Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY SIS on copyright page with bird sketch. Madlenka has a brand-new soccer ball and aspirations to be a soccer star. As she dribbles it around her urban neighborhood, she encounters plenty of opponents willing to play with her: A mailbox, a dog, and a parking meter. She plays with a group of cats at the local park with a tree acting as a goal, of which she easily scores. Goal!! The crowd goes wild! She meets of with Cleopatra who also wants to play. "Are you ready?" Madlenka asks and off they go. The author's thin black line illustrations give a an overhead perspective of the soccer field surrounded by tall buildings as other neighborhood children come to join the game.In the back of the book, Sis gives a history lesson about the early versions of soccer along with how soccer is pronounced by countries all over the world because "The whole world wants to play soccer!"

Hardcover. NY, Hurst & Company, reprint, 1914, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light blue cloth with color label on front cover, Unpaginated, with a page decorated in color for each letter of the alphabet.

Hardcover. Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages illustrated in color by O'Connor. SIGNED with a large sketch on front fly leaf by O'Connor, no dust jacket issued.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 40 pages illustrated in b&w by Andrew Glass. INSCRIBED BY HESSE on the title page. Codie is secretly sewing a blanket for her favorite aunt Alix's new baby. Will the blanket be "fully done" by the time the baby is "fully done"? Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Stated First Edition with full number line present. Six fabulous double-page pop-ups - all unopened pages, A FLAWLESS copy. Extra large truck poster included.

Hardcover. Chicago, Follett Publishing, 6th pr., 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 30 pages illustrated in color by Dagmar Wilson. Beginning to Read Series. Light school stamp to prelim page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Michael di Capua Books, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Jules Feiffer. SIGNED BY NORTON JUSTER. Clean, tight copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Cleveland, World Books, 1st US, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong pictorial boards, 28 pages illustrated in color by Chiyoko Nakatani. The zoo hippo family of "Wake up Hippopotamus" ferry the other animals to safety when floods come. Lovely long hippo pictures extend across spreads. Mild musty odor, No markings.

Hardcover. New York, Schwartz & Wade Books, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by G. Brian Karas throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, David Mckay Company, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrations and instructions are presented for making holiday decorations, party favors, and a variety of gifts including patchwork pillows, advent calendars, sachets, mittens, and stuffed animals

Hardcover. Somerville, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 40 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH ILLUSTRATION ON TITLE PAGE.

Hardcover. London, Collins, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. The 7th title in the series featuring the mice from Brambly Hedge, charmingly illustrated in color by the author. Wilfred and Mr. Apple have to face the dangers of unfamiliar territory. It requires all Wilfred's ingenuity and skill to get them home safely to Brambly Hedge. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Somerville, MA, Candlewick, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. 40 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Color illustrations by Matt Tavares

Hardcover. NY, American Heritage Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 92 pages illustrated in color by Parsons. Name on page opposite the title page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace, 1st , 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 190 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white drawings by George Hughes. Dust jacket worn, chipped. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2nd pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards. Artist Alex Beard brings to life an African savanna filled with humor and misunderstandings.When Bird mixes up something Turtle says, he accidentally starts a rumor about the watering hole drying up. One misunderstanding leads to another, with animals making their own hilarious assumptions. No one is hearing anything right, and soon the animals are in an uproar from one end of the jungle to the other. Elephant is trumpeting, Croc is snapping, and the Flamingos are fleeing! Beards story will have every child wondering if peace can ever be restored in the animal kingdom. No dust jacket, clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound, 63 pages. 18 three-color illustrations by Desmond Smith. Child's writing in pencil front endpaper. Edgewear. Corners worn. Dust jacket with soiling, chipping. Brodart cover. Dust jacket price clipped.

Hardcover. NY, Feiwel & Friends, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Instagram superstar Eva Chen is back with Juno Valentine and the Fantastic Fashion Adventure, featuring illustrations by Derek Desierto in a story thats equal parts fashion fairy tale and guide to girl power.Its school picture day and Juno Valentine is having a fashion emergency! Her mom wants her to wear fabulous florals, her dad wants her to wear rainbow ruffles, but Junos not sure what to choose. And just when Juno thinks her conundrum couldnt get any more complicated, her little brother, Finn, disappears into the magical hall of shoes! In an epic chase through time, Juno gets some help from female icons like Simone Biles, Audrey Hepburn, Annie Oakley, and Michelle Obama. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Hyperion Books for Children, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with matching dust jacket. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FLY LEAF. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Templar/HarperFestival, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards. With 12 original holograms, color illustrations and die-cut windows, a spooky story in which a grandfather takes the children on a fossil hunt, but when they find a giant bone in a cave, the past comes to life in a ghostly form. Minor wear to top of spine

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Color illustration throughout. Light edgewear to dust jacket, cover boards. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, lovely color plates by Pamela Paparone. INSCRIBED BY LINDBERGH on the half-title page. Born a century ago, Bessie Coleman worked in the cotton fields and dreamed of flying. As a young African-American woman in the 1920s, her chances of leaning to fly were slim. But Bessie never let her dream die and instead became the first licensed African-American aviator in the world. Written by the daughter of aviator Charles Lindbergh. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Philomel Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY SPIRIN ON TITLE PAGE. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Wonder Books, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 20 pages illustrated in color by Carl and Mary Hauge. Mild cover wear.

