Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards, 56 pages, illustrated in color by David Roberts. A tyrannical teacher gets her just due in a delightfully subversive, outrageously funny tale by Newbery Medal winner Paul Fleischman. Miss Breakbone hates kids. Especially the time-squandering, mindwandering, doodling, dozing dunderheads in her class. But when she confiscates Junkyard's crucial find, she finally goes too far. Enter Wheels (and his souped-up bike with forty-eight extra gears), Pencil (who can draw anything from memory), Spider (look up and you'll find him), and their fellow misfits in a spectacular display of teamwork aimed at teaching Miss Breakbone a lesson she won't soon forget. Roberts' drawings are hilariously appropriate. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon Books, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Unpaginated. Watercolor art by Joe Servello. End papers also illustrated. Dust jacket has minor wear and soil, cover lightly soiled.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, First Edition, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. White cloth boards with bright Tibetan illustration to cover by Peter Sis. Translucent vellum dust jacket. Full page, full color illustrations throughout. Bright, clean & unmarked copy.

Softcover. Chicago, Reuben H. Lilja , 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 16 pages including covers, verse and color illustrations by Milo Winter. Charming die-cut polka dot "bow tie" is featured on every page, taking different forms with different animals, which include Rabbit, Kitty, Puppy, Duck, Mouse, Chicks, etc. The "bow tie" becomes a sash, package decoration, dress sash, etc.

Hardcover. NY, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 64 pages illustrated by Marion Downer. "Learn to make animals, flowers, birds, people and all sorts of amusing objects by tying knots in a handkerchief." Dust jacket is edgeworn, book is bright and clean.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on half-title page with illustrations throughout. Very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Wonderful silhouette and full-color illustrations by artist Rhoda Chase of young boys and girls at play and visiting relatives. A short book about the two siblings, Bobby and Betty and some of their friends, relatives and daily activities. Light cover soil and wear to edges, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. US, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR on title page. Clean, tight copy. Margie Palatini brings her signature humor to this rollicking sing-song read-along, inviting readers on a fast-paced chase through every room in the house as we follow Mommy on her quest to settle Baby down for nap. Dashing from family room to living room, both on the table and under it, through the kitchen and even hiding in the laundry basket, acclaimed artist Dan Yaccarino creates a hilarious romp in his signature retro style that culminates with mommy and baby collapsed - AT LAST -- fast asleep in a chair.

Hardcover. New York, Rand McNally & Company and Phillips Publishers, Inc. , 1st Edition, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nonpaginated. Hardcover with decorated gift box (some light wear--see image). Some slight tanning to pages, but still quite bright. Color illustrations throughout. Also included is directions insert (see image). Decorative cover boards, back cover board has two small holes (see image), otherwise in good shape. Novelty childrens book from mid-19th Century.

Hardcover. London, Hutchinson, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 358 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. True UK 1st. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 2nd pr., 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Illustrated in 2-colors by Bright. Ex-lib with light stamps, residue to rear paste-down. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. London, Raphael Tuck, na, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 96 pages, illustrated with 23 chromolithographs by E.M. and M.F. Taylor. Tan boards with a color label on front cover, green cloth spine. Text and illustrations printed on one side only. Previous owner's inscription on preliminary blank page dated 1909. Light edgewear to covers otherwise very good.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Animals gently angle to have a new baby named after themselves in this sweet picture book by Lizi Boyd, whose previous work was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. "A name is a sound that follows you around. I'm listening for one," says Mother Mouse. Holding her new baby close, she fields suggestions from Sadie Snail, Kiki Cat, Merle Squirrel, and a host of other animals (many of whom would like to see the new baby named after themselves!). One by one, the animals suggest names for baby that would personally honor themselves. Lyrical text filled with wordplay will charm soon-to-be parents and soon-to-be older siblings alike. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. Color illustrations by Browne. Bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.All 7 picture books in one volume. Introduction by Madeleine L'Engle. Afterword by Margaret Rey. Color illustrations by Rey. 405 pages. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillian Publishing, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrated by Ray Cruz.

Hardcover. NY, Four Winds Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Bruce Degen.

Hardcover. Racine, WI, Whitman, 1st illustrated thus, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, color illustrations by Roy Best. Tan cloth spine with color illustrated boards. Cover states title as "The Picture Story Book of Peter Pan". Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Bright, collectible copy.

