble 2005. Hardcover with dust jacket. SCM. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades 8-12. 076077546x. Brand-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Giblin, James Cross. THE MANY RIDES OF PAUL REVERE. Scholastic Press 2007. Hardcover with dust jacket. Archival prints on almost every page. Giblin chronicles Revere’s life from his humble beginnings as a French immigrant son to his determined support of the rebel cause, chronicling his daring acts as the “rider for the Revolution.” Folio-size. Beautiful book! NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Hines, Stephen W. “I REMEMBER LAURA,” LAURA INGALLS WILDER. Thomas Nelson Publishers 1994, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newly discovered articles – along with interviews and recollections of her daughter, friends, and neighbors – adds depth and breadth to the adult life of this beloved author. Photos, illustrations. 274 pp. Brand-New. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Marrin, Albert. GEORGE WASHINGTON & THE FOUNDING OF A NATION. Dutton 2001, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades 7-12. 0525464816. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Marrin, Albert. UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, U. S. Grant and the Civil War. Atheneum 1994, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside 10. 0689318375. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Marrin, Albert. VIRGINIA’S GENERAL, Robert E. Lee and the Civil War. Atheneum 1994, stated first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside 10. Truthquest Age of Revolution II grades 8-12. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Marsden, William, translated and edited by. THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO, THE VENETIAN. The Programmed Classics 1948. Hardcover. Ill. by Jon Corbino. Re-edited by Thomas Wright. NOT ex-lib. Attractive green/gilt binding. Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Muhlbach, L. MARIE ANTOINETTE AND HER SON, An Historical Novel. D. Appleton 1867, 1899. Hardcover. Translated from the German by Rev. W. L. Gage. Five full-page illustrations. Ambleside 9 Biography. NOT ex-lib. Very Good+. $12.photo of the actual item
 
Nicolay, John G. A SHORT LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Condensed from Nicolay & Hay’s Abraham Lincoln: a History. The Century Co. 1902, 1906. Hardcover. 555 pp. plus extensive index. Ambleside 10 Biography. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $10.photo of the actual item
 
O’Hara, Mary. WYOMING SUMMER. Doubleday 1963 BCE. Hardcover with dust jacket. Mary O’Hara visits the ranch where Flicka was born, writing of real people and events – the material on which My Friend Flicka, Thunderhead, and Green Grass of Wyoming were based. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket has chip at top of spine and tear at base of spine. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Ostendorf, Lloyd. A PICTURE STORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co. 1962, 1963. Hardcover. Short, one-paragraph stories from Lincoln’s life, enhanced by illlustrations by the author or photographs. Most interesting! 157 pp. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, previous owner’s name. $6.50.photo of the actual item
   
Peppard, Murray B. PATHS THROUGH THE FOREST, A Biography of the Brothers Grimm. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1971, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 248 pp. plus index. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Plutarch. PLUTARCH’S LIVES, Translated by John Dryden and Revised by Arthur High Clough. Modern Library, no date. Hardcover. Dryden’s translation published at the end of the 17th century; Clough revised the work in 1864. Hardcover with dust jacket. 1309 pp. with index. Ambleside 7. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $15.photo of the actual item
 
Potter, Beatrix. LETTERS TO CHILDREN FROM BEATRIX POTTER, Collected and introduced by Judy Taylor. Frederick Warne 1992, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated with photos and Potter book illustrations. 240 pp. 0723237778. Brand-New. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Seaver, James E. THE LIFE OF MARY JEMISON. American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society 1949, first published 1824. SOFTCOVER. Illustrated. Good. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Signature Biography. THE STORY OF MARTHA WASHINGTON, by Jeannette Covert Nolan. Grosset & Dunlap 1954. Hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Good+. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Simon, Charlie May. LAYS OF THE NEW LAND, Stories of Some American Poets and Their Work. E. P. Dutton1943, 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket. The brings alive 7 American poets with friendly warmth, especially appealing to young people. 11 to 14-page fascinating biographies including a few selections of their work. A treasure! Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Steele, Philip. ISAAC NEWTON, The Scientist Who Changed Everything. National Geographic 2007. World History Biographies. Hardcover. Ambleside 5. Like-New. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Twain, Mark. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Harper & Brothers 1875, 1927. Hardcover. Color frontispiece and b/w full-page illustrations by Walter Stewart. Memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the War. Black cloth over boards with paste-down cover illustration. Spine library marking and home-library stamp. Very Good with two scuff marks on cover. $12.photo of the actual item
   
Wheeler, Opal and Deucher, Sybil. SEBASTIAN BACH, The Boy From Thuringia. E. P. Dutton 1937, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Mary Greenwalt. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades 2-7. NOT ex-lib. Book Near-Fine with previous owner’s name; dust jacket Very Good. $16.photo of the actual item
 
White, Stewart Edward. DANIEL BOONE, WILDERNESS SCOUT. A Story of the Greatest Frontiersman. Junior Deluxe Editions 1957, 1972. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Henry Pitz. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
White, T. H. AMERICA AT LAST, THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF T. H. WHITE. G. P. Putnam’s 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket. Author of The Once and Future King. 250 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
CHRISTIAN BIOGRAPHIES
Barrett, David. C. S. LEWIS AND HIS WORLD. United Kingdom: Marshall Pickering/Wm. B. Eerdmans 1987. Hardcover. Ill. with photos. 0802836399. Brand-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Blaikie, W. Garden. DAVID LIVINGSTONE, Heroes of the Faith. Barbour & Co. 1986. Deluxe leather hardcover binding. Chiefly from his unpublished journals and correspondence in the possession of his family. Like-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Fletcher, Jesse C. BILL WALLACE OF CHINA. Broadman Press 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket. Bill Wallace served as a medical missionary during the most turbulent years of the ancient kingdom’s history. It was in the late 1930’s when China was being harassed by Japanese invaders that Wallace became a legend among the people he served and became a martyr for Christ in a Communist prison cell. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, previous owner’s name. Dust jacket in new protective cover. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Loizeaux, P. J. THE TRUE STORY OF THE CONVICT DANIEL MANN And Other Stories. John Ritchie Ltd., no date, ca. 1900. Hardcover. Good. $10.photo of the actual item
 
Ludwig, Charles. NANCY HANKS: MOTHER OF LINCOLN. Valor Series. Baker Book House 1965. Hardcover. Tells the story of Nancy Hanks’ faith and its effect on her son. 88 pp. Ex-church with card pocket and stamp. Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Miller, Basil. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, God’s Ebony Scientist. Zondervan 1943. Hardcover. 166 pp. Ambleside 5. Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Nagel, Sherman. CYRUS THE PERSIAN. Wm. B. Eerdmans 1944. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fascinating story, tracing the hand of God through the life of one of the greatest men of all time, Cyrus, using him in His dealings with His chosen people. In re-creating this fictionalized biography, the author has shown what inspiring heroism grows from faith in the Lord who continually shapes the destinies of His own. Rare title. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket has chips but nice in new protective cover. $14.photo of the actual item
  
Richardson, Don. ETERNITY IN THEIR HEARTS, The Untold Story of Christianity Among Folk Religions of Ancient People.. Regal Books SOFTCOVER 1985. Sonlight 400. 0830709258. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
ten Boom, Corrie. FATHER TEN BOOM, GOD’S MAN. Fleming H. Revell. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated with photos. Ex-church library. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
ten Boom, Corrie with Sherrill, John and Elizabeth. THE HIDING PLACE. Hendrickson Publishers 1971, 2009. Hardcover with dust jacket. Several photographs. Ambleside 11. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Vision Biography. MOTHER SETON AND THE SISTERS OF CHARITY, by Alma Power-Waters. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy/Vision Books 1957, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Mother Seton is credited with founding the American parochial school system. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket has edge chips, small tears. $7.photo of the actual item
 
YOUNG READERS’ AMERICAN HISTORY / GEOGRAPHY
Campbell, Elizabeth A. NAILS TO NICKELS, The Story of American Coins Old and New. Little, Brown 1960, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Leonard Weisgard. There was a time when nails were used for money as were shells, tea, musket balls, and other valuable articles. Here you can read about early forms of money and what coins were first used in America. 58 pp. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $10.photo of the actual item
   
Lincoln, Abraham. THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. Scholastic/Houghton Mifflin 1997. SOFTCOVER. Dramatic illustrations by Michael McCurdy. Truthquest Age of Revolution II all grades. Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Morris, Richard B. THE INDIAN WARS, American History Topic Books. First published in 1959 as The First Book of the Indian Wars. Lerner Publications 1985. Hardcover. Ill. Leonard Everett Fisher. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades 3-7. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Wise, William. LEADERS, LAWS, AND CITIZENS, The Story of Democracy and Government. Parents’ Magazine Press 1973. Hardcover. Ill. Mila Lazarevich. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
YOUNG READERS’ WORLD HISTORY / GEOGRAPHY
Aliki. A MEDIEVAL FEAST. Thomas Y. Crowelll 1983, first edition. Hardcover. Ill. Aliki. SCM History 1-3. Truthquest Middle Ages grades 1-4. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, no dust jacket. $7.photo of the actual item
 
Cohen, Daniel. ANCIENT EGYPT. Doubleday 1990, first edition. Hardcover. Ill. Gary A. Lippincott. Dramatic, vivid illustrations; brief text. 0385245866. Folio, more than 12”. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine, wear to one corner. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Nicholson, Robert and Watts, Claire. THE VIKINGS, Facts, Stories, Activities. Scholastic/Two-Can Publishing SOFTCOVER 1991. 0590738801. Brand-New. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Step-Up. THE STORY OF FLIGHT, by Mary Lee Settle. Random House 1967. Very Good. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
AMERICAN HISTORY / GEOGRAPHY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Fowler, Eugene. ONE SMALL STEP, Project Apollo and the Legacy of the Space Age. Smithmark 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. 30th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, July 20, 1969. Profusely illustrated in color. 64 pp. Brand-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Franklin, Benjamin. POOR RICHARD: THE ALMANACKS FOR THE YEARS 1733-1758. By Richard Saunders. The Heritage Press 1964. Hardcover in slipcase. Nine full-color, full-page illustrations by Norman Rockwell. “Wherein are retain’d in their Entirety the Author’s Prefaces, Proverbs, Verses, & entertaining Remarks; Together with those Chronological, Historical, and Scientific Observations which the Author has illumin’d with his characteristic Wit & Wisdom.” Contains the text of each of the 26 issues of Poor Richard’s Almanack published by Benjamin Franklin. Book measures about 8 x 12”. Book and slipcase Like-New. $10.photo of the actual item
    
Freedman, Russell. AN INDIAN WINTER. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1992, 1994. Paintings and drawings by Karl Bodmer. 88 pp., profusely illustrated. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $3.50.photo of the actual item
   
Ingraham, Leonard. AN ALBUM OF COLONIAL AMERICA. Franklin Watts 1969. Hardcover. Ill. with maps and period prints. 23 chapters, i.e. “Founders;” “Education;” “Trade and Transportation;” “Farming;” “Slavery, “ etc. 88 pp., illustrations every page. Ex-lib. Good. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Landmark Series. BETSY ROSS AND THE FLAG, by Jane Mayer. Random House 1952. Hardcover with dust jacket. CM Alveary. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades 3-8. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine; dust jacket Good in new protective cover. $9.50.photo of the actual item
 
Landmark Series. DANIEL BOONE, THE OPENING OF THE WILDERNESS, by John Mason Brown. Random House 1952. Hardcover with dust jacket. CM Alveary. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades 3-9. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket has piece missing at top of spine. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Landmark Series. KIT CARSON AND THE WILD FRONTIER, by Ralph Moody. Random House 1955. Pictorial hardcover. Ex-lib. Good-, cover wear. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Landmark Series. THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS, by James Daugherty. Random House 1950. Pictorial hardcover. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grade 3-8. Ambleside 3. SCM. Ex-lib. Good, some cover wear. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Landmark Series. OUR INDEPENDENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Random House 1950. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades 3-8. NOT ex-lib. Book Near-Fine, previous owner’s name; dust jacket Good in new protective cover. $12.photo of the actual item
 
