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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
Aesop. AESOP’S FABLES, Selected and Adapted by Louis Untermeyer. Giant Golden Book/Golden Press 1965, 1970. Ill. by Alice and Martin Provenson. SOFTCOVER. Folio-size, more than 12”. NOT ex-lib. Good. $6.photo of the actual item
      
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
    
Andersen, Hans Christian. THE RED SHOES. Picture Books Studio 1983. First pubished in the UK. Softly mottled watercolors by Japanese artist Chihiro Iwasaki. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside 2. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $5.photo of the actual item
      
Andersen, Hans Christian. THUMBELINA, retold and illustrated by Lauren Mills. Little, Brown 2005, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Exquisite, delicate watercolors with enchanting details drawn from nature. Beautiful book! Ambleside 2. Brand-New. $8.photo of the actual item
       
Anno, Mitsumasa. ANNO’S ALPHABET. HarperCollins 1975, first U.S. edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Playful, 3-dimensional alphabet book with each letter matched with a wit-twisting picture. All kinds of creatures and objects are in the borders for clever observers to discover. 0690005415. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $8.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
    
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
 
Cooney, Barbara. CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX, Adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. HarperCollins 1958, 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Cooney. Ambleside 2. SCM. Truthquest Middle Ages grades 1-5. Library card pocket in back of book. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.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
  
Fatio, Louise. THE HAPPY LION’S TREASURE. McGraw-Hill 1970. Not first, but very early edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. The Happy Lion’s friends suggest that because he is rich and famous he needs to make a will, and a hunt begins to find his treasure. Eventually he discovers his treasure is his love for his friends and their love for one another. Cleverly written. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine; dust jacket Very Good with 1” piece missing at top of spine. $4.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
 
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
 
The Brothers Grimm. THE SHOEMAKER AND THE ELVES. Charles Scribner’s 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket. Charming ill. by Adrienne Adams. Book and dust jacket Very Good, previous owner’s name. $8.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
  
Herge. THE BLUE LOTUS, The Adventures of Tintin. London: Egmont 1946, 2008. Hardcover. Artwork 1946 by Casterman. Foliio-size, 9 ¼” x 12”. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $6.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
 
Keats, Ezra Jack. JOHN HENRY, AN AMERICAN LEGEND. Alfred Knopf 1965, 2014. 50th Anniversary Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Keats. Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Ezra Jack Keat's vibrant retelling of this beloved African-American folk ballad in this beautiful hardcover book! Brand-New. $4.50.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
 
Kitchen, Bert. ANIMAL ALPHABET. Great Britain: Lutterworth Press 1984, 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. No text. Names of animals, some of which are quite unusual, are given on the last page. Brand-New. $4.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
 
Lindgren, Astrid. THE TOMTEN. Coward-McCann 1967. Hardcover. Adapted by Astrid Lindgren from a poem by Viktor Rydberg. Ill. by Harald Wiberg. Every night the little Tomten trips around on his small silent feet keeping watch over the old Swedish farm. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Littledale, Harold. ALEXANDER. Parents Magazine Press 1964. Hardcover. Ill. Tom Vroman. Alexander is the imaginary horse who gets all the blame for Chris’ mistakes. Excellent condition; clean, sound. $7.50.photo of the actual item
    
Lowry Lois. CROW CALL. Scholastic Press 2009. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sensitive and brilliant illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline. Drawn from her own childhood, the author tells a heart-warming and poignant story of a little girl’s very special time with her father who has just returned from World War II. 0545030358. Brand-New. 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
    
Moss, P. Buckley, illustrator. REUBEN AND THE BLIZZARD, written by Merle Good. Good Books 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. When the biggest blizzard in years sweeps across their Amish farm, Reuben faces new adventures. He and his father come to the rescue with their sleigh and horses when the neighbor cannot get his car out in an emergency. Dramatic illustrations by highly acclaimed folk artist P. Buckley Moss. Brand-New. $6.50.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
    
Ness, Evaline. SAM, BANGS & MOONSHINE. Holt, Rinehart & Winston1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed by the author. Ill. by the author. Imaginative and humorous story that creatively emphasizes the importance of the difference between “moonshine” and reality in a child’s life. Book and dust jacket Very Good, library card pocket. $8.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
     
Sawyer, Ruth. JOURNEY CAKE, HO! The Viking Press 1953 BCE. Ill. Robert McCloskey. NOT ex-lib. Good, previous owner’s name. $4.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
  
Skorpen, Liesel Moak. WE WERE TIRED OF LIVING IN A HOUSE. Weekly Reader Children’s Books Club 1969. Hardcover. Ill. Doris Burns. “So we packed our bag with sweaters and socks and scarves and mittens and woolen caps. . .and we moved to a tree.” Charming and hilarious with delightful illustrations. A family favorite at our house many years ago! Like-New. $12.photo of the actual item
     
Slobodkin, Louis. EXCUSE ME! CERTAINLY. The Vanguard Press 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Slobodkin. Willie White was not very polite; he did not say “excuse me” or “certainly!” until he learns from the town policeman that courtesy can be fun. Ex-lib. Fair, no tears but a little ruffling to pages and dust jacket. $5.photo of the actual item
     
Slobodkin, Florence and Louis. TOO MANY MITTENS. Weekly Reader Books Club 1958. Hardcover. Ill. by the Slobodkins. When the word spreads that the twins have lost a red mitten, neigbors, the postman, the teacher, the garbage man all stop in to drop off a red mitten that MUST be the lost one. Cute story that will bring chuckles. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $6.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 is the happiest, most contented mouse in all France who 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. $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
       
