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A Book of Nursery Riddles Johnson, Jane
Good.
Hardcover. Stated 1st U.S. edition hardcover 1985 Houghton Mifflin. Glossy picture cover--NO DUSTJACKET. SCRATCH on front cover. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. Language: English. Ca. 30 pages. 15 traditional British nursery rhymes, each containing a riddle, the answer to which may be found in an accompanying illustration. Lovely color artwork captures much detail of ages past such as period dress and amusements.
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12.00 USD
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A Full Hand Yezerski, Thomas F.
Very Good.
Hardcover. 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 2002 Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Half-inch RIP to top edge of front jacket has been closed with archival tape. Otherwise, only light wear. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. Language: English. Ca. 30 pages (pages not numbered); color illustrations. For ages ca. 4-8. NOTE: Large format-- cannot ship outside U.S. via Flat-Rate envelope; may require additional international postage. 'Asa's father is a canal boat captain, a man who moves goods and cargo on a barge pulled by mules. In this gentle story, 9-year-old Asa gets to come along for the first time because his father's mule driver has quit. Their trip is a learning experience for Asa, who helps care for the mules and steers them along the path, visiting with familiar faces along the way. Adventure comes their way in the form of a nasty storm that causes the mules to bolt from a lightning strike; then the towline breaks, and Asa's father disappears into the canal. All ends well, however, and both Asa and the reader have learned a lot about this little byway of history. A foreword explains that canals were the highways of the 19th century, on which barges carried heavier loads faster than horse-drawn wagons over land. Information on what canal boats looked like and how locks functioned is smoothly worked into the story, which is skillfully illustrated with careful, ambitious pen-and-wash drawings that use interesting perspectives to tell this story.'--Denise Wilms, Booklist. Story was inspired by the Morris Canal in Pennsylvania, which was used in the 1800s mainly to transport coal to New York and New Jersey. Keywords: juvenile, picture book, local history, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, educational.
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12.00 USD
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A Treasury of Traditional Tales Various authors
0752547607 / 9780752547602 Good.
Hardcover. Padded hardcover book published 2000 by Parragon. New blank bookplate with cute child's design on 1st blank page. Light wear to cover. Very clean; pages bright; binding tight. 140 pages; color artwork (by various illustrators) on every page. Language: English. For ages ca. 4-8. Size: 8.5 x 8.5 inches. Previously published as A Treasury of Animal Tales. Contents: The Three Little Pigs, How Miss Cow Was Milked, The Frog Prince, The Ugly Duckling, Fishing for the Moon, Peter and the Wolf, Three Billy Goats Gruff, Brer Rabbit and the Well, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Brer Rabbit and the Peanut Patch, Puss in Boots. Keywords: children, juvenile, picture book, bedtime stories, fairy tales.
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9.00 USD
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All Alone After School Stanek, Muriel; Rosner, Ruth (illustrator)
0807502782 / 9780807502785 Good.
Hardcover. Slim hardcover 1985 Albert Whitman and Co. Glossy picture cover-- no dustjacket. Average wear; clean and unmarked. Ca. 32 pages; color illustrations. For ages ca. 9-11. Language: English. Summary: When his mother must take a job and can't afford a babysitter, a young boy gradually develops confidence about staying home alone after school. Keywords: children's book, juvenile, latchkey kid, independence, fear, empty house, 1980s, Eighties, '80s.
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9.00 USD
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Animal Tales (Preschool Press) Young, Hilda; Aspey, Susan (illustrator)
Good.
Hardcover. Small, slim hardcover published by Preschool Press / Playmore Inc., New York. No date (ca. 1980s). No additional printings indicated. Glossy picture cover--no dustjacket. Child's scribbled numbers erased from 1st blank page. Otherwise very clean; pages bright; binding tight. Average wear. The 'This Book Belongs To ___' page is blank. 29 pages; color illustrations. Language: English. Introduces children ca. ages 3-5 to animals from around the world: North America, North Pole, South Africa, Australia, etc. Cute yet realistic artwork depicts the animals in their natural habitat as children in native dress look on. No ISBN.
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5.00 USD
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Baby Wants the Moon Murdocca, Salvatore (Sal)
Very Good.