Landmark Series. THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE, by f. Van Wyck Mason. Random House 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades 3-8. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine; dust jacket Good in new protective cover. $9.50.photo of the actual item
 
Marrin, Albert. AMERICA AND VIETNAM, The Elephant and the Tiger. Viking 1992, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Photographs. Riveting and excellent exploration of the Vietnam War. 0670840637. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, no library marks on dust jacket. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Marrin, Albert. UPROOTED, The Japanese Experience During World War II. Albert Knopf 2016, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with numerous photos. A Junior Library Guild Selection. For teens. 209 pp. plus notes and index. Brand-New. $10.photo of the actual item
 
Milhous, Katherine. THROUGH THESE ARCHES, The Story of Independence Hall. J. B. Lippincott 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Milhous. This book is a visit to Independence Hall, with the story of this hall and the people whose lives were spent in the presence of this building presented in rhythmical prose and mellow 3-color pictures. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $10.photo of the actual item
   
WORLD HISTORY / GEOGRAPHY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Berton, Pierre. THE INVASION OF CANADA, 1812-1813. McClelland & Stewart 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside 9. NOT Ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket Fair. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Churchill, Winston S. THE AGE OF REVOLUTION, Volume Three, A History of the English Speaking Peoples. Dodd, Mead 1957. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside 9. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; stain on back of dust jacket. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Churchill, Winston S. THE GREAT DEMOCRACIES, Volume Four, A History of the English Speaking Peoples. Dodd, Mead 1958, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside 10. Book Very Good; dust jacket has piece missing at spine. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Keyes, Nelson Beecher. STORY OF THE BIBLE WORLD IN MAP, WORD AND PICTURE. C. S. Hammond 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket. 184 pages plus “Geographic Index” and “Subject Index.” NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Landmark (World). THE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES, by Gerald Gottlieb. Random House 1959. Pictorial hardcover. Truthquest Ancient Greece 3-9. Ex-lib. Good. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Landmark (World). CHIEF OF THE COSSACKS, by Harold Lamb. Random House 1950, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good with crayon on endpapers; dust jacket Good. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Landmark (World). GENGHIS KHAN AND THE MONGOL HORDE, by Harold Lamb. Random House 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Middle Ages grades 3-8. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket has piece missing top of spine. $9.50.photo of the actual item
 
Landmark (World). THE SINKING OF THE BISMARCK, by William Shirer. Random House 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with photos. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine; dust jacket Good in new protective cover. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Marshall, H. E. OUR ISLAND STORY, A History of Britain for Boys and Girls. Galore Park 1905, 2005. Hardcover with dust jacket. Thirty color illustrations by A. S. Forrest. Ambleside 1-5. Book and dust jacket Very Good+ with previous owner’s name. $15.photo of the actual item
  
Portraits of Greatness. THE LIFE &TIMES OF NAPOLEON, ed. by Dr. Enzo Orlandi. Curtis Books 1967. Beautiful color ill. of period prints and maps. 75 pp. Folio. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $3.photo of the actual item
 
van Loon, Hendrik Willem. VAN LOON’S GEOGRAPHY, THE STORY OF THE WORLD. Garden City Publishing 1932, 1937. Deluxe Edition. Decorative hardcover. Ill by van Loon. Written in response to this request, “Put all the mountains and the cities and the oceans on your maps and then tell us only about the people who live in those places and why they are there and where they came from and what they are doing – a sort of human interest story applied to geography.” 525 pp. Ambleside 6. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
MINNESOTA BOOKS
Gilbert, Jim. THROUGH MINNESOTA’S SEASONS WITH JIM GILBERT. Minnesota Landscape Arboretum 1987, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Text and color photographs by Gilbert. Drawings by Laverne Dunsmore. 210 pp. with index. Extraordinarily clean and nice. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Jaques, Florence. CANOE COUNTRY. Minnesota Historical Society Press SOFTCOVER 1938, 1989. Ill. Francis Lee Jaques. In 1927, for their honeymoon, the Jaques took a 3-week canoe trip through the Minnesota-Ontario border lakes and Florence kept a jounal of the voyage while Francis added skillful drawings of the forests, lakes, and wildlife. Magic words and distinctive pictures! NOT ex-lib. Fine. $6.photo of the actual item
 
ART / MUSIC FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
Barbauld, A. L. HYMNS IN PROSE FOR THE USE OF CHILDREN. India: S N Books, no date. Originally published in 1781. Hardcover. CM Language Arts. Brand-new. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Boni, Margaret Bradford, Selected and edited by. FIRESIDE BOOK OF FOLK SONGS. Simon & Schuster 1947. Hardcover. Full-color and three-color illustrations by Alice and Martin Provensen. Arranged for the piano by Norman Lloyd. “Ballads and Old Favorites;” ‘Work Songs, English and American;” “Marching Songs and Songs of Valor;” “Christmas Carols;” “Old Hymns and Spirituals.” 322 pp. with index. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $17.photo of the actual item
      
Downing, Julie. MOZART TONIGHT. Bradbury Press 1991, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed by Downing. Glowing illustrations by the author. Young readers are treated to an engrossing portrait of the composer’s life starting with his early years. 0027328813. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Foster, Walter T. ANIMALS ARE FOR FUN. Walter Foster Art Books 1987. By Ed Nofziger. Folio, larger than 12”. Like-New. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Funk & Wagnalls. RENOIR, THE GREAT ARTISTS, A Library of Their Lives, Times and Paintings. Funk & Wagnalls 1977, 1978, first published in Italy in 1963. Book #4. Folio-size softcover, more than 12”. Text by Keith Roberts. Five-page biography and 14 pages of his paintings with two double-page, fold-out paintings. Great art-study book. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Funk & Wagnalls. MICHELANGELO. THE GREAT ARTISTS, A Library of Their Lives, Times and Paintings. Funk & Wagnalls 1978, first published in Italy in 1963. Book 5. Text by E. H. Ramsden. Folio-size softcover, more than 12”. Five-page biography and 14 pages of his paintings with two double-page, fold-out paintings. Great art-study book. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Funk & Wagnalls. PICASSO. THE GREAT ARTISTS, A Library of Their Lives, Times and Paintings. Funk & Wagnalls 1978, first published in Italy in 1963. Book 6. Text by Sir Roland Penrose. Folio-size softcover, more than 12”. Five-page biography and 15 pages of his paintings. Great art-study book. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Funk & Wagnalls. VELAZQUEZ. THE GREAT ARTISTS, A Library of Their Lives, Times and Paintings. Funk & Wagnalls 1978, first published in Italy in 1963. Book 23. Text by Jose Lopez-Rey. Folio-size softcover, more than 12”. Five-page biography and 15 pages of his paintings with two double-page, fold-out paintings. Great art-study book. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Guthrie, Woody. THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND with audio CD performed by Woody and Arlo Guthrie. Little, Brown 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket. Lyrics to the folk song with musical notations. Detailed, richly illustrated paintings by Kathy Jakobsen invite readers on a journey across the country. Brand-new with sealed CD. $8.photo of the actual item
    
Metropolitan Museum of Art. LULLABIES, An Illustrated Songbook. Harcourt Brace/Gulliver Books 1997, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Children’s lullabies are paired with museum artwork to make a delightfully enhanced poetry/art study. 96 pp. Brand-New. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Raboff, Ernest. MICHELANGELO. Art for Children. Harper & Row 1988. SOFTCOVER. 0064460746. Like-New. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Reader’s Digest. FAMILY SONG BOOK. Editor W. A. H. Birnie. Readers Digest Association 1969. Selections of songs from World War I era, Broadway hits, Music from the movies, the swing years, operetta and semi-classical, folk songs, inspirational. Music arranged and edited by Dan Fox. Spiral binding which allows it to lie flat. 252 pages. Clean, Very Good. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Dr. Seuss. THE CAT IN THE HAT SONG BOOK, 19 Seuss-Songs for Beginning Singers. Random House 1967. Hardcover. Piano score and guitar chords by Eugene Poddany. NOT ex-lib. Good, corners worn. $4.photo of the actual item
  
Westminster Press. WHEN THE LITTLE CHILD WANTS TO SING. Westminster Press 1935, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket. For use with four- and five-year-olds in home, school, and church school. 99 pp. Previous owner’s name. Book Very Good; dust jacket Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY BOOKS / COOKBOOKS / HOBBIES / CRAFTS
Beckham, Victoria. VICTORIA BECKHAM COLORING BOOK. Victoria Beckham Collection made especially for Target. 18 pages with heavy backing page for coloring. Brand-New. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Eager, Fred. THE ITALIC WAY TO BEAUTIFUL HANDWRITING, Cursive & Calligraphic. Collier/Macmillan 1967, 1979. SOFTCOVER. A teach-yourself guide to Italic handwriting. 109 pp. Like-New, no writing. $10.photo of the actual item
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! A Four-Year Record Book for Birthday Boys and Girls, by Dian G Smith. Charles Scribner’s 1988. SOFTCOVER. Every page of this delightful book invites children to record four years of birthday celebrations, along with room to jot down annually the things they like the most, how much they have grown, and note the year’s important events. Some of the full-color illustrations are from the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Book is Like-New. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Peck-Aubry. HEIDI, A Paper Doll. Peck Aubry 1995. One 12-inch paperdoll, 12 fashions with 6 in color and 6 to be colored. Brand-New, still in shrink-wrap. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Selznick, David O. GONE WITH THE WIND COOK BOOK, Famous Southern Cooking Recipes. Abbeville Press 1991. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. 46 pages plus pages for your own recipes. Very Good++. $5.photo of the actual item
 
USBORNE BOOKS
Usborne. USBORNE FIRST NUMBERS, by Jo Litchfield and Felicity Brooks. Usborne 2001. Hardcover. Provides a gentle introduction to the exciting world of numbers, starting with counting to ten and covering number patterns and sequences, addition, subtraction and multiplication. 48 pp. 074604187x. Like-New. $6.50.photo of the actual item
  
Usborne. USBORNE FARMYARD TALES CHILDREN’S COOKBOOK, by Fiona Watt. Usborne 2003. Hardcover. Ill. Stephen Cartwright. For young children. 47 pp. Folio. Fine. $4.50.photo of the actual item
   
Usborne. THE USBORNE BOOK OF EVERYDAY WORDS IN SPANISH, A Spanish Picture Word Book, by Jo Litchfield. Usborne 1999. Hardcover. Small, labeled pictures throughout the book tell you the words for things in Spanish. Number of hidden objects to find in every big scene. Over 500 words. Spanish/English dictionary at end of book. Near-Fine. $5.photo of the actual item
   
Usborne. GREEK MYTHS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, retold by Heather Amery. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2002. Sonlight B. Very Good, cover creased. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Usborne. THE USBORNE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANCIENT EGYPT, by Gill Harvey and Struan Reid. Usborne2002. Internet-Linked. Covers of flexible heavy stock. 0794522122. Usborne. THE USBORNE INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR, Internet-Linked, by Paul Dowswell In Association with the Imperial War Museum. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2005. Brand-New. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
LIVING SCIENCE / NATURE, OTHER NON-FICTION
Anderson, Lena, illustrator. NICKY THE NATURE DETECTIVE, by Ulf Svedberg. R & S Books 1991, originally published in Sweden in 1983. Translated by Ingrid Selberg. Nickey observes her surroundings all year long and can answer questions about why birds sing and how spiders spin webs, in a delightfully illustrated, informative guide for the beginning naturalist. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $7.photo of the actual item
  
Anholt, Catherine and Laurence. SUN, SNOW, STARS SKY. Viking 1995. Hardcover. Wonderful living science book about the seasons with captivating illustrations. Very Good. $3.photo of the actual item
  
Audubon, John James. AUDUBON’S BIRDS OF AMERICA, Poular Edition. Macmillan 1950, second printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Introduction by Ludlow Griscom. 288 full-page color plates of Audubon’s magnificent bird and nature paintings with short description captions by Griscom. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.50.photo of the actual item
   
Austin, Mary Hunter. THE LAND OF LITTLE RAIN. San Simeon Press 2014. Color photography by Walter Feller. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside Science 9. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, tear in dust jacket. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Barker, Cicely Mary. FLOWER FAIRIES GARDENER’S YEAR. Frederick Warne 2000, first edition. Spiral-bound hardcover. Beautiful Barker flower fairies illustrations with copyrights 1923-1985. Provides guidance on various aspects of hortriculture and allows gardeners to note how their plants are performing, log the weather, keep propagation records, and more, with monthly reminders for jobs to be done. An exquisite book! Like-New. $10.photo of the actual item
    