Tudor, Tasha. ALEXANDER THE GANDER. Henry Z. Walck 1939, 1961. Hardcover. Unattractive cover with no dust jacket, but delightful interior! Alexander’s weakness for heliotrope pansies gets him into trouble but all ends well with Sylvie and Mrs. Fillow having tea on the doorstep. Clean interior with no tears or writing; cover has tape marks and wear to edges. Hard-to-find title. $10.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
     
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
     
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
     
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
 
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
    
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
 
SOFTCOVER CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS
Andersen, Hans Christian. THE NIGHTINGALE. North South Books/Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1980. Ill. Lisbeth Zwerger. Ambleside 2. Very Good with ex-school marks. $2.75.photo of the actual item
     
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
  
Brett, Jan. GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS, Retold and illustrated by Brett. G. P. Putnam’s 1987. SOFTCOVER. Fine. $3.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
 
Krasilovsky, Phyllis. THE SHY LITTLE GIRL. Houghton Mifflin 1970/Starbooks 1980. SOFTCOVER. Ill. Trina Schart Hyman. Anne was a very shy little girl – would not raise her hand in class (even if she knew the answer); talked so softly no one could hear her; was afraid to join in the games at recess but went off by herself. Then one day a new little girl came to class who needed a friend and when Anne became that friend, she discovered what a pleasure friendship is. Attached inside the back cover is “Mark the Bookmark.” Sweet story. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $6.50.photo of the actual item
   
Provensen, Alice and Martin. OLD MOTHER HUBBARD. Random House Picture Back 1977. SOFTCOVER. Delightfully illustrated by the Provensens. Fine. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Sawyer, Ruth. JOURNEY CAKE, HO! Puffin SOFTCOVER 1953, 1978. Ill. Robert McCloskey. Caldecott Honor Book 1954. Hilarious classic! 0140502750. Like-New. $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
 
Brewton, Sara and John E. BRIDLED WITH RAINBOWS, Poems About Many Things of Earth and Sky. Macmillan 1949, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. Decorations by Vera Bock. Delightful poems such as “Seascape,” Langston Hughes; “Sleet Storm,” James Tippett; “Apple Season,” Frances Frost; and “The West Wind’s Secret,” Mary Jane Carr. 191 pages with index of titles, authors, and first lines. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.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
    
Burns, Robert. HAND IN HAND WE’LL GO, Ten Poems by Robert Burns. Thomas Y. Crowell 1965, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Nonny Hogrogian. Ten classics to introduce young readers to Burns. Favorites such as “A Red, Red Rose;” “My Heart’s in the Highlands;” “To a Mouse.” 29 pp. plus glossary. Ex-lib. with stamps. Book and dust jacket Good. $6.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. BELLS AND GRASS, Poems by Walter de la Mare. The Viking Press 1942, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. Exquisite b/w drawings by Dorothy P. Lathrop. Here is the magic that is uniquely de la Mare’s – the gift of seeing again with the heart and senses of childhood. No other poet sees the “everyday” as “enchanted” as does de la Mare. 135 pp. plus index of titles and first lines. Ambleside 2. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, light foxing to dust jacket. $15.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
    
Ferris, Helen. FAVORITE POEMS OLD AND NEW, Selected for Boys and Girls. Doubleday 1957, later printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Leonard Weisgard. CM Alveary. Sonlight G. Like-New. $12.photo of the actual item
 
Fujikawa, Gyo. MOTHER GOOSE. Sterling 2007. Hardcover. Adorable illustrations by Fujikawa. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.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
        
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. Hardcover with dust jacket. Enthralling illustrations illuminate some of the poem’s most lyrical verses depicting Hiawatha’s boyhood. Folio-size, more than 12”. Ambleside 0. Library card pocket, no marks on dust jacket. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.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
  
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. GOBLIN MARKET. Franklin Watts 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Poetic story first published in 1862. Rossetti’s first book. “Come buy, come buy,” is the cry of the little grey men who tramp the glen. Laura is captured by their sugar-baited words and only the courage of her loving sister breaks the spell and pulls her out of “the absent dream” where she will be destroyed. This poetic story has greater appeal now than ever! 42 pp. Ambleside 2. Ex-lib. with stamps and card pocket. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $10.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. 750 nursery rhymes with twelve full-color plates and others in b/w. Ambleside 0. Very Good. $10.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
    
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 2007, first published 1916. Hardcover. Full-page color illustrations by Blanche Fisher Wright. Ambleside 0. CM Alveary. NOT ex-lib. Like-New $5.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
Cavanah, Frances. ADVENTURE IN COURAGE, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt. Rand McNally 1961, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Grace Paull. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.photo of the actual item
  
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
 
Greene, Carol. MARCO POLO VOYAGER TO THE ORIENT. Children’s Press 1987. Hardcover. Ambleside 3. 0516032291. Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Kaufman, Mervyn D. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. Garrard 1963. World Explorer Series. Truthquest Renaissance & Reformation grades 1-5. Ex-lib. Pictorial library binding. Good, two light crayon marks on endpapers. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Pollard, Josephine. LIFE OF WASHINGTON, In Words of One Syllable. McLoughlin Brothers 1893, 1976, SOFTCOVER. Full-page b/w illustrations. Like-New. $4.photo 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
 
Brown, Marion Marsh. THE SWAMP FOX. Westminster Press 1950. Fictionalized bio of Francis Marion, Swamp Fox of the Revolution. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Book Good with wear to bottom edge and front free endpaper removed; dust jacket Very Good. $5.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
 
