children illustrated

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Ed Young. Late at night, when all is quiet and everyone is asleep, a ninja creeps silently through the house in search of treasure. Soon he reaches his ultimate goal...and gets a big surprise! Will the nighttime ninja complete his mission? With spare text and lush illustrations, Nighttime Ninja is a fun, adventure-filled story about the power of play and imagination.

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon Books, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket ($3.95 on flap), b&w illustrations by Maurice Sendak. "Childhood" focuses on the character Nikolenka, a young boy who shares many similarities with Tolstoy himself. The novel provides an intimate and nostalgic portrayal of Nikolenka's inner world as he navigates the joys, sorrows, and formative experiences of his early childhood. Set in rural Russia during the 19th century, the novel captures the idyllic and carefree nature of Nikolenka's early life. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Pantheon, 1st thus, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 171 pages. Black & white illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Dust jacket price clipped and lightly soiled. Dust jacket chipping at spine.

Hardcover. Chicago, Whitman, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pgs w/ color & 2-color Illustrations throughout by Eleanor Mussey Young. Small blemish to back boards otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations Charles Mikolaycak. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket.

New York , Philomel Books, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear. A story from Poland retold by Anne Pellowski. Illustrated in color by Charles Mikolaycak. After following the advice of an old woman known for her wisdom, a beleaguered young mother is finally able to quiet her crying infant--but then the rest of the town's babies start wailing.

Hardcover. New York, J.H. Sears & Co. Inc., 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 156 pages. Cloth boards with color paste-down illustration of Nip and Tuck on cover. Illustrated with black & white drawings and six full page color illustrations by Leila C. Freeman. Faint rubbing on front cover along spine approx. 1". Minor wear to spine top and bottom and corners. Printed bookplate has light crayon printing over letters. A beautiful book.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 40 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Light rubbing to cover boards.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with a $2.75 price on flap. 56 pages illustrated in b&w by Garrett Price. SIGNED BY JOHNSON "with best wishes" on the 2nd blank page. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, 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. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 32 pages, color illustrations by the author. Convinced that crossing the river on the back of Monty the alligator is too slow, the animals try to find a faster way to get their children to school.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages, color illustrations by the author. Library edition.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Illustrated in 3-colors by Margaret Bloy Graham. No dust jacket. Children's Choice Book Club Edition. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth stamped in black, 126 pages, line drawings in brown by Paul Brown. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, light shelf wear, tanning to endpapers, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Hoban. Clean.

Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 80 pages, b & w and color lithographs by Kurt Wiese, slight wear to edges of cover, clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York , North-South, 2nd pr., 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 30 pages illustrated in color by Zwerger. SIGNED by Zwerger on title page.

Hardcover. New York, Sea Star Books, 1st , 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Pinkney and SIGNED BY PINKNEY on title-page.

Hardcover. NY, Garden City Books, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Palazzo, previous owner's sticker on front endpaper and minor edge wear, otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & Co, 8th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, chipped dust jacket. Winner of the Caldecott Medal, (with printed image of medal on dj) an ALA Notable Children's Book, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year, Peter Spier's Noah's Ark has been the iconic edition of this tale for over 40 years, in print continuously since its debut in 1977. In Spier's imaginative retelling, readers witness the danger and the grandeur of the terrifying flood but also the lighter moments: Noah's wife jumping on a crate to avoid the rats; Noah shooing all but two bees from a busy hive; and all the animal babies being born in the spring. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Doran, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth over boards with blue lettering on front cover and spine. Color frontis and b&w plates by W. C. Trout. A story set in the Caucasus Mountains follows the adventures of a Georgian boy named Gogi and his sister Keto. Bookplate on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

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.

Boston, Little Brown , 7th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with blue design of doll with dog on front. llustrated in color, b&w by Anne Vaughan. Previous owner's signature opposite first blank page, faint foxing to color illustrated endpapers otherwise tight, clean copy. Lacks dust jacket. Susan Araminta is different from all the other dolls because her face was made of wood. She is put in a box with some old clothes and left at the curb. The trashman with a horse and wagon means to take her home to his little girl but she falls off the wagon and lands in the street. There she is discovered by the gruff Scottish Terrier Mister MacHugh who rescues her.

Hardcover. New York, Capitol Publishing Company, 1st Edition, 1947, Book: Very Good, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Full color board pages. Noise mechanism still works but decorative topper missing (see image). Decorative covers. Pages still bright. In very good condition.