Bastin, Marjolein with Marin, Tovah. VIEW FROM A SKETCHBOOK, Nature Through the Eyes of Marjolein Bastin. Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2003, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. SCM. 1584793538. Fine. $13.photo of the actual item
    
Bauer, Margaret Jean. ANIMAL BABIES. M. A. Donohue & Co. 1949. Hardcover. Twelve full-page, beautiful color ill. by Jacob Bates Abbott. 88 pp. Large book, 10” x 12”. NOT ex-lib. Edges show wear, corners worn. $6.photo of the actual item
   
Berenstain, Stan & Jan.  THE BERENSTAIN BEARS’ NATURE GUIDE.  Random House 1975, 1984. SOFTCOVER. Everything small bears and kids need to know about the wonderful world of nature.  NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Berger, Melvin. GERMS MAKE ME SICK. Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science. HarperTrophy 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. $2.50.photo of the actual item
 
Borland, Hal. HOMELAND, A REPORT FROM THE COUNTRY. J. B. Lippincott 1964, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. Borland writes of the land he loves, the green-growing things that spring from it, and the creatures that people it. Ambleside 11 Nature Study. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Branley, Franklyn. MICKEY’S MAGNET. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1956. Ill. Crockett Johnson. Living Science. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Branley, Franklyn. MICKEY’S MAGNET. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1956. Ill. Crockett Johnson. Living Science. Includes magnet attached to back cover. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Buscaglia, Leo, Ph.D. THE FALL OF FREDDIE THE LEAF, A Story of Life for All Ages. Charles B. Slack 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with photos. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Cochrane, Victoria. WHOSE NEST? Scholastic/Weldon Owen 2013, first edition. Hardcover. Ill. by English wildlife artist Guy Troughton. “This snuggly bed blankets my babies, while I munch on sweet, crisp clovers. Who am I?” And the flaps of the opposite page open to reveal the answer. Eight animals and their nests featured. 1608872041. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $6.photo of the actual item
   
Dillard, Annie. PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK. Harper’s Magazine Press 1974, stated first U.S. edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. The author’s quote, “In nature I find grace tangled in a rapture with violence; I find an intricate landscape whose forms are fringed in death; I find mystery , newness, and a kind of exuberant, spendthrift energy.” NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $12.photo of the actual item
 
Doolittle, Bev, illustrator. READING THE WILD, by Elise Maclay. The Greenwich Workshop Press 2001, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Bev Doolittle’s famous detailed watercolor paintings, along with fascinating text, give us clues to understanding the animal life around us. Eight full-page color illustrations and many other half page paintings. Living Science. Folio-size. 086713061x. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $5.photo of the actual item
     
Fisher, Aileen. THE STORY GOES ON. Roaring Brook Press 2005 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. In this exquisitely and simply illustrated picture book, a favorite poet for young people describes the ongoing cycle of life. A seed sprouts and is quickly devoured by a bug. A bright green frog appears and makes a meal of the bug. And the story goes on...from bug to snake to hawk to hunter...until a seed begins to sprout. Catchy, poetic narrative captures the listener while subtly imparting important nature facts. Living Science. 1596430370. Brand-New. $8.50.photo of the actual item
    
Golden Press. A GUIDE TO FIELD IDENTIFICATION BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA, by Chandler S. Robbins, Bertel Bruun, & Herbert S. Zim. Golden Press SOFTCOVER 1966, 1983. The best field guide. Easy to use, great illustrations opposite text every page. Ambleside. Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
    
Grosvenor, Donna K. THE WILD PONIES OF ASSATEAGUE ISLAND. National Geographic Society Books for Young Explorers 1975. Hardcover. Tells the story of the ponies of Assateague (Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry) with photographs by James L. Stanfield. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Hippocrene. HIPPOCRENE CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED RUSSIAN DICTIONARY. English – Russian: Russian – English. Hippocrene 2008. Sturdy SOFTCOVER. Brand-New. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Hutchins, Ross E. THE TRAVELS OF MONARCH X. Rand McNally 1966, BCE. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. Jerome P. Connolly. True and fascinating story of a Monarch butterfly tagged by a scientist in Canada and discovered by a young Mexican boy 2000 miles away. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Macaulay, David. MOTEL OF THE MYSTERIES. Houghton Mifflin 1979. SOFTCOVER. It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Truthquest Beginnings grades 3-12. 0395284252. Fine. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Macaulay, David. MOTEL OF THE MYSTERIES. Scholastic/Houghton Mifflin 1979, 1993. SOFTCOVER. It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Truthquest Beginnings grades 3-12. Near-Fine. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Morris, John D. NOAH’S ARK AND THE ARARAT ADVENTURE. Master Books 1999. Hardcover. Many questions answered about Noah’s ark and the Great Flood. 0890511667. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Morris, John D. & Ham, Ken. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE DINOSAURS? Master Books 1990, 2011. Hardcover. Ill. Jonathan Chong. SCM. Very Good. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Parker, Gary E. DRY BONES AND OTHER FOSSILS. CLP Publishers 1979, 1983. SOFTCOVER. Ill. Jonathan Chong. Sonlight Science F. Living Science. Truthquest Beginnings grades 3-9. SCM. 0890510563. Near-Fine. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Peterson, Roger Tory. A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS. Houghton Mifflin 1934, 1947. Hardcover. Giving field marks of all species found east of the Rockies. Sponsored by National Audubon Society. Full-page illustrations by Peterson in color and b/w. 290 pp. Ambleside. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $5.photo of the actual item
   
Polseno, Jo. SECRETS OF REDDING GLEN, The Natural History of a Wooded Valley. Golden Press/Western Publishing 1973. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by the author. Lyrical prose and beautiful full-page paintings capture the sights, sounds, and smells of a secluded valley. Majestic! NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine with previous owner’s name. $7.50.photo of the actual item
   
Ryder, Joanne. CHIPMUNK SONG. Dutton 1987. Hardcover. Ill. Lynn Cherry. A small boy observes and imagines what it would be like to be a chipmunk. Living Science. Like-New. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Schoenherr, John. REBEL. Philomel 1995, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by the author. Each year mother and father goose return to the same pond and each year their goslings peck their way out of their eggs. But this year one of the newly hatched gosling turns out to be a curious and fearless rebel. Living Science. Book and dust jacket Fine. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Sidman, Joyce. SONG OF THE WATER BOATMAN & Other Pond Poems. Houghton Mifflin 2005. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Beckie Prange. Caldecott Honor Book 2004. A unique blend of whimsy, science, catchy poetry and hand-colored woodcuts introduces children to the world of the quiet, dramatic life of the pond. Living Science. Brand-New, with new laid-in bookplate. $6.50.photo of the actual item
  
Simon, Seymour. STRANGE CREATURES. Four Winds Press 1981, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Pamela Carroll. Here you will find animals that look strange, animals that behave in odd ways, animals that have strange abilities. Full-page illustration opposite text each page. Living Science. 0590077457. Ex-lib. Book Good; dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Taylor, Paul S. THE GREAT DINOSAUR MYSTERY AND THE BIBLE. David C. Cook Chariot Books 1989. Hardcover. SCM. Heart of Dakota. 0896362647. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Thoreau, Henry David. THE MAINE WOODS. Bramhall House 1950, first edition. Arranged with notes by Dudley C. Lunt; illustrated by Hnery Bugbee Kane. This edition has been recast so the reader may accompany Thoreau around the whole swing of the Ktaadn country. 340 pp. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Tiner, John Hudson. EXPLORING THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, From the Ancient Physicians of Pharaoh to Genetic Engineering. Master Books 2009. SOFTCOVER. SCM. Heart of Dakota. Brand-New. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Tresselt, Alvin. RAIN DROP SPLASH. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1946, 1995. Ill. Leonard Weisgard. Caldecott Honor Book 1947. Living science that introduces young children to the natural progression of rainfall from brook to lake to river to the sea. Sure to inform and fascinate kids! Very Good. $2.50.photo of the actual item
   
Tresselt, Alvin. RAIN DROP SPLASH. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1946, 1995. Ill. Leonard Weisgard. Caldecott Honor Book 1947. Living science that introduces young children to the natural progression of rainfall from brook to lake to river to the sea. Sure to inform and fascinate kids! Brand-New. $3.photo of the actual item
   
Udry, Janice May. THE MOON JUMPERS. Harper & Row 1959. Hardcover. Ill. Maurice Sendak. A warm night living science experience with a “balloon of a moon.” CM. Living Science. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $5.photo of the actual item
   
Wilkin, Eloise, illustrator. BIRDS, A Child’s First Book About Our Most Familiar Birds, by Jane Werner Watson. Merrigold Press 1958, first edition. Pictorial hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. DSC_0663,DSC_0664,DSC_0666,DSC_0667_1 $12.photo of the actual item
 
Wynnejones, Pat. THE STORY OF ROBIN REDBREAST. Hedgerow Tales. Retold by Pat Wynnejones from Mrs. Gatty’s Parables of Nature. Great Britain: Lion Publishing 1984, 1987. Hardcover. Living Science. Good, with slight rippling to first pages. NOT ex-lib. $4.50. photo of the actual item
 
Wynnejones, Pat. THE STORY OF JEREMY CRICKET. Hedgerow Tales. Retold by Pat Wynnejones from Mrs. Gatty’s Parables of Nature. Great Britain: Lion Publishing 1984, 1987. Hardcover. Living Science. Fine. NOT ex-lib. $5.photo of the actual item
 
BIBLES, BIBLE STORIES / SCRIPTURE-BASED STORIES / DEVOTIONALS
Egermeier, Elsie. EGERMEIER’S BIBLE STORY BOOK. Warner Press 2007. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story revisions by Arlene S. Hall. 312 stories from Genesis to Revelation, 122 full-color, full-page illustrations by Clive Upton, helpful Bible information, maps. 636 pp. Sonlight A. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine with label covering previous owner’s name. $7.50.photo of the actual item
    
Henley, Karyn. THE BEGINNER’S BIBLE, Timeless Children’s Stories. Gold ‘N’ Honey 1989. Hardcover. Ill. Dennas Davis. Sonlight 2 Readers. Heart of Dakota. Fine. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts. THE PINEAPPLE STORY. Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts 1978. Hardcover. A story from Dutch New Guinea that teaches the principle of yielding personal rights. Near-Fine, previous owner’s name. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts. THE EAGLE STORY, How to Conquer Habits. Institute In Basic Youth Conflicts 1982, 1984. Hardcover. Near-fine. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Jahsmann, Allan Hart & Simon, Martin P. LITTLE VISITS WITH GOD, Devotions for Families with Grade School Children. Concordia Publishing 1957. Hardcover. Ill. Frances Hook. Short, 2-page devotions with memory verses. Near-Fine. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Loveland, Seymour. THE ILLUSTRATED BIBLE STORY BOOK, OLD TESTAMENT. Rand McNally 1923, 1944. Hardcover. Color illustrations by Milo Winter, many full-page. Ill. endpapers. 126 pp. Blue cloth with paste-down ill. cover. G. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Maxwell, Arthur. THE STORY BOOK, Character Building Stories for Children. Review & Herald 1964, 1980. SOFTCOVER. 21 4 to 7-page stories about “Courage;” “Greediness;” “Sharing;” “Sclf-Sacrifice;” etc. 0828005397. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Mears, Henrietta. WHAT THE BIBLE IS ALL ABOUT. Regal Books SOFTCOVER 1967, 1972. An easy-to-understand survey of the Bible. 674 pp. Truthquest Beginnings grades 2-6. Very Good. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Mears, Henrietta. WHAT THE BIBLE IS ALL ABOUT. Regal Books 1953, 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket. An easy-to-understand survey of the Bible, making the study of God’s word useful, interesting and challenging. 648 pp. Truthquest Beginnings grades 2-6. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Schoolland, Marian M. LEADING LITTLE ONES TO GOD. Wm. B. Eerdmans1962, first edition. Hardcover. A Child’s Book of Bible teachings. Ill. Macy Schwarz. 4to. 286 pp. Sonlight B. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $7.photo of the actual item
 