Latham, Jean Lee. THE STORY OF ELI WHITNEY. Harper & Row 1953, 1962. Pictorial hardcover. Truthquest Age of Revolution II grades 3-8. Ex-lib., front free endpaper removed. Very Good. $12.photo of the actual item
 
Latham, Jean Lee. YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY, The Story of Cyrus W. Field. Harper & Bros. 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Victor Mays. Field’s tireless efforts, his faith and determination were the force behind the great achievement of the laying of the Atlantic Cable. Written by a top-notch children’s author, writer of Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. Ex-lib. Very Good. $8.50.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
 
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. $18.50.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 DAVY CROCKETT, by Enid Lamonte Meadowcroft. Grosset & Dunlap1952. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very 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. STEPHEN FOSTER AND HIS LITTLE DOG TRAY. E. P. Dutton 1941, 1957. Hardcover, no dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $12.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
 
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
 
Holzmann, John. WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, Britain’s Great Emancipator. Avyx SOFTCOVER 1996, 2014. Like-New with previous owner’s name sticker. $4.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
 
Metaxas, Eric. BONHOEFFER: PASTOR, MARTYR, PROPHET, SPY, A Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich. Nelson Books 2010. Deluxe leather hardcover. Nearly-new with small ding to front cover. $12.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
 
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
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. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE & THE GLOBE. HarperCollins 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Aliki. Truthquest Renaissance & Reformation grades 3-7. 006027820x. One school stamp. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Berenstain, Michael. THE CASTLE BOOK. David McKay 1977, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. A royal tour of a typical medieval castle – from its underground escape tunnel and dungeon to its lofty watchtowers. Brief text and pictures explore every nook and cranny and its occupants. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. Unpaged. $3.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
 
Preston, Edna Mitchell. MARCO POLO, A Story of the Middle Ages. Crowell-Collier Press 1968, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Edward Leight. Ambleside Geography 3. School stamp. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $16.photo of the actual item
 
Reid, Struan. CASTLE, See Inside the World of the Medieval Castle With See-Through Pages. Barnes & Noble 1996. Hardcover. Flip the see-through pages and see inside the castle. Truthquest Middle Ages grades 3-10. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $4.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
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
    
Fisher, Margaret & Fisher, Mary Jane. COLONIAL AMERICA. Fideler Co. 1960, 1967. Hardcover. Ill. with photos, drawings, period prints. 132 pp. Chapter headings include “Homes,” “Colonial Kitchens,” “Earning a Living,” “Colonial Schools,” etc. Very Good. Ex-school. $5.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. THE SEABEES OF WORLD WAR II, by Edmund Castillo. Random House 1963. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. with photos. NOT ex-lib. Good. $6.50.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
 
North Star Books. DONALD MCKAY AND THE CLIPPER SHIPS, by Mary Ellen Chase. Houghton Millfin 1959. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Very Good. $4.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
 
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). THE CRUSADES, by Anthony West. Random House 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Middle Ages grades 3-8. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket exceptionally nice. $12.50.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 and dust jacket exceptionally nice. $9.photo of the actual item
 
Landmark (World). THE RISE AND FALL OF ADOLF HITLER, by Wiliam L. Shirer. Random House 1961. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. with photos. Ex-lib. Good. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Landmark (World). THE WAR IN KOREA, 1950-1953, by Robert Leckie. Random House 1963. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. with photos. NOT ex-lib. Good. $7.photo of the actual item
 
Macaulay, David. CASTLE. Houghton Mifflin 1977, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Macaulay. Truthquest Middle Ages grades 4-12. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine; dust jacket has chips. $8.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
 
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. THE GEESE FLY HIGH. University of Minnesota Press1939, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed by author and illustrator. Beautiful b/w nature drawings by Francis Lee Jaques. The Jaques record their experiences and observations in following the ducks and geese down the Mississippi flyway from Minnesota to Louisiana. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine; dust jacket Very Good with some edge wear. $10.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
 
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
 
Janson, H. W. and Janson, Anthony F. HISTORY OF ART FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. Harry N. Abrams 1987. Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Illustrations nearly every page in color and b/w. 472 pp. with index. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Mayhew, James. KATIE’S PICTURE SHOW. Bantam Little Rooster 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket. On a rainy day in London, Katie visits a museum, and with the help of five famous artists and their paintings has several adventures. 0553058460. NOT ex-lib. Book Like-New; dust jacket Fine. $6.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
 
Raboff, Ernest. REMBRANDT. Art for Children. J. B. Lippincott 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket. Library stamp in back of book. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.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
 
Savitt, Sam. DRAW HORSES WTH SAM SAVITT. Half Halt Press/Viking Press 1991. Hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $5.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. 9129587867. 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
  
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
    
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
 
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
 
Carson, Rachel. THE SENSE OF WONDER. Harper & Row 1956, 1965. Hardcover. Photographs in b/w and color by Charles Pratt and others. Words and pictures to help you keep alive your child’s inborn sense of wonder and renew your own delight in the mysteries of earth, sea and sky. Near-Fine. $5.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
     
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
 
Halliburton, Richard. RICHARD HALLIBURTON’S BOOK OF MARVELS, THE OCCIDENT. Bobbs-Merril 1937. Hardcover, green cloth over boards. Ambleside 5. NOT ex-lib. Good+, previous owner’s name; corners worn. $16.photo of the actual item
 
Halliburton, Richard. RICHARD HALLIBURTON’S SECOND BOOK OF MARVELS, THE ORIENT. Bobbs-Merril 1938. Pictorial hardcover. Ambleside 5. NOT ex-lib. Good+, previous owner’s name; corners worn. $16.photo of the actual item
 
