1001 Jokes for Kids
Peter Pauper Press. Board Book. Knock-knock jokes, puns, riddles, and more family-friendly humor best for ages 6-10. 144pp. More
Children's Nonfiction
Motorboating (Merit Badge Series)
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Boy Scouts of America, 1963. Reprint. Staple-bound. Pages clean except for foxing around edges; soft cover shows small rust stains near the staples, scattered scuffs, gray smudges across the rear, and a little corner chipping, but remains overall sound. 74pp.; b/w illus. More
My Little Bilingual Library Board Book Set
Peter Pauper Press. Board Book. 10 sturdy board books in a slipcase - Each book is 3.5" x 3.875" and 22 pages long - Text in both English and Spanish - Familiar objects, ABCs, numbers, colors, shapes, animals - Improves image and word recognition - And motor skills, too! More
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
Charlesbridge, 2019. Illustrated by Tate, Don. Softcover. 4to. More
Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002. Illustrated by Payne, C.F. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page with the inscription "That's The Bat!"; no date, no named recipient. There is also a tipped-in publisher's bookplate with the illustrator's signature; no date or inscription. Crisp..... More
The Shot Heard 'Round the World
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2005. Illustrated by Payne, C.F. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page, with the inscription "Spring '05 - Swing Away!"; no named recipient. Crisp, bright, clean, with no owners' marks; as new. Unclipped jacket is now protected in a...... More
The Story of D-Day, June 6, 1944 (Landmark Books #62)
Random House, 1956. Illustrated by Orbaan, Albert. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Crisp, clean pages except for gentle toning and clear droplet spotting around outside edges and a small, open tear at the top right corner of the half-title page; square, secure binding, the red cloth hard cover showing thin lines of..... More
The Little Ships: The Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk in World War II
Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1997. Illustrated by Foreman, Michael. Stated First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean, crisp, bright; no owners' marks; as new. Unpaginated [32pp]. Unclipped jacket is now protected in a clear sleeve. More
I Am the Mummy Heb-Nefert
Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997. Illustrated by Christiana, David. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page, with a very brief, dated inscription to a named individual. Clean, bright pages; securely sewn binding; illustrated hard cover shows only a touch of wrinkling at spine ends; dust jacket..... More
One Candle
Joanna Cotler Books, 2002. Illustrated by Popp, K. Wendy. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by the illustrator on the title page, with a date (11-02) and "L'Chaym" but no further inscription or named recipient. Crisp, bright, clean; no owners' marks; except for minor wear on the dust jacket at the spine..... More
Giants of Science
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1959. Illustrated by Nisenson, Samuel. Hardcover. Crisp, clean pages except for a few faint, gray fingerprints in margins; square, secure binding; blue cloth hard cover shows mild edgewear around spine ends and along heel edges; priceclipped dust jacket has some small, open edge tears with..... More
Whaling Days
New York: Clarion Books, 1993. Illustrated by Frampton, David. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, with the inscription "Happy sailing!" but no recipient's name or date. Clean pages; no owners' marks; quarter-cloth hard cover has a bump and outward belling at the top right..... More
Zoo Babies
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1956. Hardcover. Clean pages except for lines of brown smudging in the margins of pp.46-48, toning on endpaper, and some foxing around page block edges; securely sewn binding; illustrated boards have a long surface wrinkle at the upper front, a small number penned at the..... More
This Place Is Cold (Imagine Living Here)
Walker & Co, 1989. Illustrated by Lavallee, Barbara. Hardcover. Pages clean and bright except for a prior owner's name on the front free endpaper; binding square and tight, hard cover shelfworn in spots at the corners and spine ends, otherwise excellent. Dust jacket shows modest rubbing at spine ends and..... More
Call Me Ahnighito
Laura Geringer Books, 1995. Illustrated by Egielski, Richard. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; hard cover (paper over boards) has wrinkling at spine heel and bottom free corners as well as very small surface chips near both top corners; dust jacket bears only very minor..... More
The Panama Canal (Landmark Books #18)
Random House, 1951. Illustrated by Reusswig, William. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Clean pages except for a small abrasion and a gift note on the front free endpaper as well as foxing around outside edges; square, secure binding, the red cloth hard cover showing only gentle surface wear at corners; jacket has..... More
Nature's Assistant
New York: Golden Press, 1974. Illustrated by Mars, W. T. Hardcover. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; securely sewn binding; hard cover shows only two tiny points of surface wear and a small wrinkle at the top right rear, otherwise very well-kept. Glossy, illustrated hard cover; color illustrations throughout. More
Nature's Smallest Gravedigger
New York: Golden Press, 1974. Hardcover. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; securely sewn binding; hard cover has an unobtrustive little bump at the top right front corner, causing a very small split in the cover's surface, otherwise excellent. Glossy, illustrated hard cover; color illustrations throughout. More
Arches to Zigzags: An Architecture ABC
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000. Illustrated by Rosenthal, Steve; Rosenthal, Kit. First Edition. Hardcover. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; illustrated hard cover shows only a small spot of wear at the bottom right front corner; dust jacket has a few long, thin scratches along the left rear edge, otherwise..... More
Will Rogers: Larger than Life
Walker & Company, 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Crisp, bright, clean; no owners' marks; illustrated hard cover shows only tiny spots of surface wear at corners; dust jacket shows only a very thin line of folding along the top edges, otherwise excellent. Unclipped jacket is now protected in a...... More
Natalie's Nature Walk: Represent and Interpret Data
PowerKiDS Press, 2014. Hardcover. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; hard cover has several thin, shallow scratches on the rear and small wrinkles at the spine heel and spots of rubbing at the corners, otherwise excellent. More
Oldenburger Heimathefte. Lesestoffe für die Schule. Heft 3. (Min plattdütsch Land)
Oldenburg: Edo Dieckmann, 1953. Staple-bound Softcover. Language: German. Crisp, clean pages except for modest age-toning throughout; no owners' marks; securely stapled binding; soft cover shows overall age-toning, more noticeable at the spine, and numerous short radiant creases along the spine, as well as some chipping at spine ends, and mild..... More
Jazz on a Saturday Night
Blue Sky Press, 2007. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo & Diane. Hardcover. CD included in unopened pouch affixed to the final fixed endpaper. Clean, crisp, bright; no owners' marks; as new. Unclipped jacket is now protected in a clear sleeve. The CD includes the title track and also demonstrates the sounds..... More
Artist in Overalls: The Life of Grant Wood
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2005. Illustrated by Duggleby, John. Hardcover. More
The Glorious ABC
Atheneum, 1990. Illustrated by Various. Stated First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean, crisp, bright; no owners' marks; quarter-cloth hard cover shows only nominal edge wear at spine head; dust jacket has very tiny crimps at spine ends; otherwise excellent. 32pp. Unclipped jacket is now protected in a clear sleeve. More