Schoolland, Marian. MARIAN’S FAVORITE BIBLE STORIES. Wm. B. Eerdmans 1948, 1960. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. Dirk Gringhuis. Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Taylor, Kenneth N. THE LIVING BIBLE STORY BOOK. Tyndale House 1979, 1980. Hardcover. color illustrations by Richard and Frances Hook. 192 pp. Very Good. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
EASY READERS – FICTION
Cordts, Anna. TOMMY O’TOOLE AT THE FAIR. Benefic Press 1957. Hardcover. Second-third grade level. NOT ex-lib. Good, cover soil. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Corson, Hazel. PETER, THE ROCKET SITTER. Benefic Press 1964. First grade level. Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Erickson, Phoebe. JUST FOLLOW ME. A Follett Beginning-to-Read Book. Follett Publishing 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket. Level 1. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Farley, Walter. LITTLE BLACK GOES TO THE CIRCUS! Walter Farley Family Trust, originally published 1963. Ill. James Schucker. Like-New. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Minarik, Else Holmelund. LITTLE BEAR. Harper & Brothers 1957, very early edition. Hardcover. Pictorial paper over boards with black cloth binding. Ill. Maurice Sendak. CM Alveary. Ambleside 0. Sonlight Core A. Carol Seid list. NOT ex-library; NOT book club. Good, wear to corners; interior very good. $10.photo of the actual item
 
Murphey, Sara. THE ANIMAL HAT SHOP. A Follett Beginning-To-Read Book. Follett Publishing 1964. Level 1. Hardcover. Very Good. $2.50. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades 8-12. SCM. Ambleside 9. NOT exlib. Like-New. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Pape, Donna. MRS. TWITTER THE ANIMAL SITTER. Garrard Publishing 1972. Hardcover. Ill. Dora Leder. Mrs. Twitter has many comical mishaps as she animal sits for a horse and then a seal. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
     
Taylor, Sydney. MR. BARNEY’S BEARD. A Follett Beginning-To-Read Book. Follett Publishing 1961. Hardcover. Level 1. Very Good. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Woods, Ruth. LITTLE QUACK. Follett Publishing 1961. Follett Beginning-to-Read Book. Hardcover. Ill. Mel Pekarsky. Ex-school. Good, some cover soil. $2.50.photo of the actual item
 
CHRISTIAN, INSPIRATIONAL FICTION FOR CHILDREN / YOUNG ADULTS
Anderson, Ella. JO-JO. Pickering & Inglis 1959, 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket. Three young girls are thrilled to be invited to spend their vacation at the Little Creek Ranch in California, home to the Palomino horse Jo-Jo. Their lives are endangered when horse thieves enter the picture. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Arnold, Francena H. THE ROAD WINDS ON. Moody Press SOFTCOVER 1955, 1970. Fair. $1.50.photo of the actual item
 
Edwards, Gene. A TALE OF THREE KINGS, A Study in Brokenness. Christian Books SOFTCOVER 1980. Very Good. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Epp, Margaret. THE PRINCESS AND THE PELICAN. Moody Press 1968, 1973. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Harris, Beth Coombe. THE LITTLE GREEN FROG. School of Tomorrow 1971, 1993. Hardcover. Go with Biddy and see how her adventures with the little green frog help her share the gospel of Jesus Christ. Like-New. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Henderson, Lois T. ABIGAIL, A Novel. Guideposts 1980. Hardcover. Biblical fiction. Like-New. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Hurnard, Hannah. HINDS’ FEET ON HIGH PLACES. Barbour Publishing 1977, later printing. The Christian Library Limited Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Decorative binding, gilt with burgundy leatherette. Coomplete and unabridged. 1557486190. Brand-New. $6.50.photo of the actual item
  
Hutchens, Paul. HAUNTED HOUSE AT SUGAR CREEK. Scripture Press 1949. Hardcover. Good, previous owner’s name; some cover wear. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Johnson, Lissa Halls. BRIO GIRLS, Lot of 5 books, #1-5. Focus on the Family/Bethany House SOFTCOVER 2001-2002. Includes Stuck in the Sky; Fast Forward to Normal; Opportunity Knocks Twice; Double Exposure; Good-By to All That. All 5 books like-new. $10.photo of the actual item
 
Kauffman, Christmas Carol. FOR ONE MOMENT. Moody Press SOFTCOVER 1960, 1964. Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Lecomte, Eva. PAULA THE WALDENSIAN. Loizeaux Brothers 1942, 1948. Hardcover. A little orphaned girl from the Waldensian Valley in Italy comes to live with her rather worldly, well-to-do cousins in France, bringing with her a living, loving faith that eventually wins the family and neighbors. Sweet and tender, old-fashioned story with a clear gospel message. NOT ex-lib. Good. $12.photo of the actual item
 
Lewis, C. S. THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW. Chronicles of Narnia Book 1. Harper Trophy SOFTCOVER 1955, 2000. Full-color Collector’s Edition. Color Ill. by Pauline Baynes. Brand-New. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Morris, Gilbert. THE HOLY WARRIOR. House of Winslow #6. Bethany House SOFTCOVER 1989. Fine. $2.50.photo of the actual item
 
Morris, Gilbert. THE UNION BELLE. The House of Winslow #11. Bethany House SOFTCOVER 1992. . Ex-lib. Near-Fine. $2.photo of the actual item
 
Oke, Janette. LOVE COMES SOFTLY. Love Comes Softly series #1. Bethany House SOFTCOVER 1979. Fine. $2.50.photo of the actual item
 
Reid, J. Calvin. BIRD LIFE IN WINGTON, Practical Parables for Young People. Wm. B. Eerdmans 1948, 1977. SOFTCOVER. Ill. Reynold Weidenaar. Very Good. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
School of Tomorrow. THE MARTYR OF THE CATACOMBS, Author Unknown. School of Tomorrow 1995. Publication date unknown, but the book was salvaged from shipwreck in 1876 and reprinted. Truthquest Ancient Rome grades 5-10. Pictorial hardcover. Like-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Travis, Lucille. TIRZAH. Herald Press SOFTCOVER 1991. Signed by author. Fleeing with Moses from captivity in Egypt, 12-year-old Tirzah learns a song of hope as she tries to survive the journey. Heart of Dakota. 0836135466. Brand-New. $5.photo of the actual item
  
Watson, Sydney. IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE. Fleming H. Revell 1921, 1933. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dramatic, imaginative, true-to-scripture story of what will transpire on earth at the coming of the Lord. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket Poor. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Woodrum, Lon. ROAD TO THE RIVER. Zondervan 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fictionalized story of Naaman and his little Hebrew maid. Unforgettable story of faith and love. 157 pp. Book and dust jacket Very Good, previous owner’s nameplate. $5.photo of the actual item
 
CHILDREN’S/TEENS’ HISTORICAL FICTION
Baldwin, James. THE STORY OF ROLAND. Charles Scribner’s 1930, 1958. Hardcover. Ten color plates by Peter Hurd. Blue cloth over boards with paste-down ill. cover. Truthquest Middle Ages grades 6-12. Library spine marking and one library stamp. Very Good. $10.photo of the actual item
    
Baumann, Hans. BARQUE OF THE BROTHERS. Henry Z. Walck 1956, 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket. Two young fishing lads take part in two ventures undertaken by the enigmatic Prince Henry the Navigator. Moving story based on the devotion between brothers. By the author of I Marched With Hannibal and Sons of the Steppe. Small library stamp; no marks on dust jacket. Book and dust jacket Very Good; chip in dust jacket. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Beatty, Patricia. JAYHAWKER. Morrow Junior Books 1991, first edition, Hardcover with dust jacket. There is adventure and suspense in this powerful story of the Bushwhackers and Jayhawkers in Missouri and Kansas in the days leading up to the Civil War. 0688098509. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Bohner, Charles. BOLD JOURNEY, West With Lewis and Clark. Houghton Mifflin 1985, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hugh McNeal is listed as the youngest of the explorers with Lewis and Clark. This is the fictionalized story in his words. Truthquest Age of Revolution II grades 4-12. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Bourne, Miriam Anne. NABBY ADAMS’ DIARY. Coward, McCann 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Stephen Gammell. Nabby’s diary and letters are the basis of this fictionalized account of the life of the daughter of President John and Abigail Adams. CM Alveary. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades 4-10. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $9.photo of the actual item
 
Byars, Betsy. TROUBLE RIVER. The Viking Press 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. A boy and his grandmother escape from the Indians and travel forty miles on a home-made raft. Wonderful story of pioneer resourcefulness and courage. Ill. Rocco Negri. Ex-lib. Library binding. Book Good; dust jacket Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
de Angeli, Marguerite. THE DOOR IN THE WALL. Doubleday 1949, stated first edition. Newbery Medal 1950. B/w illustrations by the author. Sonlight C, D. Ambleside 2. SCM. Beautiful vintage copy. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $14.photo of the actual item
 
Edmonds, Walter D. DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK, 1775-1783. Little Brown 1936, 1937. Hardcover. Story of the Mohawk Valley during the American Revolution, a time when the farmers won the final battle of the long war, preserved their homes, and laid the foundations of a great and strong community. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Edmonds, Walter. THE MATCHLOCK GUN. G. P. Putnam’s 1941, 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Paul Lantz. Truthquest Age of Revolution grades 2-6. Ambleside 3-4. CM Alveary. Heart of Dakota. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Henry, Marguerite. BENJAMIN WEST AND HIS CAT GRIMALKIN. Bobbs-Merrill 1947, later printing. Ill. Wesley Dennis. Truthquest Age of Revolution II grades 3-10. NOT ex-lib. Previous owner’s name. $12.photo of the actual item
 
Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas. THE SIGN PAINTER’S SECRET, The Story of a Revolutionary Girl. Silver Burdett 1991, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. It is 1777 and the British troops occupy Philadelphia as young Annie MacDougal must embark on a dangerous mission and go all the way to Valley Forge to meet General George Washington. 0382241509. NOT ex-lib. Brand-New. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Johnston, Mary. THE GREAT VALLEY. Little, Brown 1926. Hardcover. By the author of To Have and To Hold. Historical fiction set in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during the French and Indian War. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Kilbride, Susan. OUR AMERICA. . .THE KING PHILIP’S WAR ADVENTURE. Funtastic Unit Studies 2012. SOFTCOVER. Second book in “Our America” series. Like-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Lilljencrantz, Ottilie A. THE THRALL OF LEIF THE LUCKY, A Story of Viking Days. Small, Maynard & Co. 1902, first edition. Decorations and color frontispiece by Troy and Margaret West Kinney. NOT ex-lib. Good, binding solid, clean; previous owner’s name. $12.photo of the actual item
  
MacKaye, Loring. THE SILVER DISK. Longmans Green 1955, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Avery Johnson. 12th century story of the young lad Frederick who was to become Frederick II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, one of the greatest figures of the Middle Ages. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Morrow, Honore. YONDER SAILS THE MAYFLOWER. Blue Ribbon Books 1934. Hardcover with dust jacket. This is the story of the gallant little band of adventurers who came to America on the Mayflower, specifically Desire Minter and Robert Cushman whose companions were Miles Standish and William Bradford. NOT ex-lib. Book Good+, dust jacket tattered. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Noble, Trinka Hakes. THE PENNSYLVANIA READER. Sleeping Bear Press 2007. Hardcover. Ill. K. L. Darnell. Modeled after traditional primers with stories, riddles, and poems about Pennsylvania's history, famous people and state symbols. 89 pp. Brand-New. $4.photo of the actual item
 