Hedlund, Stephanie. WINTER. Minneapolis: Abdo/Magic Wagon 2004. Hardcover. What makes winter? Why? When? Winter Activites, etc. Simple, colorful illustrations by Stephanie Bauer.  1616419954. Brand-New. $5.photo of the actual item
   
Henry, Marguerite. ALBUM OF HORSES. Rand McNally 1951, 1974. Pictorial hardcover. Beautiful, full-page color ill. by Wesley Dennis. Heart of Dakota. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, previous owner’s name. $6.photo of the actual item
   
Herriot, James. ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL. St. Martin’s Press 1973, 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book Very Good; dust jacket Fair. NOT ex-lib. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Herriot, James. ALL THINGS WISE AND WONDERFUL. St. Martin’s Press 1976,1977. Hardcover with dust jacket. The warm and joyful sequel to All Things Bright and Beautiful. Ambleside. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good; previous owner’s name. $6.50.photo of the actual item
 
Herriot, James. THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL, The Warm and Joyful Sequel to All Things Wise and Wonderful. St. Martin’s Press 1981, stated first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket has light edge wear. $6.50.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. Brand-New. $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
 
Stanger, Margaret A. THAT QUAIL, ROBERT. J. B. Lippincott 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Cathy Baldwin. Enthralling true story of a quail who hatched on the kitchen counter of a Cape Cod home and proceeded to live uncaged with the run of the home, greeting and entertaining guests and taking meals at the family table. Living Science. NOT ex-lib. Stain on front edge of dust jacket and slight rippling to top of first several pages. Previous owner’s name and inscription. $4.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. 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
   
Van Laan, Nancy. WHEN WINTER COMES. Atheneum Books 2000. Hardcover. Ill. Susan Gaber. Where do the leaves go? Where do the field mice go? Where do songbirds go? In lilting rhyme, the author explores and answers these and other questions. Fun and informative living science. Like-New. $4.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. $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
 
AMBLESIDE BIBLE
Bridges, Jerry. THE PURSUIT OF HOLINESS. NavPress 1978, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside 7. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+, previous owner’s name. $5.photo of the actual item
 
BIBLES, BIBLE STORIES / SCRIPTURE-BASED STORIES / DEVOTIONALS
Doane, Pelagie. A SMALL CHILD’S BIBLE. Walck 1946. Hardcover with dust jacket. Full-page, full-color illustrations by the author, opposite text every page. 4to. 143 pages. Book Fine; dust jacket has 1/8” tear at base of spine and tiny hole. $5.photo of the actual item
    
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. 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. Brand-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
 
Hutchens, Paul THE SUGAR CREEK GANG FLIES TO CUBA. Wm. B. Eerdmans 1944. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, chip in dust jacket. $6.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
 
Johnson, Lois Walfrid. THE VANISHING FOOTPRINTS. Adventures of the Northwoods #4. Bethany House SOFTCOVER 1991. 155661103x. Like-New. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Kauffman, Christmas Carol. FOR ONE MOMENT. Moody Press SOFTCOVER 1960, 1964. Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Lamplighter Publishing. THE BASKET OF FLOWERS, A Tale for the Young, original by Christoph von Schmid. Lamplighter Publications 2002, original translated from the German in the 1800’s. Decorative hardcover. Brand-New. $12.photo of the actual item
 
Lamplighter Publishing. THE LAMPLIGHTER, by Maria S. Cummins. Rare Collector’s Series. Lampllighter Publishing 1999, first published in 1800’s. Decorative hardcover. Brand-New. $10.photo of the actual item
 
Lamplighter Publishing. ROSA OF LINDEN CASTLE, by Christoph von Schmid. Rare Collector’s Series. Lamplighter Publishing 2002, first published 1845. 1584740256. Like-New. $10.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
 
Mains, David and Karen. TALES OF THE KINGDOM. Lamplighter Publishing 1983, 2005. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. by Jack Stockman. Each of twelve stories has a full-page color illustration by Jack Stockman. 1584740507. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $20.photo of the actual item
 
Mains, David and Karen. TALES OF THE RESISTANCE. Lamplighter Publishing 1985, 2000. Pictorial hardcover. 1584740531. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $12.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
 
Walton, Mrs. O. F. LITTLE FAITH, Or the Child of the Toy Stall, by the author of Christie’s Old Organ. Vision Forum 2002. Unabridged reprint of original nineteenth century edition. 1929241526. Like-New. $8.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
 
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
 
Henty, G. A. WITH LEE IN VIRGINIA, A Story of the American Civil War. Charles Scribner’s 1920. Hardcover. Four color plates by Gordon Browne. Paste-down illustrated cover. Truthquest Age of Revolution II grades 7-12. NOT ex-lib. Good, binding solid. $7.50.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
 
Land of the Free Series. THE SILVER FLEECE, A Story of the Spanish in New Mexico. John C. Winston1950, stated first edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Ill. Edwin Schmidt. NOT ex-lib. Good. $8.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
 
Maier, Paul L. THE FLAMES OF ROME, A Documentary Novel by the author of Pontius Pilate. Doubleday & Co. 1981, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. “Every character in this crucial account of how Christianity reached Rome is authentic, and this book is quite probably the most accurate historical novel ever written.” NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Captain Marryat. CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST. London: Rylee Ltd. , no date,first published 1847. Decorative hardcover. Story set in 1647 in the days of King Charles. The King is imprisoned, their father is dead, and their home is on fire. The four Beverley children flee to an isolated cottage, and there, disguised and at risk of discovery, learn to hunt and live off the land. Ambleside 3. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades 8-12. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, previous owner’s nameplate. $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
 
