children illustrated

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED by Babbitt on title page. Babbitt ( Tuck Everlasting ; Knee knock Rise ) has created some extraordinary children's books, and this one is no exception. It is, quite simply, Babbitt at her best. In a medieval castle, a king and queen argue a crucial question: what is the "best thing" for their young prince? The king insists that his wife gives the child too many toys ("If this keeps up, he'll turn out soft and silly"); she retorts that he gives him too many lessons ("If that keeps up, he'll turn out dry and dusty"). The king resorts to his books to find the answer, whereas the queen polls everyone she meets. The responses run the gamut from "vegetables" (the day nursemaid) to "sunshine" (the gardener) to "a song" (the court musician). But it is the cook's daughter who points the perplexed parents in the right direction, instructing them to ask the prince himself. "Bub," replies the toddler, which translates into the inarguably "very best thing": love. This splendid story is matched by exquisite artwork, which offers a refreshingly realistic depiction of the medieval setting and featuring the royal dog (patiently sporting a court jester's cap), who is entirely devoted to the very lovable prince.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 84 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Daniel Minter. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 84 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Daniel Minter. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY MANUSHKIN. Color illustrations by Ronald Himler. Dust jacket shows some wear and chipping, small tear to front cover. Hardbound.

Hardcover. New York, George H. Doran Company, 2nd, 1915, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 366 pages. Brown cloth cover with faded spine and gilt title on spine. Black & white illustrations by Arthur William Brown. Light edgewear to top spine.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. Brown boards, white cloth spine, color illustrated dust jacket, large full page color illustrations by Alice Provensen.

Hardcover. New York, Coward-McCann, 1st, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound. Black & white and color illustrations by Wiese. Dust jacket with brown mark front cover, edgewear, light chipping, closed tears. Brodart cover.

Hardcover. Flagstaff, AZ, Northland Publishing, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Bill Farnsworth. In a Native American buffalo jump, a hunter lures a herd of buffalo to follow him, rouses them to a stampede pace (he's on foot, by the way) and jumps off a cliff: while he drops safely onto a narrow ledge in the cliff wall, the buffalo plummet over his head to their deaths below. Here, a Blackfoot boy named Little Blaze wishes to lead the buffalo jump, an act of bravery that would earn him his adult name. When his older brother is chosen instead, Little Blaze is resentful, but the brother trips and Little Blaze dashes to the rescue. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, McCall Publishing, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Heuck. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped, tape repair. Internally very good.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in laminated boards, color illustrations by Manning de V. Lee. The front board has an illustration of Andy Archer holding Bugle with Yorktown, VA waterfront in the background.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing Company, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 28 pages with color art by the Warner Bros. Studio. Mild edgewear.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards, color illustrations throghout. A small children's storybook featuring Bugs Bunny and Porky and Petunia Pig. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 102 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white woodcuts at beginning of each chapter by David Frampton. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 102 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white woodcuts at beginning of each chapter by David Frampton. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Parker P Simmons, 1st, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light gray cloth stamped with a 2-color design of a little girl having tea with two bunnies, Illustrated throughout with b&w photos by Henry Whittier Frees. The rabbits are posed with dolls and dressed in costumes. Inscription on front fly leaf. Front hinge partially cracked but overall a very good, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. Illustrated in color by the author. In this lift-the-flap book, the mailman delivers Ruby's Fourth of July picnic party invitations to the correct people, but Max's letter to Santa is given to Grandma instead. Grandma misinterprets Max's meaning, and a few more misunderstood missives are misdelivered, but all works out well in the end. These various letters form the ''flaps'' part of the story.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover. SIGNED BY ROSEMARY WELLS ON TITLE PAGE. Acetate-protected dust jacket, gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.

Hardcover. Grand Rapids MI, Zonderkidz , 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 32 pages illustrated in color by David McPhail. When a bunny is born in spring, he sees the world as green and new and full of hope. But as the seasons change, the bunny worries that the earth may be dying. Sally Lloyd-Jones' picture book celebrates the Easter season and rebirth. Award-winning artist David McPhail's whimsical illustrations reflect the beauty of the world around us, No dust jacket. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Illustrated by the author throughout, minor dust jacket edge wear, else, very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Combel, 1st thus, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with folding plates. Can you find a pair of birds playing badminton, a gibbon with a ribbon, and a starfish shining in the spotlight? In Search and Find: Animals, young children are prompted to search six busy fold-out scenes to find the illustrations highlighted on the large flaps. Each colorful spread features 20 things to find, plus additional amusing animals on a farm, in the Arctic, under a jungle canopy, beneath the waves, across the Savannah, and in the nighttime woods. Spanish Text EDITION.

Hardcover. Mankato, MN, Creative Education, 1st US, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Color illustrations by Seymour Chwast. Laminated boards, no dust jacket issued. Sticker on rear board.

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st , 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Steven Guarnaccia. Dust jacket with light rubbing, edgewear.

Hardcover. New York, Capital Publishing Co., 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 22 pages illustrated in color with oversize die-cut cardboard covers. Features a piece of felt that can be buttoned to dog's face at the nose - which is an actual button. Green plastic spiral binding, light crease to back cover,dog head reinforced in rear, otherwise very good. Story by Terrus, design and pictures by Plowitz.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, reprint, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated with Peggy Bacon's delightful drawings of the cat's adventures. Ex-lib with writing on inside front cover, light reside to rear endpapers. Clean interior.