O’Dell, Scott. ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS. Houghton Mifflin 1960, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1961. Beautifully written story of an Indian girl who spent eighteen years alone on the Island of San Nicholas in the 1800’s, a story of quiet courage, strength, loneliness and terror. SCM. Book has school stamp, no marks on dust jacket. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Polland, Madeleine. TO KILL A KING. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1971, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sequel to The Queen’s Blessing. 16-year-old Merca is forced to ride to London with the Scottish king to pay homage to William the Conqueror. There she meets Edward, a young Saxon, who tells her of his plot to kill the new king. 11th century England. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Speare, Elizabeth George. THE BRONZE BOW. Houghton Mifflin 1961, 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1962. Ambleside 6. SCM. 0395071135. Brand-New. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Speare, Elizabeth George. THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER. Houghton Mifflin 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket. Left alone in the wilderness to guard their newly built cabin, 13-year-old Matt is desperate when a passing stranger steals his gun leaving him no way to obtain food. It is only after meeting a resourceful, proud Indian boy that he begins to discover new ways to survive in the forest. Compelling survival story! Ambleside 4. CM Alveary. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Stevens, Carla. TROUBLE FOR LUCY. Clarion Books 1979. Hardcover. Ill. Ronald Himler. Story based on the actual journals of pioneers’ journey to Oregon in 1843. Truthquest Age of Revolution II grades 2-5. Ex-lib. Library binding. Good. $2.75.photo of the actual item
 
Sutcliff, Rosemary. KNIGHT’S FEE. Henry Z. Walck 1960, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Absorbing story told against the background of Norman England and its rulers, the sons of William the Conqueror. Ambleside 7. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $10.photo of the actual item
 
We Were There Series. WE WERE THERE WITH THE PONY EXPRESS, by William O. Steele. Grosset & Dunlap1956. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Truthquest Age of Revolution II grades 3-8. Near-Fine. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Wibberley, Leonard. TREEGATE’S RAIDERS. Farrar, Straus Giroux 1962, 1973. Hardcover with dust jacket. #4 in Treegate series. CM Alveary. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades 5-12. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
CHILDREN’S, TEENS’ FICTION / LITERATURE
Alcott, Louisa May. EIGHT COUSINS. Grosset & Dunlap 1874, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. color=#000080>$8.photo of the actual item
 
Alcott, Louisa May. LITTLE WOMEN,, or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Everyman’s Library 1994. Part I first published 1868; Part II first published 1869. First included in Everyman’s Library in 1908. Hardcover. Twelve color plates by M. E. Gray. Ambleside 5. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine, attractive binding. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Alcott, Louis May. LITTLE MEN. Whitman Publishing 1965. Pictorial hardcover. Unabridged. Ill. in color by David K. Stone. Ambleside 6. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Alcott, Louisa May. A GARLAND FOR GIRLS. The Louisa May Alcott Library. Grosset & Dunla 1877, 1977. Pictorial hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Aldrich, Bess Streeter. A LANTERN IN HER HAND. D. Appleton Century 1928, 1934. Hardcover. Memorable and thrilling story of a pioneer woman, her life on the Nebraska prairie, and the cheerful courage and sturdy faith that kept her going. Ambleside 10. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $9.50.photo of the actual item
 
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. THE STORY OF A BAD BOY. Grosset & Dunlap 1928. Hardcover with dust jacket. This is a semi-autobiographical novel fictionalizing Bailey’s experiences as a boy in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The text's opening lines admit that he was "not such a very bad, but a pretty bad boy". Packed with comical, typical-boy fun and adventure. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket poor but decent in new protective cover. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Anderson, C. W. ANOTHER MAN O’ WAR. Macmillan 1966, stated first edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Ill. Anderson. NOT ex-lib. Mint. $15.photo of the actual item
    
Armstrong, William. SOUNDER. Harper & Row 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. James Barkley. Newbery Medal 1970. Sonlight 100. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good; first or very early printing. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Austen, Jane. NORTHANGER ABBEY. Book-of-the-Month Club 1996, first published 1817. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Hugh Thomson. Ambleside 8, 9. Like-New. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Austen, Jane. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. Book-of-the-Month Club 1996, first published 1811. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Hugh Thomson. SCM. Brand-New. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Baum, L. Frank. THE SCARECROW OF OZ. John Morrow Books of Wonder 1997, facsimile reproduction of 1915 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Reinforced hinges front and rear, making nice, solid binding. CM Alveary. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
    
Berry, Wendell. WHITEFOOT, A Story From the Center of the World. Counterpoint 2009, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Adorable illustrations by acclaimed artist Davis TeSelle. Whitefoot is a mouse, a small creature with “elegant whiskers” and a “redish brindly tan” coat. Like-New but with previous owner’s name and inscription. $16.photo of the actual item
 
Bonner, Mary Graham. 365 BEDTIME STORIES. Derrydale Books 1987, reproduction of a book published 1924. 16 very Victorian color plates by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. A short and sweet story for each night of the year. 302 pp. Brand-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Brink, Carol Ryrie. CADDIE WOODLAWN. Macmillan 1935, 1973. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Trina Schart Hyman. Newbery Medal 1936. Impulsive, independent and mischievous, the red-haired tomboy of an 1860’s Wisconsin farm has entertained children for decades, displaying warmth and kindness of heart. Ambleside 3. Sonlight. Heart of Dakota. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket exceptionally nice. $9.photo of the actual item
 
Bulfinch, Thomas. THE AGE OF CHIVALRY, The Illustrated Bulfinch’s Mythology. Macmillan 1997, first edition. Flexible covers of heavy stock. Ill. Giovannni Caselli. Ambleside 7. 002861478x. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Burgess, Thornton. THE ADVENTURES OF UNC’ BILLY POSSUM. Grosset & Dunlap 1914, 1942. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Harrison Cady. Ambleside 0. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket has pieces missing, decent in new protective cover. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Burnett, Frances Hodgson. A LITTLE PRINCESS. HarperCollins 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket. Eight full-page color illustrations and b/w drawings by Tasha Tudor. CM Alveary. Ambleside 4. SCM. 0397306938. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $8.50.photo of the actual item
  
Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. Fall River Press 2012. Hardcover with dust jacket. Twenty selections include “Sinbad the Sailor;” “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves;” “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp;” “Prince Ahmad and the Fairy Peri-Banu.” Ambleside. 1435143906. Brand-New. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Carroll, Lewis. ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Philomel 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket. Nicely illustrated with full-page color ill. by Peter Weevers. CM Alveary. Ambleside 3. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.photo of the actual item
  
Caudill, Rebecca. DID YOU CARRY THE FLAG TODAY, CHARLEY? Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1966. Hardcover. Ill. Nancy Grossman. Ex-lib. Good. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Chesterton, G. K. THE INNOCENCE OF FATHER BROWN. Impress Best Mysteries of All Time 1911, 2010. Hardcover. Ambleside 8. Like-New. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Childrens Classics. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER, by Mark Twain. Children’s Classics 1986. Complete and unabridged. Out-of-print hardcover. Eight color plates by Troy Howell. Pictorial cover with bonded leather spine stamped in gold and acid-free paper that will enable this series to be passed from one generation to the next. 7 1/2” x 9 3/4”. Ill. endpapers. Ambleside 5. CM alveary. SCM. Sonlight H. S. literature. Like-New. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Childrens Classics. BLACK BEAUTY, by Anna Sewell. Children’s Classics 1986. Complete and unabridged. Out-of-print hardcover. Eight color plates by Lucy Kempo-Welch. Pictorial cover with bonded leather spine stamped in gold and acid-free paper that will enable this series to be passed from one generation to the next. 7 1/2” x 9 3/4”. Ill. endpapers. Ambleside 4. SCM. Brand-New. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Childrens Classics. A CHILD’S BOOK OF COUNTRY STORIES, Written and compiled by Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner. Childrens Classics 1992, first published in 1925. Out-of-print hardcover. 8 color plates by Jessie Willcox Smith. Pictorial cover with bonded leather spine stamped in gold and acid-free paper that will enable this series to be passed from one generation to the next. 7 1/2” x 9 3/4”. Ill. endpapers. Brand-New. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Childrens Classics. A CHILD’S BOOK OF STORIES, Best-Known and Best-Loved Tales From Around the World. Childrens Classics 1986. Out-of-print hardcover. 8 color plates by Jessie Willcox Smith. Pictorial cover with bonded leather spine stamped in gold and acid-free paper that will enable this series to be passed from one generation to the next. 7 1/2” x 9 3/4”. Ill. endpapers. SCM. Fine, previous owner’s name. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Childrens Classics. A CHRISTMAS CAROL AND OTHER CHRISTMAS STORIES, by Charles Dickens. Children’s Classics 1987. Complete and unabridged. Out-of-print hardcover. 8 color plates by Arthur Rackham. Pictorial cover with bonded leather spine stamped in gold and acid-free paper that will enable this series to be passed from one generation to the next. 7 1/2” x 9 3/4”. Ill. endpapers. Ambleside 5. Like-New. $7.50.photo of the actual item
  
Childrens Classics. FAIRY TALES FROM MANY LANDS, by Dina Craik. Children’s Classics 1989. Out-of-print hardcover. 8 color plates by Warwick Goble. Pictorial cover with bonded leather spine stamped in gold and acid-free paper that will enable this series to be passed from one generation to the next. 7 1/2” x 9 3/4”. Ill. endpapers. Ambleside. Fine, spine a little faded. $7.photo of the actual item
 
Childrens Classics. THE JUNGLE BOOK, by Rudyard Kipling. Childrens Classics 1989. Out-of-print hardcover. 8 color plates by Maurice and Edward Detmold plus b/w drawings by John Lockwood Kipling and William Henry Drake. Pictorial cover with bonded leather spine stamped in gold and acid-free paper that will enable this series to be passed from one. generation to the next. 7 1/2” x 9 3/4”. Ill. endpapers. Ambleside 3. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine, front free endpaper removed. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Childrens Classics. A LITTLE CHILD’S BOOK OF STORIES, by Ada M. Skinner & Eleanor L. Skinner. Childrens Classics 1988. First published 1922. Out-of-print hardcover. 8 color plates by Jessie Willcox Smith. Pictorial cover with bonded leather spine stamped in gold and acid-free paper that will enable this series to be passed from one generation to the next. 7 1/2” x 9 3/4”. Ill. endpapers. Brand-New. $8.50.photo of the actual item
  
Childrens Classics. THE SECRET GARDEN, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Children’s 36 stories by Louisa May Alcott, Walter de la Mare, Caroline Sherwin Bailey, Hans Christian Andersen, and others. Pictorial cover with bonded leather spine stamped in gold and acid-free paper that will enable this series to be passed from one generation to the next. 7 1/2” x 9 3/4”. Ill. endpapers Classics 1987. Out-of-print hardcover. 8 color plates by Troy Howell. Complete and unabridged. Pictorial cover with bonded leather spine stamped in gold and acid-free paper that will enable this series to be passed from one. generation to the next. 7 1/2” x 9 3/4”. Ill. endpapers. CM Alveary. Ambleside 4. SCM. Like-New. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Childrens Classics. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY And Other Classic French Fairy Tales, by Charles Perrault and Madame d’Aulnoy. Children’s Classics 1991. Out-of-print hardcover. 8 color plates by Edmund Dulac, Gustaf Tenggren and William Heath Robinson. Twelve fairy tales. Pictorial cover with bonded leather spine stamped in gold and acid-free paper that will enable this series to be passed from one generation to the next. 7 1/2” x 9 3/4”. Ill. endpapers. Brand-New. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Childrens Classics. TREASURE ISLAND, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Children’s Classics 1986. Complete and unabridged. Out-of-print hardcover. 8 color plates by Milo Winter. Pictorial cover with bonded leather spine stamped in gold and acid-free paper that will enable this series to be passed from one generation to the next. 7 1/2” x 9 3/4”. Ill. endpapers. CM Alveary. Ambleside. Sonlight J. Heart of Dakota. Brand-New. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Childrens Classics. A VERY LITTLE CHILD’S BOOK OF STORIES, by Ada M. Skinner & Eleanor L. Skinner. Childrens Classics 1990. First published 1923. Out-of-print hardcover. 8 color plates by Jessie Willcox Smith. Stories by Josephine Scribner Gates, Howard Pyle, Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, others. Pictorial cover with bonded leather spine stamped in gold and acid-free paper that will enable this series to be passed from one generation to the next. 7 1/2” x 9 3/4”. Ill. endpapers. Brand-New. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Childrens Classics. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ, by L. Frank Baum. Children’s Classics 1994. Complete and unabridged. Out-of-print hardcover. Six color plates and numerous b/w drawings by Charles Santore. Pictorial cover with bonded leather spine stamped in gold and acid-free paper that will enable this series to be passed from one generation to the next. 7 1/2” x 9 3/4”. Ill. endpapers. SCM. Fine. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Chute, Marchette. STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE, The Complete Plays of William Shakespeare, retold by Chute. London: John Murray 1960, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Creswick, Paul. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD. Reader’s Digest World’s Best Reading 1991, first published 1902. Hardcover. Color ill. by N. C. Wyeth. Heart of Dakota. Fine. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Curwood, James Oliver. KAZAN THE WOLF DOG. Grosset & Dunlap Great Dog Stories 1914, 1941. Hardcover with dust jacket. A story of adventure set in the far north in which Kazan, one-fourth wolf and three-fourths husky, is torn between the call of the human and that of his wild wolf mate. NOT ex-lib. Book has heavy wear to corners; dust jacket is tattered with large pieces missing. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Dahl, Roald. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Alfred Knopf 1964, 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Quentin Blake. CM Alveary. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
de Angeli, Marguerite. JARED’S ISLAND. Doubleday 1947. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. de Angeli. De Angeli brings alive an important part of American history in this story of a young-boy’s adventures in the half-wild New Jersey of the 1760’s. CM Alveary. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $16.photo of the actual item
 
de Angeli, Marguerite. THEE, HANNAH. Doubleday 1940. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by de Angeli. 9-year-old Hannah, a Quaker living in Philadelphia just before the Civil War, longs to have fashionable dresses like other girls, but comes to appreciate her heritage when her family saves the life of a runaway slave. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket Good+ with wear to corners. $12.50.photo of the actual item
 
d’Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar. D’AULAIRE’S BOOK OF GREEK MYTHS. Doubleday 1962, later printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by the d’Aulaires. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $12.photo of the actual item
 