Hardcover. NY, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED with a little sketch of a badger by Begin.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, BC Ed., 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, color art by Keats. Archie's cat is missing the day of the pet show - but all turns out well in the end. Vibrant, full-color illustrations fill every page. Oblong format, unpaginated. Clean book club edition.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, 1st, 2006, Hardcover, 64 pages. The dapper Quincy tells all in this lighthearted introduc-tion to the art of photographing dogs. He's generous with helpful hints, like "You can stop to smell the roses, but dogs don't hold their poses," and mindful of the smallest details, such as allowing the subject to sniff the camera. To top it off, Quincy shares his favorite snaps from the field in a quirky slide presentation. In his inimitable style, J. otto Seibold delivers a book over-flowing with heart, humor, and four-footed friends. Part silly picture book, part off-the-cuff instruction manual, Quincy, the Hobby Photographer is an ideal gift for dog lovers and for photo enthusiasts of all ages.

Hardcover. Chicago, Follett Publishing, 5th pr., 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages in color by Erickson. Light wear to text pages at top corner. A lost puppy gets directions from various animals to find his way home. A Follett Beginning-to-Read Book. Small note on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Calla/Dover, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt decoration, 352 pages. A magnificent treasury of popular folklore, this rare, hardcover compilation offers a bounty of delightful illustrations by Charles Robinson -- there are black-and-white illustrations on every page as well as 16 plates of full- and two-color images. Decorative initials and borders, hand lettering, silhouettes, and other ornaments embellish renderings of 300 traditional verses, from "Little Tom Tucker" and "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" to "Good King Arthur" and "Shave a Pig." A facsimile reproduction of the 1903 edition.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 3rd pr, 1955, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, unclipped dust jacket with $2.95 price. 65 pages. Two-color illustrations by Hilary Knight. Previous owner's name on front end paper. Light wear, chipping and corners. Dust jacket with minor soil, small holes in spine, light stain to front panel, top edge.

Hardcover. New York, Scholastic Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 6 double-page color pop-ups, engineered by Reinhart, text by Yorinks, art by Sendak. Like new condition, no dust jacket issued. While looking for his mother in a haunted house, a little boy plays pranks on the monster inhabitants.

Hardcover. NY/Zurich, North-South Books, 1st thus, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A newly translated and illustrated version of the tale of seven brothers transformed into ravens and rescued years later by their sister. Like most Grimm tales, this one lives up to its creators' name. Beautiful color illustrations by Henriette Sauvant. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 294 pages. For the first time in over seventy years, the second book about Oz is presented here in the same deluxe format as the rare first edition, complete with all 16 of the original John R. Neill color plates, its colorful pictorial binding, and the many black-and-white illustrations that bring it to joyous life. First issued in 1904, L. Frank Baum's The Marvelous Land of Oz is the story of the wonderful adventures of the young boy named Tip as he travels throughout the many lands of Oz. Here he meets with our old friends the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman, as well as some new friends like Jack Pumpkinhead, the Wooden Sawhorse, the Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug, and the amazing Gump. Afterword by Peter Glassman.

Hardcover. NY, Morrow Junior Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 246 pages. B&w illustrations by Tom Newsom. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 40 pages. Adele and her younger brother, Simon, have just arrived in New York City to visit their Aunt Cecile and prepare for a grand train trip around America. "Please try not to lose anything on our trip," Adele tells her brother with a sigh. But how can Simon remember to keep an eye on his belongings when there are so many wonderful distractions and astounding sights to take in? The endearing team from Adele & Simon returns in a cross-continental adventure that reflects the vitality of early twentieth-century America, from the Boston Public Garden to San Francisco's Chinatown. Stunning pen-and-ink-and watercolor illustrations are filled with innumerable hidden treasures, and endpapers featuring a period map of America extend the fun. SIGNED BY MCCLINTOCK.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow Books, BC Ed., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth. 32 pages illustrated in color by Chess. As he encounters animals from A to Z, Alfred learns the letters of the alphabet. Book Club edition, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 40 pages, color illustrations by Day. Carl is finally back! Once again, Alexandra Day has concocted a very busy day for the amazing and all-around resourceful Rottweiler Carl. His owner believes Carl is at home taking a nap, when really he's making tracks all over town. He visits a bakery, makes a delivery for the pharmacist, helps out a veterinarian, and joins in a magician's act in the park. But in the most important event of the day, Carl becomes a real hero when he rescues a litter of puppies from a fire. With eight more pages of fun than in the previous Carl books, this captivating adventure, related mostly through pictures, will delight fans old and new.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in color by Beatriz Vidal. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Blue Sky Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR. Crisp, bright copy with minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated in b&w by the author. Tim is so discouraged and bored by life at home and school that he seizes a chance to join a circus, not knowing what really awaits him. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Kentucky, Purple House Press, 2nd pr., 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light edgewear to covers, otherwise clean and tight copy. 25th Year Anniversary edition.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with gray cloth spine. Color illustrations by Masha. Small name on front fly leaf, light edge and corner wear to boards.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1928, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Chipping, tears and heavy wear to cover boards. Rear hinge separated with staples exposed. Previous owner's marking on preliminary pages.

Hardcover. London, Collins, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Macaulay. Lavishly illustrated Caldecott Honor book about the construction of an imaginary French Gothic cathedral. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Hyperion, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE. Tight copy with little wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Strauss Grioux, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by the Zemach's. Minor spotting to dust jacket else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Newly translated by Ralph Manheim. Bookplate on inside front cover, owner's inscription opposite.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1953, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 96 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Chipping on dust jacket. Illustrated by Kate Seredy.

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte , 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Illustrated by the author throughout. Part of a series of publications for parents from the Boston Children's Medical Center. Dust jacket price clipped and minor wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Templar/Candlewick Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, In this enthralling scrapbook that William Shakespeare compiled for his daughter, he looks back on his life as he retires from the theatre. Discover late-sixteenth- and early-seventeenth century stories of love, war, kings and queens, fellow playwrights and actors, explorers and life in London. An interactive book with lots of flaps, notes in envelopes, etc. Excellent condition.