Treece, Henry. THE WINDSWEPT CITY, a Novel of the Trojan War. Meredith Press 1967. Hardcover. 110 pp. Truthquest Ancient Greece grades 3-9. Who Should We Then Read? Ex-lib. Good. $6.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
 
Alcott, Louisa May. A ROUND DOZEN, Stories by Louisa May Alcott. Viking Press 1963, first edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor. Selected and with forward by Anne Thaxter Eaton. NOT ex-lib. Good with corner wear; no dust jacket. $10.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
  
American Girl. REBECCA STORY COLLECTION, by Jacqueline Dembar Greene. American Girl 2009. Hardcover. Includes Meet Rebecca; Rebecca and Ana; Candlelight for Rebecca; Rebecca and the Movies; Rebecca to the Rescue; Changes for Rebecca. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $6.50.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
 
Asimov, Isaac. FOUNDATION’S EDGE. The Fourth Novel in The Foundation Series. Doubleday & Co. 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Austen, Jane. EMMA. Book-of-the-Month Club 1996, first published 1816. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Hugh Thomson. SCM. Brand-New. $4.50.photo of the actual item
 
Austen, Jane. MANSFIELD PARK. Book-of-the-Month Club 1996, first published 1814. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Hugh Thomson. Like-New. $4.50.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
 
Barrows, Marjorie, compiler. A BOOK OF FAMOUS POEMS. Whitman Publishing 1931. Ill. Janet Laura Scott. 125 pp. with index of authors and first line. NOT ex-lib. Interior Good; worn along spine. $6.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
 
Burgess, Thornton W. AT PADDY THE BEAVER’S POND, A Book of Nature Stories. Bonanza Books 1950. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Harrison Cady. Cover is gold cloth over boards. Ambleside 0. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine; dust jacket Very Good. $12.photo of the actual item
 
Burgess, Thornton. THE DEAR OLD BRIAR-PATCH. Little, Brown 1947, 1983. Sturdy softcover. Ill. Harrison Cady. Very Good. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Burgess, Thornton. BOWSER THE HOUND. Green Meadow Series. Grosset & Dunlap 1920. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Harrison Cady. Ambleside 0. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good+; pages tanned. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Campbell, Sam. EENY, MEENY, MINEY, MO – AND STILL-MO. Bobbs-Merrill 1945. Hardcover with dust jacket. Lessons in living from five frisky red squirrels. The lesson the forest animals teach is that the everlasting goodness of Nature and of Nature’s God is waiting to restore and renew our faith in the midst of the man-made nightmare of war! NOT ex-lib. 237 pp. Book and dust jacket Very Good; dust jacket has edge tears. $7.50.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. THE BEST-LOVED DOLL. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1962. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. Elliott Gilbert. Ex-lib. Fair. $5.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
 
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. THE LEGEND OF POCAHONTAS, by Virginia Watson. Children’s Classics 1995, originally published 1922. Out-of-print hardcover. 8 color plates by George Wharton Edwards. Retold by Karla Dougherty. 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. Fine, previous owner’s name. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Childrens Classics. THE SECRET GARDEN, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Children’s 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. TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE, by Charles & Mary Lamb. Children’s Classics 1986. Out-of-print hardcover. 8 color plates by Elizabeth Green Shippen Elliot. Complete and unabridged text of the original edition. 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 1. SCM. Very Good, tear that has been repaired at base of spine. $6.50.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. 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
 
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
 
Creswick, Paul. ROBIN HOOD. Charles Scribner’s 1984 Deluxe Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Eight color plates by N. C. Wyeth. Book and dust jacket New with faded spine. $8.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
 
DeJong, Meindert. SHADRACH. Harper & Brothers 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Maurice Sendak. Every morning when Davie woke up it was a miracle all over again, that there sat a little rabbit and it was all his! Beautiful story of a little boy and his very special pet. Ex-lib. with minimal marks. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $10.photo of the actual item
 
DeJong, Meindert. THE WHEEL ON THE SCHOOL. HarperTrophy 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Maurice Sendak. Ambleside 3. SCM. No ISBN. Brand-New. $16.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
 
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
 
Farley, Walter. THE BLACK STALLION. Random House 1941, new reprint. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Keith Ward. With original illustrations. Identical to original 1941 edition. Brand-New. $10.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
 
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
 
Hale, Lucretia P. THE PETERKIN PAPERS. Nelson Doubleday 1955 BCE. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ambleside 4. NOT 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
 
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. TANGLEWOOD TALES. DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., no date, ca 1920. Hardcover. Ill. in color and b/w. Ambleside 2. NOT ex-lib. Good. $10.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
 
Henry, Marguerite. MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE. Macmillan 1947, 1975. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. Wesley Dennis. SCM. Sonlight 4 Readers. Heart of Dakota. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket Fair. $10.photo of the actual item
  
Holling, Holling C. THE BOOK OF INDIANS. Platt & Munk 1935. Six color plates and numerous line drawings by the authors. In narrative format, gives fascinating information about North American Indians of the past. 125 pp. Truthquest Age of Revolution II grades 4-12. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, corners worn. $17.50.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
 
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
 
Knight, Eric. LASSIE COME-HOME. Junior Deluxe Editions 1940, 1964, BCE. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Lilian Obigado. Ambleside 4. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.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
 
Lofting, Hugh. DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CARAVAN. J. B. Lippincott 1924, 1954. Pictorial lime-green cloth over boards. Ill. by Lofting. NOT ex-lib. Very Good+, previous owner’s name. $8.photo of the actual item
  