Dickens, Charles. DAVID COPPERFIELD. Book-of-the-Month Club 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket. Printed from classic 1867 edition. Introduction by Andrew Lang. Original ill. by H. K. Browne. Ambleside 7. CM Alveary. SCM. Nice quality book and dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Dickens, Charles. OLIVER TWIST. William Morrow Books of Wonder 1994, first published 1838 and first illustrated by Don Freeman in 1938. Nine color plates and nearly 50 exquisite line drawings. CM Alveary. Ambleside 5. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine with small chip in dust jacket. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Dodge, Mary Mapes. HANS BRINKER Or The Silver Skates, A Story of Life in Holland. Grosset & Dunlap 1945. Hardcover with dust jacket. Complete and unbridged. Ten full-page color illustrations and b/w drawings by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge. Ambleside 5. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket Fair. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Enright, Elizabeth. THIMBLE SUMMER. Henry Holt 1938, 2009. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Medal 1939. Ambleside 4. 1435119525. Brand-New. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Enright, Elizabeth. THEN THERE WERE FIVE, 3rd novel in Melendy Quartet. Henry Holt 1944, 2002. Pictorial hardcover. Ambleside 3. Ex-lib. Library binding. Very Good. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Enright, Elizabeth. SPIDERWEB FOR TWO, 4th novel in Melendy Quartet. Henry Holt 1951, 2002. Pictorial hardcover. Ambleside 3. Ex-lib. Library binding. Very Good. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Estes, Eleanor. THE MIDDLE MOFFAT. Odyssey Harcourt 1942, 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside 3.5. Heart of Dakota. Ex-lib. with small sticker on title page; no marks on dust jacket. Three pages have creased corner. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Estes, Eleanor. RUFUS M. Odyssey Harcourt 1943, 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Rufus M isn’t just the youngest Moffat. He’s also the cleverest, the funniest and the most unforgettable. Ambleside 3.5. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Estes, Eleanor. PINKY PYE. Odyssey Harcourt 1951, 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside 3.5. Ex-lib. with stamps on front free endpaper; no marks on dust jacket. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Farley, Walter. THE BLACK STALLION. Junior Deluxe Editions 1941 BCE. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Heart of Dakota. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Farley, Walter. THE BLACK STALLION. Random House 1941. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Keith Ward. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good with previous owner’s name; dust jacket has edge wear. Heart of Dakota. $7.photo of the actual item
 
Field, Rachel. HITTY, HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS. Macmillan 1929, later printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Unique and charming b/w illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop. Newbery Medal 1930. HItty is a doll of great charm and character and these are her memoirs of travels worldwide with Phoebe Preble, for whom she was made. CM Alveary. Truthquest Age of Revolution II grades 4-10. Heart of Dakota. 0027348407. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine with previous owner’s name whited out. $10.photo of the actual item
 
Garis, Howard R. UNCLE WIGGILY AND HIS FRIENDS. Platt & Munk 1939, 1989. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. by the author. 0448405040. NOT ex-lib. Very Good+. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Gerstein, Mordicai. THE OLD COUNTRY. Roaring Brook Press 2005. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Grahame, Kenneth. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. The Viking Press 1983, first published 1908. First Am. ed. with these illustrations. Hardcover with dust jacket. Twelve color plates and b/w drawings by John Burningham. Ambleside 2. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, previous owner’s name. $8.photo of the actual item
   
Grahame, Kenneth. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. Henry Holt 1980, first published 1908. Hardcover with dust jacket. Full-page color ill. by Michael Hague. Ambleside 2. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book has come creases and spots on first 3 pages, o/w book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Gruelle, Johnny. RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY AND THE CAMEL WITH THE WRINKLED KNEES. Simon & Schuster 2001, first published 1924. Ill. in color by Gruelle. Like-New, small crease top of dust jacket. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Gruelle, Johnny. RAGGEDY ANN AND THE HAPPY MEADOW. Bobbs-Merrill 1961. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. Johnny Gruelle. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Gruelle, Johnny. RAGGEDY ANN’S LUCKY PENNIES. Simon & Schuster 1960, 2003. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Gruelle. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. THE GOLDEN TOUCH. St. Martin’s Press 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket. Taken from the book A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls. Beautiful full-page color ill. by Richard Salvucci. King Midas’s fondest wish, to have everything he touches turn to gold, backfires on him. 32 pp. 0312572840. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine, previous owner’s name. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Henry, Marguerite. BLACK GOLD. Rand McNally 1970, 1974. Oversize softcover. Ill. Wesley Dennis. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Henry, Marguerite. KING OF THE WIND. Rand McNally 1948, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Wesley Dennis. Newbery Medal 1949. Sonlight F. Ambleside 3. SCM. Heart of Dakota. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, previous owner’s name. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Holling, Holling C. TREE IN THE TRAIL. Houghton Mifflin SOFTCOVER 1942, later printing. Ambleside 2. SCM. 039554534X. Like-New, previous owner’s name sticker. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Hughes, Thomas. TOM BROWN’S SCHOOLDAYS. London: J. M. Dent & Sons 1983, first published 1857. Hardcover with dust jacket. 19 line drawings by S. Van Abbe. 0460050036. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, previous owner’s nameplate. $6.photo of the actual item
  
Keene, Carolyn. THE RINGMASTER’S SECRET. Grosset & Dunlap 1953, 1974. #31. Matte pictorial hardcover. Near-Fine, previous owner’s name. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Kepple, Ella Huff. BALTI. Bethany Press 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket. Full-page b/w illustrations by Jan Ross. The story of a little Mexican boy and his pet burro show the colorful life and customs of Mexico. Ex-church library. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Kingsley, Charles. THE WATER BABIES. Chancellor Press 1984. Facsimile of 1885 edition by Macmillan. Beautifully decorated hardcover. 100 b/w illustrations by Linley Sambourne. Ambleside 3. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $11.photo of the actual item
 
Kipling, Rudyard. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS, A Story of the Grand Banks. Macmillan 1897, 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket. Centenary edition. Ambleside 5. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $10.photo of the actual item
 
Lamb, Charles & Mary. TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE. Weathervane Books 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket. Twelve color plates by Arthur Rackham. Ambleside 1-3. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, previous owner’s name. $7.50.photo of the actual item
   
Lamb, Charles & Mary. TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE. Thomas Y. Crowell 1942. Hardcover with dust jacket. Several beautiful 3-color illustrations by Elinore Blaisdell. Ambleside 1-3. SCM. Ex-lib. Book solid, clean; dust jacket quite worn, ok in new protective cover. $7.photo of the actual item
    
Lanier, Sidney. KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, from Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur. Grosset & Dunlap Illustrated Junior Library 1950, 1990. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. by Florian. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Lenski, Lois. STRAWBERRY GIRL. J. B. Lippincott 1945, 24th printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Lenski. SCM. Book and dust jacket Very Good. Library card pocket, spine label. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
McCormick, Dell J. TALL TIMBER TALES, MORE PAUL BUNYAN STORIES. Caxton Printers 1939, 1992, 17th printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Lorna Livesly. NOT ex-lib. Book like-new; dust jacket has a touch of wear to rear top edge. $3.50.photo of the actual item
   
Melville, Herman. MOBY-DICK Or, The Whale. W. W. Norton 1976, first published 1851. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Warren Chappell. Commentary by Howard Mumford Jones. Ambleside 10. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Milne, A. A. POOH’S QUIZ BOOK. E. P. Dutton 1977, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. E. H. Shepard. Here are 30 delightful questions about Pooh and his adventures, each one answered by a quote from the stories and a charming Shepard drawing from the original books. Tiny, fun little book, 4 ¾” x 5 ¾”. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, ½” tear in dust jacket. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Milne, A. A. THE POOH GET-WELL BOOK, by Virginia Ellison, inspired by the four Pooh books. E. P. Dutton 1973, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Ernest H. Shepard. Recipes and activites to help you recover from wheezles and sneezles along with quotes from Winnie and friends. Contents include “Puzzles, Poems, and Other Fun with Words;” “Strengthening Things to Drink and Eat;” “Pleazles to Make and Play While Getting Well.” Clever book to please a patient, large or small, who is a Winnie-the-Pooh devotee. Book Near-Fine; dust jacket has light wear. $5.photo of the actual item
 
O’Hara, Mary. MY FRIEND FLICKA. Junior Deluxe Editions 1941. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Don Sibley. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Parkinson, Ethelyn M. NEVER GO ANYWHERE WITH DIGBY. Abingdon Press 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket. ,b>The Abingdon Award 1972. Joel Chamberlain is warned by his mother never to go anywhere with Digby Welch, but grown up people sometimes have a lot to learn. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $10.photo of the actual item
   
Pasternak, Boris. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO. Random House/Pantheon 1958 BCE. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Poortvliet, Rien, illustrator. THE BOOK OF THE SANDMAN AND THE ALPHABET OF SLEEP, text by Wil Huygen. Harry Abrams 1989, first published in The Netherlands in 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket. Two travelers discover the secrets of sleep from the Sandman himself. Includes a book-within-a-book with helpful hints for both sleepyheads and insomniacs. Exquisite illustrations by Poortvliet. 0810915243. Book Like-New; dust jacket clean and bright with ¾” tear at spine edge. $6.photo of the actual item
    
Proysen, Alf. MRS. PEPPERPOT’S OUTING. Retold by Marianne Helweg, translated from the Swedish. Pantheon Books 1969, 1971, BCE. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. Bjorn Berg. Like-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Miss Read. NO HOLLY FOR MISS QUINN. Houghton Mifflin 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Miss Read. BATTLES AT THRUSH GREEN. Houghton Mifflin 1976, first Am. ed. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Rounds, Glen. OL’ PAUL THE MIGHTY LOGGER. Holiday House SOFTCOVER 1936, 1976. Ill. by Rounds. Ambleside. 0823407136. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Ruskin, John. SESAME AND LILIES; THE TWO PATHS; THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER in One Volume. Everyman’s Library 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside 1 (King of the Golden River); Ambleside 10 (Sesame and Lilies). NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $10.photo of the actual item
 
Salten, Felix. BAMBI’S CHILDREN, The Story of a Forest Family. Grosset & Dunlap 1939. Hardcover. Ill. Erna Pinner. NOT ex-lib. Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Sawyer, Ruth. ROLLER SKATES. The Viking Press 1936, 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Valenti Angelo. Newbery Medal 1937. Delightful story of 1890’s New York and a stubborn and clever tomboy who could not help being a lady at the same time. CM Alveary. Small school stamp. Book Very Good; dust jacket Good. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Shannon, Monica. DOBRY. Viking 1934, 1982. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. Atanas Katchamakoff. Newbery Medal 1935. A Bulgarian peasant boy must convince his mother that he is destined to be a sculptor, not a farmer as she expects him to be. Brand-New. $10.photo of the actual item
   