Hardcover. Stated 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1995 Lothrop Lee & Shepard. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; never read. Light shelfwear and scuffing to jacket. 32 pages; luminous illustrations. Language: English. NOTE: Cannot ship outside U.S. via Global Priority--Surface or Airmail only. A boy dreams/fantasizes that his new baby sister grows to an enormous size during the night. Magical yet down-to-earth story deals with kids' worries about new siblings.
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20.00 USD
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Bambi Grows Up Disney, Walt
Good.
Hardcover. Hardcover Disney's Wonderful World of Reading Grolier Book Club 1979. Picture cover; no dustjacket. Front and pages are superclean and bright. Back cover is SOILED. Lively color artwork. Language: English.
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5.00 USD
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Barbara: A Little Girl's Summer in Appenzell Manser, Albert (illustrator); Waldmann, Elisabeth
Very Good.
Hardcover. Hardcover 1st English-language edition 1997 Atlantis Verlag Pro Juventute, Zurich. SIGNED by the artist on title page. Glossy picture cover-- NO DUSTJACKET. Very clean; pages bright. Slight wiggle to spine; minor wear to cover corners. Ca. 32 pages (pages not numbered); full-page color plates. Language: English (translated from the German by Patricia Ranzi-Gedey). Large-format book ca. 9.5 x 12.5 inches. NOTE: Large format-- cannot ship outside U.S. via Flat-Rate envelope; may require additional international postage. Manser is a Swiss self-taught artist who worked as a confectioner / baker, painting in his spare time. His paintings of memories of life on the farm in the Alpine countryside of Switzerland came to the attention of experts on primitive and naive folk art. His 1985 picture book 'Little Albert' was a recreation of his Appenzeller boyhood. 'Barbara' makes reference to that book. Set in the present, it tells the story of a little girl's summertime vacation in the Alps. She owns and loves the 'Little Albert' book and can't wait to compare the story to real experience. Manser's illustrations are teeming with vivid, colorful details of Swiss mountain country life. The busy citizens herd and milk goats, make cheese, go hiking, dance, play music, build bonfires, and play in summer snow. The text is derived from informal conversations with the artist. For ages ca. 3-up.
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75.00 USD
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Best-Loved Nursery Rhymes To Sing or Say Buntin, Al (illustrator); O'Neill, Rikki (illustrator)
Very Good.
Hardcover. Oversize hardcover reprint Book Express. No date; ca. 1990. Glossy picture cover-- NO DUSTJACKET. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. Only light wear. Ca. 120pp (unpaginated). Language: English. NOTE: Large format-- cannot ship outside U.S. via Flat-Rate envelope; may require additional international postage. Sweet, cheerful full-color art (in a style similar to Strawberry Shortcake) on every page. Illustrated endpapers. U.S. publisher reprint (printed in Russia); previously published by Peter Haddock U.K. From front cover: 'An anthology of over 100 beautifully illustrated rhymes to treasure.' Ages baby-preschool. Keywords: juvenile, rhyming, simple, poems, poetry, folk.
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15.00 USD
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Big Trucks and Bigger Diggers (Giant Animal Fold-Outs) Rojany, Lisa; Ronco, Gianni (illustrator)
Very Good.
Hardcover. 1st U.S. edition giant-size spiralbound stiff board pages 1996 Price Stern Sloan. Superclean; no marks. Light wear to corners. Big, bright, and cute! Language: English. NOTE: Large format-- cannot ship outside U.S. via Flat-Rate envelope; may require additional international postage. Text and illustrations on folding pages present fire engines, cement mixers, semitrailers and excavators. Ages baby-preschool. Keywords: juvenile, movable, moveable, books, machinery, transportation, cars, automotive.
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20.00 USD
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Brundibar Kushner, Tony; Sendak, Maurice (illustrator)
Very Good.
