children illustrated

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Three-color pictures by Whitney Darrow, Jr. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Walker Books, 1st US, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A woman tells her grandchildren about an ugly hat she once had as a young girl and what happened when she accidentally lost it. In soft pencil and watercolor, Milne's art nicely evokes the South African setting in its many details, including Papa's general store. Clean copy.

NY, Hyperion, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket Color illustrations by Jim La Marche. A delightful fantasy about the passenger pigeon.

Boston, MA, Dana Estes & Co., 1st, 1907, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 155 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth spine over blue-gray paper-covered boards, designed by Amy Richards (author's daughter, unsigned binding) with Madonna lilies stamped in dark blue to upper cover and spine, title and author stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, rough cut edges, with frontispiece and three full-page black and white illustrations by Merrill. Name of previous owner on front flyleaf.

Hardcover. Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Lane and SIGNED BY LANE. From the creator of the national bestseller It's a Book comes a timeless story of family history, legacy, and love. Grandpa Green wasn't always a gardener. He was a farmboy and a kid with chickenpox and a soldier and, most of all, an artist. In this captivating new picture book, readers follow Grandpa Green's great-grandson into a garden he created, a fantastic world where memories are handed down in the fanciful shapes of topiary trees and imagination recreates things forgotten. In his most enigmatic and beautiful work to date, Lane Smith explores aging, memory, and the bonds of family history and love; by turns touching and whimsical, it's a stunning picture book that parents and grandparents will be sharing with children for years to come.

Hardcover. Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Lane and SIGNED BY LANE. From the creator of the national bestseller It's a Book comes a timeless story of family history, legacy, and love. Grandpa Green wasn't always a gardener. He was a farmboy and a kid with chickenpox and a soldier and, most of all, an artist. In this captivating new picture book, readers follow Grandpa Green's great-grandson into a garden he created, a fantastic world where memories are handed down in the fanciful shapes of topiary trees and imagination recreates things forgotten. In his most enigmatic and beautiful work to date, Lane Smith explores aging, memory, and the bonds of family history and love; by turns touching and whimsical, it's a stunning picture book that parents and grandparents will be sharing with children for years to come.

Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Gray skies, foamy waves, and brisk wind await Granny and Bean when they head out for their day by the sea. But they are full of only wonder and delight at all the shore has to offer. They listen for the shrieks of the seabirds as they discover treasures hidden in the sand, greet dogs as they pass, leap over logs, and settle out of the wind for a cozy treat before tramping homeward again. Rendered in simple, lilting text by Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse and expressive, windswept art from acclaimed illustrator Charlotte Voake, Granny and Bean have an adventure to cherish until their next magical day at the shore. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Joliet IL, Volland, 1st, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Large format, 48 pages, illustrated in color and b&w by Rae. Illustrated cardboard covers worn along edges and at corners. Some soiling or darkening to areas of cover. Paper chipping to spine. Internally very good.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages in color by Pinkney and SIGNED BY PINKNEY on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. In this stunning companion to the Caldecott Medal-winning The Lion & the Mouse and the highly acclaimed The Tortoise & the Hare, a playful grasshopper wonders why the busy ants around him won't join in his merrymaking as the seasons pass by. But when winter arrives, he soon sees the value of his friends' hard work--just as the ants learn the value of sharing what they've worked for. Featuring a striking, surprise gatefold page, this third book in Jerry Pinkney's gorgeous trilogy of picture book fables subtly shows the pitfalls of procrastination.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages in color by Pinkney and SIGNED BY PINKNEY on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. In this stunning companion to the Caldecott Medal-winning The Lion & the Mouse and the highly acclaimed The Tortoise & the Hare, a playful grasshopper wonders why the busy ants around him won't join in his merrymaking as the seasons pass by. But when winter arrives, he soon sees the value of his friends' hard work--just as the ants learn the value of sharing what they've worked for. Featuring a striking, surprise gatefold page, this third book in Jerry Pinkney's gorgeous trilogy of picture book fables subtly shows the pitfalls of procrastination.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY MINOR ON half title-page. Color illustrations by Wendell Minor.

Hardcover. US, Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2014-04-29, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. How do we stay put on our planet and not float away into outer space? What makes things fall to the ground from high places? Chin introduces youngsters to the concept of gravity, presenting the information in highly understandable language and in captivating paintings that will delight young readers. Deceptively simple large print text describe how gravity affects all things on Earth as well as in outer space. Colorful and incredibly detailed watercolor landscapes and close-up illustrations keep readers' attention, and certain objects are repeated throughout the pages. Although Gravity is set up like a fictional text, the information necessary to understand the basics of gravity are present.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown and Co., 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Tasha Tudor. First printing with all numbers present. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Random House , reprint, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 207 pages, maroon boards with beige cloth spine, illustrated with 10 b&w drawings by Joseph Cellini. Light edgewear, chipping to dust jacket, price clipped. Otherwise a bright, clean copy.

Chicago, Follett , unknown , 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Translated from French by John Mills. 70 pages, including glossary. First American edition. Profusely illustrated. 71 pages, giving information of various types of ships from Galleys, Clippers, Whalers, Glossary of sailing terms. Famous sailers James Cook & others.

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte, 1st this Ed., 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A reproduction from an 1895 ed. by Ernest Nister. No dj issued. Five pop-up in excellent condition.

Hardcover. New York , Harcourt Children's Books, 1st thus, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED by illustrator Kellogg.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st illus. thus, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Color illustrations by Steven Kellogg. Dust jacket with light edgewear, short closed tears.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly soiled, price-clipped dust jacket. David Levine's line-drawn caricatures throughout, humorous, satiric nature; a mystery of letters, solved by Boswell & Dr. Johnson; "First Printing" stated on copyright page. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Colorado Springs, Chariot Victor, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Greg Dearth.

NY, Doubleday , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by S.D. Schindler. A young boy obsessed with speed and skateboarding thinks that his visit with Great-aunt Ida and her Great Dane, Doc, will be boring, but he finds some surprises in store, in a colorfully illustrated tale featuring a rhyming text. Small closed tears, sticker residue and light edgewear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. London/New York, Viking/Kestrel, Revised Ed., 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 408 pages, illustrated in b&w by Antony Maitland. Edited by Brian Alderson with his notes on the stories in the rear. Previous owner's handwritten note inside front cover otherwise clean with a bright dust jacket with light edgewear.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 211 pages. Hardcover. Not ex-library. Black and white illustrations by Paul Brown. Front and rear endpapers illustrated in red. Part of the Clara Ingram Judson "They Came From" series. Green cloth covers with title in black on front cover and spine. Dust jacket with chipping and some tape repaired tears along edges - Jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Book listed on rear inside flap is "The Lost Violin". A few rough page edges from closed pages being opened by original owner. Clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. London, J. M. Dent, 1st UK, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards. Grandfather and grandchild enjoy the life in Japan's forested rural areas. Translated from the Japanese. Lovely color illustrations by the author. Ichisaburo Sawai is one of Japan's foremost painters, though "Green Grow the Mountain" is his first picture book. This enchanting glimpse into an idyllic rural life will delight both young and old, evoking as it does a serenity and charm that is ageless. Clean, bright copy.