Hardcover. NY, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 4th pr., 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket, 48 pages illustrated in colors and b&w by Margot Tomes. A lead statue of King George III relates the events leading to the American Rovolution through indignant ratings about what he observes. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Bros., 1st thus, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 117 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Black and white drawings by J. M. Conde. A Hollow Tree Story. Cover label illustrated in color by Conde. Sharp copy.

Softcover. London, J.M. Dent, 1st wraps, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illustrations by Roberta F.C. Waudby. 28 pages. Blue paper covers with light wear. Fade to spine area and rear wrapper.

Hardcover. Middletown CT, Xerox Education Publications, reprint, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in color by Massie. Weekly Reader Book Club. Clean, bright copy. Nodust jacket.

Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Illustrated throughout in color by Paul Rogers. Light shelf-wear to boards, else a clean, tight copy. No dust jacket.

NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, INSCRIBED BY JOSE ARUEGO WITH SKETCH OF ALLIGATOR ON FRONT FLY LEAF. Orange boards and cloth bound spine, color illustrated dust jacket, lovely full page color pictures by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Very slight rubbing to dust jacket, pages clean, crisp and unmarked; a beautiful book in great condition.

Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, large format pictorial boards. Originally published by Country Life Ltd in 1938. Orlando, his wife, Grace, and their kittens, Blanche, Pansy and Tinkle, drive to the countryside where they sleep under a tent, catch fish, go swimming, hide from a sheep dog, paint pictures, and sing songs. Clean copy, lacks dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, GP Putnam And Sons, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. his counting book has so much going for it that the inexplicable and jarring turn it takes at number seven is disappointing. Its most outstanding feature is Laroche's artwork-a mixture of drawing, painting, and paper-cutting on a variety of surfaces-that offers exquisite detail, from white-capped waves to feathery moth antennae to architectural features on the carefully rendered buildings. And there are more delights to this book: an afterword on the history of lighthouses; a key to the 11 found in the book; and handsome endpapers that list American lighthouses in continuous rows, state by state.

NY, Knopf, 1st US, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards. Color illustrations by the author. Light edgewear and rubbing to covers. No dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom-edge.nspired to test Alfred's love, Susie dresses up as a princess and plays "damsel in distress," but Alfred is too busy to come to her aid, until she is confronted by a real dragon.

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Color illustrations by Wendy Watson. SIGNED BY BOTH CLYDE AND WENDY WATSON on title-page. Dust jacket with rubbing, price-clipped. Minor wear on dust jacket.

Softcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards. Color illustrations by Ben Shecter. An I Can Read Mystery. No dust jacket.

NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color and black & white illustrations by Kate Greenaway. Clean copy. A new era in the history of children's books began in 1878 when Kate Greenaway's first book of pictures and verse, Under the Window, was published. This was followed by her Birthday Book, A Day in a Child's Life, Mother Goose, Little Ann, Language of Flowers, and Marigold Garden. These and the many other enchanting volumes she illustrated, gained her a devoted worldwide audience of all ages. Today's great revival of interest in Kate Greenaway's work is understandable; as an illustrator of childhood she had no equal in her day, nor has she had since. The Kate Greenaway Book contains a short biography and selections from her best-known as well as little-known works: a collection of texts and pictures, some never even published before, charmingly arranged for readers of all ages to enjoy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages illustrated in color by author. This copy SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG on the title page. Tight copy.

NY, Golden Press, 1st, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glazed boards. Color Illustrations by Garth Williams. Illustrated end papers. Edgewear and soil to covers. Bottom of spine torn.

Hardcover. NY, Arthur A. Levine Books, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Callaway, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Scratch mark to rear dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket. Illustrations by Michael Roberts.

Hardcover. NY, Barse & Co., 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color pictorial boards, illustrated with 6 full color plates and spot illustrations by Millicent Sowerby.Light tape reinforcement to spine. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Inc., 2nd, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. SIGNED BY LEO AND DIANE DILLON ON TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations. Bright, clean copy. The numbers are on the loose--hiding and dancing, skipping and laughing through the rhymes of Mother Goose! It's a good thing Caldecott Medal-winning artists Leo and Diane Dillon have helped gather up all these mischievous numbers in a stunning celebration of counting, rhymes, and imagination.