Hardcover. 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 2003 Michael Di Capua Books / Hyperion. Light store shelfwear to jacket. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; never read. Ca. 52 pages (pages not numbered); color illustrations. Language: English. For ages ca. 4-up; adult help recommended. 'A picture book based on a 1938 Czech opera, originally performed by the children of Terezin. A brother and sister try to get milk for their sick mother. They sing for coins in the town square, but Brundibar the organ grinder drowns out their words with his teeth-chattery bone-rattley horrible song. Pepicek and Aninku then join voices with 300 other children and earn enough coins to fill their soon-to-be-milkbucket. The playful language, with occasional rhyme and alliteration, is a perfect match for Sendak's spirited young heroes. The illustrations reflect varied undertones of a powerful story that works on different levels, including many references to the Holocaust. Scenes in the town show rich adults ignoring the desperate siblings, while other children also suffer from hunger. A banner matches a sign that covered the gates of Auschwitz, and several townsfolk wear yellow Stars of David. Brundibar vaguely resembles Hitler, particularly in one scene where he appears, huge and purple faced, with a clenched fist. A wordless spread showing grieving parents is poignant in itself, but tragic within the Holocaust context. Most kids won't get the literal references, but will respond directly to the images of the ominous, yet hopeful world depicted. In the end everyone sings triumphantly that the wicked never win and our friends make us strong, but a final scribbled message from Brundibar promises that he'll be back. This is an ambitious picture book that succeeds both as a simple children's story and as a compelling statement against tyranny.'--Steven Engelfried, School Library Journal. Keywords: juvenile, children, picture book, concentration camp, World War II, Jewish.
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15.00 USD
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Captain Betty, Ahoy! Oliver, Kate
Very Good.
Hardcover. Stated 1st U.S. edition hardcover with dustjacket 1991 Peter Bedrick Books. Store shelfwear to jacket. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; never read. Ca. 26 pages (pages not numbered); lively, full-page color illustrations by the author, Kate Oliver. Language: English. For ages ca. 4-8. Cute story of toy tugboat (a seaside village souvenir), its captain, and her fisherman friend. When they become separated by their new owner (a little girl), they must battle a magical ocean storm to become reunited. Keywords: juvenile, children, picture book, boat.
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15.00 USD
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Captain Betty, Ahoy! Oliver, Kate
Good.
Hardcover. Stated 1st U.S. edition hardcover with dustjacket 1991 Peter Bedrick Books. Small archivally-repaired rip to jacket. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; never read. Ca. 26 pages (pages not numbered); lively, full-page color illustrations by the author, Kate Oliver. Language: English. For ages ca. 4-8. Cute story of toy tugboat (a seaside village souvenir), its captain, and her fisherman friend. When they become separated by their new owner (a little girl), they must battle a magical ocean storm to become reunited. Keywords: juvenile, children, picture book, boat.
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12.00 USD
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Count with Teddy 123 Trower, Roy; Rogers, M.
Good.
Hardcover. Hardcover reprint 1996 Brimax U.K. Clean; no marks. NOTICEABLE AVERAGE WEAR: worn corners; 1 creased page. Pages bright; binding tight. Glossy picture cover--no dustjacket. 24pp. Language: English. Gorgeous watercolor illustrations. For ages ca. baby - 3. NOTE: Cannot ship outside U.S. via Global Priority -- Surface or Airmail only. Keywords: juvenile, counting, numbers, bear.
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7.00 USD
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Curse in Reverse Coppinger, Tom; Zimmer, Dirk (illustrator)
0689830963 / 9780689830969 New.
Hardcover. Brand-new, 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket published 2003 by Atheneum. Gift-giving condition: superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; unread. Only a hint of store shelfwear to jacket. 29 pages (pages not numbered); color illustrations. Language: English. For ages ca. 4-8. NOTE: Large format-- cannot ship outside U.S. via Flat-Rate envelope; may require additional international postage. 'After a long journey, the witch Agnezza seeks shelter in a snowy forest village. The first two doors she tries belong to wealthy misers who send her away with insults. In return, Agnezza delivers a curse (and a sizable gob of spit) at each doorstep. Then a childless couple, the Tretters, offer her dinner and their only bed for the night. When Agnezza returns their kindness with the Curse of the one-armed man, they are naturally puzzled. Later, Mrs. Tretter gives birth, and as Mr. Tretter carries out his household chores with his one free arm, baby on hip, the couple realizes the hidden gift in Agnezza's spell. In his picture-book debut, Coppinger borrows many familiar folktale elements and fashions them into a humorous story filled with gleeful surprises. He writes with lively dramatic language that is just right for read-alouds, while Zimmer's textured ink-and-watercolor illustrations capture the humor and farce in the delightfully off-kilter winter scenes and visages of the motley villagers. A good, light choice for enlivening a winter story hour.'--Gillian Engberg, Booklist.
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18.50 USD
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