Lofting, Hugh. DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S GARDEN. J. B. Lippincott 1927, 1955. Pictorial orange cloth over boards. Ill. by Lofting. NOT ex-lib. Very Good+. $8.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. WINNIE-THE-POOH. Dutton Children’s Books 1926, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Ernest H. Shepard. Ambleside 0. Book and dust jacket Fine. $4.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
 
Montgomery, L. M. ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS, An Anne of Green Gables Book. #4 in series. Grosset & Dunlap 1980, first published 1936. Hardcover. Blue with cameo portrait. Ambleside 5. CM Alveary. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, light corner wear. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Morey, Walt. YEAR OF THE BLACK PONY. E. P. Dutton 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story is of a 12-year-old boy in frontier Oregon whose family comes close to losing the struggle for survival when his father is killed in an accident. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.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
 
Miss Read. GOSSIP FROM THRUSH GREEN. Houghton Mifflin 1982, first American edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Thrush Green Book 6. Front free endpaper removed, scuffed spine label. Good. $5.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
 
Seredy, Kate. THE CHESTRY OAK. The Viking Press 1948, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. Numerous illustrations by Seredy. Young Michael of Hungary carries an acorn all the way from his castle home to the Hudson Valley farm where a friendly young GI and his family in America take Michael to their hearts and make him their own. But perhaps the most compelling character of all is Midnight, the dancing black stallion, full of fire and beauty. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $20.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 IN THE LITTLE BROWN HOUSE. Grosset & Dunlap 1907, 1937. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $10.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
 
Sutcliff, Rosemary. BEOWULF, Retold by Sutcliff. E. P. Dutton 1961, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $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
 
Tolkien, J.R.R. THE LORD OF THE RINGS, Matched set of 3. Houghton Mifflin 1954, 1994. Hardcovers with dust jackets. Includes The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King.. Ambleside 7. SCM. CM Alveary. All three books almost new, ¼” tear in dust jacket of Book I. Beautiful, gift quality! $25.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
    
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
 
Wells, Helen. CHERRY AMES, ARMY NURSE. Grosset & Dunlap 1944. #3 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. CHARLOTTE’S WEB. HarperCollins 1952, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Garth Williams. Modern classic that has been charming children for decades, with thoroughly enjoyable language and overall literary quality. CM Alveary. Ambleside 1. SCM. Sonlight B, C. 0060263857. NOT ex-lib. Like-New. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Wiggin, Kate Douglas. REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM. Houghton Mifflin 1903, 1925. Riverside Bookshelf. Hardcover with dust jacket. Six color plates and numerous b/w drawings by Helen Mason Grose. Ambleside 5. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket exceptionally nice. $12.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. 006026446608. Library sticker on front free endpaper. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.photo of the actual item
 
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE. Harper Collins 1941, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Garth Williams. #7 in series. Ambleside 5. CM Alveary. SCM. 0060264500. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $7.50.photo of the actual item
 
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. THE FIRST FOUR YEARS. Harper & Row 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Garth Williams. #9 in series. CM Alveary. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, front free endpaper removed. $6.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
Alcott, Louisa May. EIGHT COUSINS. John C. Winston 1931. Hardcover with dust jacket. Four color plates and 8 full-page b/w illustrations by Clara Burd. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good; dust jacket has edge wear and chips. $8.50.photo of the actual item
  
Bolton, Adeline, illustrator. THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. John C. Winston1924. Hardcover with pictorial paste-down. Four color plates and numerous b/w drawings. 256 pp. Good with wear to corners and top of spine. $6.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
  
Finley, Martha. ELSIE DINSMORE. M. A. Donohue, no date, ca 1930. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards with embossed decoration. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $5.photo of the actual item
 
Hale, Lucretia P. THE PETERKIN PAPERS. Houghton Mifflin Riverside Bookshelf 1886, 1924. Hardcover. Four color illustrations and b/w drawings by Harold Brett. Ambleside 4. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, clean and sound with almost no wear to past-down illustrated cover. $7.50.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
  
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. THE POEMS OF LONGFELLOW, Including “The Courship of Miles Standish,” “Tales of a Wayside Inn,” “The Song of Hiawatha,” and “Evangeline.” Illustrated Modern Library/Random House 1944. Numerous full-page, 3-color illustrations by Allen Lewis. 732 pp. NOT ex-lib. Decorative cover with gilt lettering. Very Good. $8.photo of the actual item
 
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. THE STORY OF EVANGELINE, by Clayton Edwards. With the original unabridged poem. Hampton Publishing Co./Frederick Stokes 1913. Hardcover. With six color plates by Maria Kirk. A prose rendering of Longfellow’s poem is given by Edwards in a brief historical introduction, then the beautiful complete poem “Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie.” NOT ex-lib. Sound and clean with some rippling to paste-down illustration on cover. Ambleside 3-5. $14.photo of the actual item
    
Malcolmson, Anne. YANKEE DOODLE’S COUSINS. Houghton Mifflin 1941, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Robert McCloskey. The author says that her collected stories of American folk heroes “can help our children identify themselves with the working, democratic, industrial civilization that is America. It is an attempt to present a scattering of Real American heroes in a book which younger children can read to themselves.” Ex-lib. with card pocket and spine label. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.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
 
Travers, P. L. MARY POPPINS. Harcourt Brace & World 1934, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Mary Shepard. Ambleside 2. SCM. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good with previous owner’s name and sticker scuff mark on front free endpaper. Dust jacket has corner wear. $15.photo of the actual item
     