Sharp, Margery. BERNARD THE BRAVE, A Miss Bianca Story. Little, Brown 1977, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Leslie Morrill. By the author of The Rescuers. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Showell, Ellen Harvey. CECELIA AND THE BLUE MOUNTAIN BOY. Lothrop Lee & Shepard 1983, stated first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. When Cecelia searches for a place where people love music and dancing as much as she does, she finds the path that leads to Blue Mountain. There, by a creek, Cecelia meets her true love. Lovely, romantic fantasy, which is set in the remote Appalachian countryside. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Sidney, Margaret. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW. Grosset & Dunlap Illustrated Junior Library 1948. Hardcover. Ill. in color and b/w by William Sharp. Ambleside 2, 3.5. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Very Good+. $7.50.photo of the actual item
   
Sidney, Margaret. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS IN THE LITTLE BROWN HOUSE. Grosset & Dunlap 1907, 1937. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $10.photo of the actual item
 
Spyri, Johanna. HEIDI. Grosset & Dunlap 1927, 1994. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. in color by William Sharp. Translated by Helen Dole. Ambleside 2. SCM. 044842438x. Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
   
Stevenson, Robert Louis. KIDNAPPED, The Adventures of David Balfour. Atheneum 1913, 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fourteen color plates by N. C. Wyeth. CM Alveary. Ex-lib. with no marks on dust jacket. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Stoutenburg, Adrien. AMERICAN TALL TALES. Puffin Books 1966, 1976. Hardcover. Ill. Richard M. Powers. Ambleside 3. Library card pocket in back of book. Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Stratton-Porter, Gene. A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST. Tyndale House 1909, 1991. SOFTCOVER. Determined to overcome her mother’s rejection and the shadows of her past, lovely Elnora finds true love in the wilderness of the Limberlost. SCM. 0842310150. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Terhune, Albert Payson. A DOG NAMED CHIPS, The Life and Adventures of a Mongrel Scamp. Grosset & Dunlap 1931. Pictorial hardcover. Ambleside 5. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Thackeray, William Makepeace. VANITY FAIR. London: Folio Society 1963, first published 1848. Hardcover in original slipcase. Full-page b/w illustrations by Robin Jacques. Entertaining satire of upper-middle-class London life that asks the question, “Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? Or, having it, is satisfied?”. CM Alveary. Case is worn at corners. Bound in blue/mauve silk. Gilt title to spine. Internally very clean & binding firm; spot on front cover. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Thurber, James. THE THURBER CARNIVAL. Harper & Bros. 1911, 1945. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Thurber. Ambleside 8. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Verne, Jules. A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH. Dodd, Mead & Co. 1959, 1984. With illustrations by Edward Riou from the French first edition of 1864. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good+. Dust jacket in new protective cover. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Wakabayasi, Hitomi; Sugita, Yutaka; Azume, Ituko.  STORY PICTURE BOOK, MUSEUM OF KODANSHA (15).  Japanese import 1990.  Text all in Japanese.  Hardcover with dust jacket.  Collection of stories including “Cinderella” and “The Brementown Musicians.”  NOT ex-lib.  Book Like-New; dust jacket Very Good. $8.photo of the actual item
    
Warner Gertrude Chandler. THE BOXCAR CHILDREN. Albert Whitman 1942, 2009. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. L. Kate Deal. Ambleside 1, 2. 1435120930. Brand-New. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Wells, Helen. CHERRY AMES, SENIOR NURSE. Grosset & Dunlap 1944. #2 in series. Pictorial hardcover; yellow spine. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
West, Jerry. THE HAPPY HOLLISTERS AND THE GHOST HORSE MYSTERY. Doubleday 1965. #29 in series. Book and dust jacket Very Good with small chip in dust jacket and previous owner’s name. $5.photo of the actual item
 
White, E. B. THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN. HarperCollins 1970, 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Fred Marcellino. SCM. Heart of Dakota Curriculum. 006028935x. Brand-New. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Wiggin, Kate Douglas. REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM. Grosset & Dunlap 1903, 1917. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside 5. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket. Very Good. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. LITTLE HOUSE TREASURY, Includes complete text of Little House in the Big Woods; Little House on the Prairie; On the Banks of Plum Creek with original 1930’s illustrations by Helen Sewell. 0060539798. NOT ex-lib. $5.photo of the actual item
     
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS. Harper Collins 1932, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Garth Williams. #1 in series. Ambleside 1. CM Alveary. SCM. 75 Classics Not-To-Miss. 0060264306. Brand-New. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE. Harper Collins 1935, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Garth Williams. #2 in series. Ambleside 2. CM Alveary. SCM. 0060264454. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. ON THE BANKS OF PLUM CREEK. Harper & Row 1937, 1953. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. Garth Williams. #4 in series. Ambleside 3. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $7.photo of the actual item
 
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. BY THE SHORES OF SILVER LAKE. HarperCollins 1939, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Garth Williams. #5 in series. Ambleside 4. SCM. CM Alveary. 0060264160. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Wilder, Laura. THE LONG WINTER. HarperCollins 1940, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Garth Williams. #6 in series. Ambleside 5. CM Alveary. SCM. Library sticker on front free endpaper. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.photo of the actual item
 
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. LITTLE HOUSE IN THE OZARKS, A Laura Ingalls Wilder Sampler, The Rediscovered Writings. Edited by Stephen W. Hines. Hardcover with dust jacket. Collection of more than 140 pieces sparkling with Wilder’s timeless wit and wisdom, 90% of which have never been published in book form. 315 pp. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Yamasita, Haruo; Makino, Suzuko; Murakami, Tutomu. STORY PICTURE BOOK, ,MUSEUM OF KODANSHA (12). Japan import 1989. Text all in Japanese. Hardcover with dust jacket. Collection of stories including “Cinderella.” 96 pp. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $8.photo of the actual item
    
ANTIQUE, SIGNED, RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS
Coatsworth, Elizabeth. FIVE BUSHEL FARM. Macmillan 1939, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Helen Sewell. A pioneer story of charm and beauty. Rare and especially in this condition. Book Near-Fine; dust jacket has several chips. $22.photo of the actual item
     
Dodge, Mary Mapes. HANS BRINKER Or The Silver Skates. Grosset & Dunlap, no date, ca 1920. Hardcover. Complete and unbridged. Full-page b/w illustrations by un-named artist. Ambleside 5. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Good+. $8.photo of the actual item
  
Farjeon, Eleanor and Herbert. KINGS AND QUEENS. London: J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton1932, 1940. In rhyme, history of forty English kings and queens accompany great color illustrations by Rosalind Thornycroft. NOT ex-lib. Badly worn spot top of spine. $7.50.photo of the actual item
     
Gray, Elizabeth Janet. ADAM OF THE ROAD. The Viking Press 1942, 1948, 4th printing. Ill. Robert Lawson. Newbery Medal 1943. Truthquest Middle Ages grades 5-12. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good, previous owner’s name; dust jacket Good, nice in new protective cover. $10.photo of the actual item
  
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR. McLoughlin Brothers. No date but gift inscription reads 1907. “Grandfather” tells the children their cousin may also like to hear his stories because “They will teach him something about the history and distinguished people of this country which he has never read in any of his schoolbooks.” Illustrated with color frontispiece and b/w full-page drawings. NOT ex-lib. Good. $8.photo of the actual item
   
Henry, Marguerite. MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE. Rand McNally 1947, 1948. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Wesley Dennis. SCM. Sonlight 4 Readers. Heart of Dakota. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket has edge wear. Lovely vintage copy! $10.photo of the actual item
  
Hughes, Rev. Isaac C. THE DENIALS OF RATIONALISM Or Man, God and the Bible. T. J. Griffiths 1891, first edition. Hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Good. $15.photo of the actual item
  
Lovelace, Maud Hart. BETSY AND TACY GO OVER THE BIG HILL. Thomas Y. Crowell 1942. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Lois Lenski. Ambleside 2. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. Dust jacket has spot at top where it adhered to the book, leaving a piece missing on dust jacket and a stain on the book. $15.photo of the actual item
  
Mason, Miriam E. CAROLINE AND HER KETTLE NAMED MAUD. Macmillan/Scott Foresman Ed. 1951. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. Kathleen Voute. Warm and entertaining pioneer story. Ex-lib. Very Good. $12.photo of the actual item
 
Palgrave, Francis T. PALGRAVE’S GOLDEN TREASURY. Macmillan 1904, 1917. Hardcover, green leather with gilt binding and spine decoration. 279 pages including notes and index. Small, elegant book, 4 1/8” x 6 ½”. CM Alveary. NOT ex-lib. Excellent condition with no writing, no tears, no soil, no cover wear. $12.photo of the actual item
 
Rand McNally. NOAH’S ARK, by Dorothy Bell Briggs. Rand McNally Giant Book. Rand McNally 1952, 1961. Ill. Elizabeth Webbe. Story in rhyme with wonderful, large animal illustrations. Folio, more than 12”. Very Good. $10.photo of the actual item
   
Shipton, Anna. WAYMARKS OF MY PILGRIMAGE, POEMS. London: Morgan and Scott 1877. Hardcover. Decorative burgundy/gilt cover. Good. $10.photo of the actual item
 
AMBLESIDE/SCM SOFTCOVERS
Fitzgerald, John D. THE GREAT BRAIN. Dell Yearling SOFTCOVER 1967, 1978. Ill. Mercer Mayer. Ambleside 5. Very Good. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Fitzgerald, John D. MORE ADVENTURES OF THE GREAT BRAIN. Dell Yearling SOFTCOVER 1969, 1983. 0440913179. Brand-New. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Fitzgerald, John D. THE GREAT BRAIN REFORMS. Dell Yearling SOFTCOVER 1973, 1988. # 5 in series. 0440913187. Very Good. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Lovelace, Maud Hart. BETSY-TACY. Harper Trophy SOFTCOVER 1940, 1979. Ill. by Lois Lenski. Ambleside 2. Fine, previous owner’s name. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Lovelace, Maud Hart. BETSY AND TACY GO OVER THE BIG HILL. Harper & Row SOFTCOVER 1942, 1979. Cover and illustrations by Lois Lenski. Ambleside 2. Very Good. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Lovelace, Maud Hart. BETSY AND TACY GO DOWNTOWN. Harper& Row SOFTCOVER 1943, 1979. Ill. Lois Lenski. Ambleside 2. Very Good. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Montgomery, L. M. ANNE OF THE ISLAND. Bantam Books SOFTCOVER 1992, first published 1915. #3. CM Alveary. Ambleside 5. Fine. $2.50.photo of the actual item
 
Montgomery, L. M. ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS. Bantam Books SOFTCOVER 1992, first published 1936. #4. Ambleside 5. CM Alveary. Fine. $2.50.photo of the actual item
 
OTHER SOFTCOVERS
Calhoun, Mary. HONESTLY, KATIE JOHN! Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1963. Ill. Paul Frame. Very Good. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Grover, Wayne. ALI AND THE GOLDEN EAGLE. Sonlight Curriculum SOFTCOVER 1995, 1997. Sonlight F. 1887840265. Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Haywood, Carolyn. BETSY’S PLAY SCHOOL. Dell Yearling SOFTCOVER 1977, 1989. Good, cover creased. $2.photo of the actual item
 
Trixie Belden. THE MYSTERY OF THE CASTAWAY CHILDREN, by Kathryn Kenny. Western Publishing SOFTCOVER 1978, 1985. #21. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Trixie Belden. THE MYSTERY AT MAYPENNY’S. Golden Press SOFTCOVER 1980. #31. Like-New. $4.photo of the actual item
 
READERS / SPELLERS / CURRICULUM
Alice and Jerry Books. THROUGH THE GREEN GATE, by Mabel O’Donnell. Row, Peterson & Co. 1939. Hardcover. Ill. Florence and Margaret Hoopes. 3rd reader. Good, cover wear, a few internal spots. Solid binding. $6.photo of the actual item
    