Hardcover. New York , Platt & Munk, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 40 pages, illustrated in color by Tasha Tudor. Glazed boards illustrated in color. Sharp, clean copy, no markings. No dust jacket issued.

Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. INSCRIBED WITH SKETCH BY AUTHOR AT BOTTOM OF TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations by Eileen Chistelow. Light foxing to endpapers. Dust jacket with light wear along edges. Clean, unmarked pages.

London, Macmillan, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations done in comic book style by Wendy Watson.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 94 pages, color illustrations by Peggy Turley. In this delightful children's tale, an American boy, Kenny Strange, moves to the quiet Mexican town of Taxco with his parents and strikes up a friendship with young Juanito Perez, a Taxco native. The two boys are brought together by an enchanting toy, the pasteboard bandit Tito. Chosen by Juanito at a town fair from among the other pasteboard toys, Tito, with his colorful clothes and bright eyes, becomes Juanito's and Kenny's constant companion, and the threesome share many adventures in and around the town's rolling green hills. The boys' growing friendship, Kenny's introduction to a culture unlike his own, and Tito's witty reflections on being a toy will be recognized instantly by anyone young or old who has ever made a friend or imagined that a toy might be real. Originally written in 1935, but never before published, The Pasteboard Bandit grew out of several trips Langston Hughes made to Mexico during his lifetime. Hughes first went to the town of Toluca at age 5 to visit his father, and again when he was older. During these visits, Hughes met many writers and artists, and it is their influence that informs the story of The Pasteboard Bandit--a story of two cultures meeting. When Hughes left Mexico for the last time, at age 32, he was carrying the first draft for The Pasteboard Bandit. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Paris, E. Plon, Nouririt, nd, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 48 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. FRENCH TEXT. Beautiful color plates by Monvel. Page block almost seperated from covers, fragile. Front hinge torn. Soil and chipping to covers.

Hardcover. New York, Crowell, 1st , 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Rockwell. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Glazed cardboard covers, no dust jacket issued. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press , 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color pictorial boards. At the moment, all Lola can talk about is dogs. She says she would like one more than anything you could think of. "More than a squirrel or an actual fox," she says. Sometimes she pretends to be a dog. And sometimes she pretends that her brother, Charlie, is a dog. The two of them love to talk about what sort of dog they would choose if Mom and Dad didn't always say, "ABSOLUTELY NO DOGS!" Dad says he'll take Lola to the pet store to choose a rabbit, but Lola insists that she only wants a dog, an extremely furry dog with a wiggly nose, a puffy tail, and nice ears. . . . Fans old and new will cotton to this humorous Charlie and Lola adventure sure to please any child who ever longed for the ideal pet. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. "A witch's worn-out broom serves a widow well, until her neighbors decide the thing is wicked and dangerous." Full-page conte crayon drawings by Van Allsburg. Clean copy.

New York, Orchard Books, 1st US, 1988, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Color illustrations by Anno. Dust jacket price clipped. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Bottom of spine bumped. Light rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Chaos descends on Shadowland when the watchman leaves his post to join a little match girl on a snowy street in the real world.

Hardcover. NY, Golden Press, 2nd pr., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, laminated boards. Color illustrations by the author. Covers with light edgewear, soil, rubbing. Illustrated end papers. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth with black stamping. B&W illustrations by Rod Ruth, 204 pages. Ex-library copy but clean and tight, light stamping and residue."Tuktu is the name by which the Barren Ground caribou is known to nearly all of the Eskimo tribes of Arctic America." A fictional story based on the near extinction of the caribou poputation and it's effect on native tribes.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by David Gentleman. Dust jacket shows some minor wear, chunk gone from top of spine, rear panel.

Hardcover. NY, Jr. Literary Guild /Albert Whitman, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth stamped in green. Illustrated in color by Wilson. 123 pages. Includes a page of Italian words and phrases at the back. This is the story of a day in the life of lovable Italian boy, Ricco, as he celebrates his 8th birthday with family and friends in his small Italian fishing village. Charmingly written and beautifully illustrated by the author. Decorated endpapers of Ricco's Village. Previous owner's bookplte on blank prelim page otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped in white and dark blue with a pictorial label on front cover. 282 pages. Covers show some soiling. No markings. 8 b&w plates by Charlotte Harding (not credited). She studied under Howard Pyle at the Drexel Institute of Illustration from 1894 to 1900. Harding is identified as one of Pyle's first and noted students.