Watts, Mabel. THE PATCHWORK KILT. E. P. Dutton (E. M. Hale ed.) 1954. Hardcover. Ill. by Watts. Biddie Biddlewee was a bonny wee lassie who lived on a farm in Scotland and loved to dance the Highland Fling more than anything else in the world. Ex-school. Good. $4.50.photo of the actual item
     
Yates, Elizabeth. SARAH WHITCHER’S STORY. E. P. Dutton 1971, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Nora Unwin. True story of Colonial New Hampshire. CM Alveary. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades 1-6. Sonlight D. Heart of Dakota. Ex-lib. with card pocket, no marks on dust jacket. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $20.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 AND TACH GO OVER THE BIG HILL. Harper & Row SOFTCOVER 1942, 1979. Cover and illustrations by Lois Lenski. Ambleside 2. Very Good. $3.50.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
 
MacLachlan, Patricia. SARAH TRILOGY BOXED SET, includes Sarah, Plain and Tall; Caleb’s Story; Skylark. Scholastic SOFTCOVER. Ambleside 3, 4. SCM. Extremities ono box show light wear; books are Like-New. $7.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
 
Taylor, Sydney. ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY UPTOWN. Dell Yearling SOFTCOVER 1978. Fine. $6.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
 
Dick and Jane. THE WORLD OF DICK AND JANE AND FRIENDS. Grosset and Dunlap 1984, stated first edition. Hardcover. Includes Guess Who (1951); The New We Come and Go (1956); The New We Look and See (1956). Like-New. $5.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
 
McGuffey, William H. THE ECLECTIC SECOND READER. The Original McGuffey’s. For the Younger Classes in Schools. With Engravings. Truman and Smith 1836/Mott Media Mott Media 1982. Hardcover. Like-New, never used. $4.photo of the actual item
 
McGuffey, William H. THE ECLECTIC THIRD READER. The Original McGuffey’s. Containing Selections of Prose and Poetry from the Best American and English Writers. Truman and Smith 1837/Mott Media Mott Media 1982. Hardcover. Like-New, never used. $5.photo of the actual item
 
McGuffey, William H. THE ECLECTIC FOURTH READER. The Original McGuffey’s. Containing Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry from the Best American and English Writers. Truman and Smith 1838/Mott Media Mott Media 1982. Hardcover. Like-New, never used. $5.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
 
Scott, Foresman. MORE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, Cathedral Basic Readers. By the Reverend John A. O’Brien. Scott, Foresman 1942, 1947. Hardcover. Ill. Hurford, Segner, Ward. Second half of grade 2. Very Good, no school marks. $7.50.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, 19446. 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
 
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
 
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. $14.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
 
Welch, Wendy. THE LITTLE BOOKSTORE OF BIG STONE GAP, A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book. St. Martin’s Press 2012, stated first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Delightful story of people and books and how together they helped a small town come together and open its heart. Library stamps on front free endpaper and title page. Very Good. $6.50.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
 
OTHER NON-FICTION, ADULTS / YOUNG ADULTS
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
Brett, Jan, illustrator. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, by Clement Moore. G. P. Putnam’s 1998. Hardcover, no dust jacket. 0399231900. Fine. $4.photo of the actual item
  
Byrd, Robert. SAINT FRANCIS AND THE CHRISTMAS DONKEY. Dutton Children’s Books 2000, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Exquisite illustrations by the author. When Saint Francis encounters a donkey who is feeling very sorry for himself, he answers with a story that shows the donkey his marvelous origins. 0525464808. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine, previous owner’s name. $4.photo of the actual item
    
Carlson, Natalie Savage. THE LETTER ON THE TREE. Harper & Row 1964 BCE. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. John Kaufman. A young boy in a French Canadian family with many children and very little material goods, wants an accordian so badly, he pins a note to a Christmas tree being sold in the United States in hopes that will bring him his wish. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.50.photo of the actual item
   
Daily, Don, illustrator. THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS. Running Press/Courage Books 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket. Wonderful huge, colorful pictures. Folio, more than 12”. 0762407646. Brand-New. $5.photo of the actual item
   
DiCamillo, Kate. GREAT JOY. Candlewick Press 2007, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Beautiful, tender story with soft, luminous illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline. New York Times Bestseller, Time Top Ten Children’s Book, Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year. Brand-New. $8.photo of the actual item
     
DiCamillo, Kate. GREAT JOY. Candlewick Press 2007. Hardcover with dust jacket. Beautiful, tender story with luminous illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline. New York Times Bestseller, Time Top Ten Children’s Book, Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year. Like-New. $6.photo of the actual item
   
Domanska, Janina, ill. THE FIRST NOEL. Greenwillow 1986. Words of the carol are accompanied by Domanska’s vivid, striking illustrations. 4to. FFEP torn and repaired. DJ NF. $4.photo of the actual item
 
Engelbreit, Mary, illustrator. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2003. Fine. $2.50.photo of the actual item
 
Francoise. NOEL FOR JEANNE-MARIE. Charles Scribner’s 1953. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. by Francoise. Ex-lib. Good. $3.50.photo of the actual item
 
Hegg, Tom. A CUP OF CHRISTMAS TEA. Waldman House Press 1982. Hardcover. Ill. by Warren Hanson. Like-New. $4.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
  
Herman, John. ONE WINTER’S NIGHT. Philomel 2003, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Leo and Diane Dillon. Martha is a beautiful spotted cow looking for a warm place to give birth to her baby and finds herself in the same stable where another miraculous birth is taking place. Book and dust jacket Brand-New. DSC_3786,DSC_3787,DSC_3788,DSC_3789_1, $5.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
 