Alice and Jerry Books. THE NEW THROUGH THE GREEN GATE, by Mabel O’Donnell. Row, Peterson 1939, 1948. Hardcover. Good. Corners worn; previous owner’s name written on title page. Interior clean with no tears, no other writing. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Alice and Jerry Workbook. ROUND ABOUT, The Alice and Jerry Basic Reading Program. Harper & Row 1948, 1957. SOFTCOVER. Accompanies Round About the Basic First Reader. Surprisingly nice condition. Five pages had light pencil marks which have been erased; also a name in pencil on back cover in appropriate space which has also been erased. Clean with no tears, no creases. A collectible treasure! $15. photo of the actual item
   
Dick and Jane. THE NEW FUN WITH DICK AND JANE, by William Gray, A. Sterl Artley and May Hill Arbuthnot. Toronto: W. J. Gage 1956. Hardcover. Ill. Keith Ward and Eleanor Campbell. Good. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Grover, Eulalie Osgood. THE SUNBONNET BABIES PRIMER. Merrimack Publishing, replica of antique original 1902 edition. Ill. by Bertha Corbett Melcher. NOT ex-lib. Very Good+. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Hillard, Rev. A. E., D.D and Botting, C.G., M.A. ELEMENTARY GREEK TRANSLATION BOOK. London: Rivington’s 1969. Hardcover. 209 pp. Very Good. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Laidlaw Readers. ON THE WAY TO STORYLAND, by Gerald Yoakam, Kathleen Hester, Louise Abney. Laidlaw Brothers 1947, 1955 Hardcover. Ill. Milo Winter. No level given, probably Grade 2. Good, some interior fingerprints, corner wear. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Pathway. DAYS GO BY, Grade 1 Primer. Pathway Publishers1975, 2007. Hardcover. CM Language Arts. Like-New. $4.photo of the actual item
 
FICTION / LITERATURE - YOUNG ADULTS / PARENTS
Bjorn, Thyra Ferre. THEN THERE GREW UP A GENERATION. Holt, Rinehart & Winston1970, second printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Cather, Willa. SAPPHIRA AND THE SLAVE GIRL. Alfred A. Knopf 1940. Hardcover with dust jacket. The period is 1856, just before the Civil War and the setting is the beautiful Virginia countryside. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50. photo of the actual item
  
Godden, Rumer. IN THIS HOUSE OF BREDE. Viking Press 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. The story of the life in an enclosed house of nuns. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket Good with short tears. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Goudge, Elizabeth. GREEN DOLPHIN STREET. Sundial Press 1944, 1946. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $9.50.photo of the actual item
 
Goudge, Elizabeth. THE SCENT OF WATER. Coward-McCann 1963, first Am. ed. Hardcover with dust jacket. Miss Goudge returns to the setting of Pilglrim’s Inn for this story of charm, wisdom and spiritual depth. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket has small chips. $12.photo of the actual item
 
Price, Eugenia. LIGHTHOUSE. J. B. Lippincott 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket. First in St. Simon’s trilogy. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Shute, Nevil. PIED PIPER. London: Heinemann 1942, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket. Remarkable story packed with vivid descriptions of Nazi Europe including the children affected by that terrible tragedy, unimaginable courage, and amazing tenderness. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $9.50.photo of the actual item
 
Shute, Nevil. PIED PIPER. London: Heinemann/Heron Books 1942, later printing. Hardcover with decorative leatherette binding, gilt decoration. Original illustrations by Shirley Walker. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $9.50.photo of the actual item
 
Thane, Elswyth. DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT. Hawthorn Books 1943. Hardcover with dsut jacket. First in “Williamsburg” novels. The human story behind our first war for liberty, with a glimpse of Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette, Francis Marion, and others. Excellent! NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good with previous owner’s name; dust jacket Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Thane, Elswyth. EVER AFTER. Hawthorn Books 1945. Hardcover with dust jacket. Third in “Williamsburg” Series. Spanish-American war. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket Fair. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Thane, Elswyth. KISSING KIN. Hawthorn Books 1948. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fifth in “Williamsburg” Series. World War I. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket Fair. $6.photo of the actual item
 
BIOGRAPHIES / MEMOIRS - YOUNG ADULTS / PARENTS
Bjorn, Thyra Ferre. DEAR PAPA. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1963, second printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Bjorn, Thyra Ferre. THE HOME HAS A HEART. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1968, 1972. Hardcover with dust jacket. Mrs. Bjorn takes us back through the years to her childhood in the parsonage in Swedish Lapland and then to her life as a mother and housewife in Masssachusetts. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Farjeon, Annabel. MORNING HAS BROKEN, A Biography of Eleanor Farjeon. Julia MacRae 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0862032253. Ex-lib. with minimal marks. Beautiful! Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Skogsbergh, Helga. COMES THE DAY, COMES A WAY. Covenant Press 1960, 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Roger Palmquist. Deeply-moving story of the Swedish immigrants who homesteaded along the shores of Lake Superior, across the lake from Duluth, toward the close of the 1800’s. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good with two small tears and a couple of chips in dust jacket. $16.photo of the actual item
 
RAISING, EDUCATING CHILDREN / FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Beskow, Elsa. THE ELSA BESKOW BABY BOOK, Memories of Your Baby’s Early Years. Great Britain: Floris Books 2013, first published in Swedish as Mina forsta dr. Hardcover. Illustrated throughout in color and some b/w by Beskow. Beautiful! Brand-New. $10.photo of the actual item
  
Hunt, Gladys. HONEY FOR A CHILD’S HEART, The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life. Zondervan SOFTCOVER 1989. Third Edition. Very Good. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Kendrick, Stephen & Alex. THE LOVE DARE. B&H Publishing 2008. SOFTCOVER. A 40-day challenge for husbands and wives to understand and practice unconditional love. Fine. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Marantz, Sylvia. PICTURE BOOKS FOR LOOKING AND LEARNING, Awakening Visual Perceptions through the Art of Children’s Books. Oryx Press 1992. SOFTCOVER. 208 pp. with index. Ex-lib. Good. $2.50.photo of the actual item
 
Pearl, Michael & Debi. TO TRAIN UP A CHILD. Michael Pearl 1994, 1999. SOFTCOVER. Fine. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Quine, David & Shirley. LET US HIGHLY RESOLVE, Preparing Families to Enter the 21st Century. Cornerstone Curriculum Project 1996. SOFTCOVER. Like-New. $3.photo of the actual item
 
C. S. LEWIS
Hannay, Margaret Patterson. C. S. LEWIS. Frederick Unger Publishing 1981. SOFTCOVER. Modern Literature Series. NOT ex-lib. Good+. $7.photo of the actual item
 
Lewis, C. S. MERE CHRISTIANITY. Macmillan 1943, 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside 7, 9. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
McGrath, Alister. C. S. LEWIS, A LIFE. ECCENTRIC GENIUS. RELUCTANT PROPHET. Tyndale House 2014. Hardcover with dust jacket. Endorsed by Eric Metaxas, Timothy Keller, N. T. Wright, others. 431 pp. with index. Like-New. $12.photo of the actual item
 
Sibley, Brian. C. S. LEWIS, THROUGH THE SHADOWLANDS, The Story of His Life With Joy Davidman. Fleming H. Revell 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket. Stirring, true story. 0800715098. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
OTHER NON-FICTION, ADULTS / YOUNG ADULTS
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. ETHICS. Macmillan 1933, 1975. SOFTCOVER. Very Good. 0020838700. Very Good. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. I LOVED THIS PEOPLE. John Knox Press 1964. SOFTCOVER. Letters, essays, fragments of prose and drama, and a poem, all written during the final years of Bonhoeffer’s opposition to Nazism. 62 pp. Good+. $6.50.photo of the actual item
  
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. THE THEOLOGY OF DIETRICH BONHEOFFER, by John Godsey. The Westminster Press 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Bye, Erik. BLOW, SILVER WIND, A Story of Norwegian Immigration to America. Norwegian-American Culture Institute 1978, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket. Graphics which eloquently illustrate the story are by Karl Erik Harr, one of Norway’s principal graphic artists. The book does not claim to be a “history,” but an enjoyable and informative “painting” in poetry and prose, giving a real sensation of the lives, feelings, and thoughts of the early Norwegian immigrants. 119 pp. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good; small edge tears in dust jacket. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Skogsbergh, Helga. SONGS OF PILGRIMAGE. Covenant Press 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket. The author of Comes the Day, Comes a Way has sought to give words to her reactions to the varied experiences of life – the beauty of nature, the glory of worship, the appreciation of the little things in life, etc. Beautiful collection of 52 poems. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.photo of the actual item
    
CHRISTMAS BOOKS
Davis, David. NURSE’S NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Pelican Publishing 2003. Ill. James Rice. Hardcover with dust jacket. Like-New. $5.photo of the actual item
   
Domanska, Janina, ill. THE FIRST NOEL. Greenwillow 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. Words of the carol are accompanied by Domanska’s vivid, striking illustrations. 4to. FFEP torn and repaired. Dust jacket near-fine. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Engelbreit, Mary, illustrator. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2003. Fine. $2.50.photo of the actual item
 
Godden, Rumer. THE STORY OF HOLLY & IVY. Viking 1957, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Dust jacket Like-New; book is clean and sound, but has warping to top corner of pages. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Hegg, Tom. PEEF THE CHRISTMAS BEAR. Waldman House Press 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed by the author. Like-New. $6.50.photo of the actual item
  
Hoffmann, E.T.A. NUTCRACKER. Retold by Fiona Black. Barnes & Noble 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Scott Gustafson. 0760703752. Book and dust jacket Fine, previous owner’s name. $2.50.photo of the actual item
 
Hughes, R. Kent. THE GIFT, Seven Meditations on the Events Surrounding Jesus’ Birth. Crossway Books 1994, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Paintings by Ron DiCianni; Calligraphy by Timothy R. Botts. Folio. 48 pp. Book Fine, dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Ideals. IDEALS CHRISTMAS. Ideals 1990. SOFTCOVER. Fine. $2.50.photo of the actual item
 
Leighton, Maxinne. AN ELLIS ISLAND CHRISTMAS. Viking 1992 FE. HC/DJ. Young Krysia crosses the Atlantic to join her father in America and arrives at Ellis Island on Christmas Eve, fearful and uncertain. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Lewis, Beverly. ANNIKA’S SECRET WISH. Bethany Backyard 2000. Hardcover. Ill. Pamela Querin. Annika gives up her own wish for a wish for her brother when she finds the almond in her pudding, a turn-of-the-century Swedish Christmas custom. Good with light crayon marks on endpapers. $3.50.photo of the actual item
    
Martinson, Tom. THE CHRISTMAS LOON. Wisconsin: North Wood Press 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed by the author. Illustrated with beautiful b/w and color nature photographs. This is a story of the author’s daughter who spends a summer observing and becoming attached to a loon on the lake. 1559710926. Book Like-New; dust jacket has tear. $3.50.photo of the actual item
   
Parish, Peggy. MERRY CHRISTMAS, AMELIA BEDELIA. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1986, 2002. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.photo of the actual item
 
Ringgold, Faith, illustrator. O HOLY NIGHT, Christmas With the boys Choir of Harlem. Book and dust jacket with unopened CD. HarperCollins 2004, first edition. Five illustrated carols. Book Like-New; dust jacket has 1” tear at spine edge; CD unopened. $8.photo of the actual item
     
Sharp, Evelyn. THE CHILD’S CHRISTMAS. Derrydale Books 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. With illustrations by Charles Robinson reminiscent of a Victorian Christmas, eight in full-page color and numerous in b/w. Book Fine with previous owner’s name; dust jacket like-new. $4.50.photo of the actual item
    
Tudor, Tasha, illustrator. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, by Clement C. Moore. Little, Brown SOFTCOVER 1999. One page has repaired tear; spot on bottom edge; cover creased. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Wahl, Jan. THE GOLDEN CHRISTMAS TREE. Golden Books/Western Publishing 1988, first edition. Giant Golden Book. Hardcover. Ill. Leonard Weisgard. Gentle, peaceful story of the forest animals’ Christmas tree, with great illustrations by Weisgard. Fine. $5.photo of the actual item
 

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