Hoffmann, E.T.A. THE NUTCRACKER, ill. Robert Innocenti. Harcourt, Brace & Co. 1996, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. The story comes alive with richly detailed, complex color illustrations by Robert Innocenti. When Maria opens the one last gift tucked under the Christmas tree, she falls in love with the Nutcracker and so begins her journey. 11 ¾” x 10 ¼” with 135 pp. NOT ex-lib. Book Like-New; dust jacket Very Good with two small tears. $7.50.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
 
Kahl, Virginia. GUNHILDE’S CHRISTMAS BOOKE. Charles Scribner’s 1972. Hardcover. Ill. by Kahl. Ex-lib. Very Good. $9.50.photo of the actual item
   
Knight, Hilary. THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS. Simon & Schuster 1981, 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. The words of the Christmas classic with dancing, colorful illustrations by Knight. When Bedelia Bear receives a holiday accumulation from her sweetheart, she turns her gifts into an event for everyone to share. Brand-New. $4.50.photo of the actual item
   
Lane, Julie. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS. Santa Claus Publishing Co. 1932. Pictorial hardcover. Ill. by Hokie. This vintage book in excellent condition tells the story of Nicholas the Wandering Orphan who became Nicholas the Wood-carver and then a rosy old man who attains his ambition of a toy for every child in the village. It follows his story, telling how he came to drive a sleigh, why he came down a chimney, how he filled the first stocking, etc., and finally how he came to be known as Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus. 144 pp. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, front free endpaper removed. $15.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. With CD. Hardcover with dust jacket. 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. Audio CD enclosed with narration by Evie Tornquist Karlsson. 0764229400. Brand-New. $10.photo of the actual item
      
Lobel, Anita, illustrator. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, by Clement Clarke Moore. Alfred A. Knopf SOFTCOVER 1984. A Victorian Vision of the Christmas Classic. Beautiful artwork! Very Good. $3.photo of the actual item
    
Lobel, Anita, illustrator. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, by Clement Clarke Moore. Alfred A. Knopf 1984, first edition. A Victorian Vision of the Christmas Classic. Hardcover with dust jacket. Beautiful artwork! Book Good with cover wear. $6.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
 
May, Robert L. RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER. Applewood Books. Hardcover with dust jacket. Authentic reproduction of original edition of Rudolph, written for Montgomery Ward in 1939. Brand-New. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art. LA CRECHE DE NOEL. Metropolitan Museum of Art 1981. Hardcover pop-up book. English translation: “The crib watercolor Borje Svensson Neapolitan Crech 18th century embossed. Adaptation copyright Fernand Nathan, Paris, 1981. The original edition of this book appeared under the title “The Nativity.” The pop-ups fold out from the center of the book and there are four “pages” of pup-ups, all in perfect condition. Magnificent book with text all in French. 8” x 12”. Fine. $18.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
 
Rackham, Arthur, illustrator. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, by Clement C. Moore. Weathervane Press 1976, first published in Great Britain in 1931. Hardcover. Four nice quality color plates and b/w line drawings by Rackham. NOT ex-lib. Book Fine. $7.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
    
Speirs, John. THE LITTLE BOY’S CHRISTMAS GIFT. Harry N. Abrams 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Magnificent, luminous paintings by John Speir inspired by centuries-old illuminated manuscripts accompany this charming story of a small boy who follows the wise men to take a gift to the baby Jesus. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $5.photo of the actual item
   
Thomas, Dylan. A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES. David R. Godine 2008; first published in Great Britain in 1978. Illustrated in color and b/w by Edward Ardizzone. Hardcover with dus t jacket. Brand-New. $6.photo of the actual item
 
Tudor, Tasha. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, written by Clement Clarke Moore. Rand McNally 1975, 1976, second printing. Hardcover. Folio, more than 12”. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $8.50.photo of the actual item
 
Tudor, Tasha. TAKE JOY, THE TASHA TUDOR CHRISTMAS BOOK. Songs, Stories, Poems, Things to Do for a Family Christmas. Philomel 1966, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. in color and b/w by Tudor. 157 pp. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good, three small tears in dust jacket. $12.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
 
Wallner, Alexandra. AN ALCOTT FAMILY CHRISTMAS. Holiday House 1996 FE. Hardcover. Ill. by the author. Fictional picture-book story of Louisa May Alcott’s family. 0823412652. Ex-lib. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. $3.photo of the actual item
 
Weisgard, Leonard, illustrator. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, by Clement C. Moore. Back Pack Books 1997, first published 1949. Hardcover. 0760706859. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $4.50.photo of the actual item
   
Wildsmith, Brian. JESUS. Eerdmans Book for Young Readers 2000, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Wildsmith’s dramatic, intricately detailed scenes framed in gold illustrating the life and death of Jesus. Exquisite book! Folio, over 12”. Book and dust jacket Like-New. $8.photo of the actual item
   
Wojciechowski, Susan. THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OF JONATIAN TOOMEY. Candlewick Press 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. A Christmas classic with breathtaking illustrations by P. J. Lynch. Tender, sweet story of a small boy and his widowed mother taking time for a lonely, bitter man; caring enough to turn his life around. Original, oversize edition. 1564023206. Brand-New. $8.photo of the actual item
  
Wojciechowski, Susan. THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OF JONATIAN TOOMEY. Candlewick Press 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. A Christmas classic with breathtaking illustrations by P. J. Lynch. Tender, sweet story of a small boy and his widowed mother taking time for a lonely, bitter man; caring enough to turn his life around. Original, oversize edition. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $7.photo of the actual item
     

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