childrens non-fiction

Hardcover. NY, Schwartz & Wade, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Illustrated in color by Chuck Groenink. This simple nonfiction picture book about the beloved American poet William Carlos Williams is also about how being mindful can result in the creation of a great poem like 'The Red Wheelbarrow'--which is only sixteen words long. In this lovely picture book, young listeners will see how paying attention to the simplest everyday things can inspire the greatest art, as they learn about a great American poet.

Hardcover. London, Cassell & Company , 2nd, 1892, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages, hardcover. Gilt titles and embossed decoration to spine. Children's book on English history. Pasted color illustration to front panel. Heavy bumping and chipping to front and rear panels, mostly to fore edge and corners. Pasted advertisement to rear panel. Minor fading and bumping to spine. Small stain to lower right front panel. Moderate age toning to prelim pages. Age toning to text block edges. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Scarce. A tight copy.

Softcover. Paducah, KY, Collector Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 175 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers and light wear to edges of spine.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf/Jr. Literary Guild, 1st Jr. Literary Guild, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 179 pages. Black & white drawings and color frontispiece by Erick Berry. Light spine fade, wear to edges.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books;, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages. As he did for frontier children in his enormously popular Children of the Wild West, Russell Freedman illuminates the lives of the American children affected by the economic and social changes of the Great Depression. Middle-class urban youth, migrant farm laborers, boxcar kids, children whose families found themselves struggling for survival . . . all Depression-era young people faced challenges like unemployed and demoralized parents, inadequate food and shelter, schools they couldn't attend because they had to go to work, schools that simply closed their doors. Even so, life had its bright spots--like favorite games and radio shows--and many young people remained upbeat and optimistic about the future. Drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters, and other firsthand accounts, and richly illustrated with classic archival photographs, this book by one of the most celebrated authors of nonfiction for children places the Great Depression in context and shows young readers its human face. Endnotes, selected bibliography, index.

Hardcover. Austin, Texas, Steck-Vaughn Company, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 30 pages, Illustrated in color by Frank O'Leary. Small note in pencil on back fly leaf. Dust jacket has several tears, placed in protective plastic cover. Describes the physical characteristics and habits of the peccary, or javelina, that inhabits the southwestern United States.

Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne & Co., 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 208 pages, b&w drawings by Drake Brookshaw. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Enchanted Lion Books, 3rd pr., 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Enormous Smallness is a nonfiction picture book about the poet E.E. cummings. Here E.E.'s life is presented in a way that will make children curious about him and will lead them to play with words and ask plenty of questions as well. Lively and informative, the book also presents some of Cummings's most wonderful poems, integrating them seamlessly into the story to give the reader the music of his voice and a spirited, sensitive introduction to his poetry. In keeping with the epigraph of the book -- "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are," Matthew Burgess's narrative emphasizes the bravery it takes to follow one's own vision and the encouragement E.E. received to do just that. Lovely color plates by Kris Di Giacomo enhance the story. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1958 , Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound. 48 pages. Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. Soiling to endpapers. Edgewear. Dust jacket with two small chunks missing from spine. "Harper Blue Ribbon Book" sticker on front of dust jacket. Bottom of front flap clipped, but not price clipped.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 4th pr., 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY HARRIS AND EGGERS on the title page. If you had to name a statue, any statue, odds are good you'd mention the Statue of Liberty. Have you seen her? She's in New York. She's holding a torch. And she's in mid-stride, moving forward. But why? In this fascinating and fun take on nonfiction for kids, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the powerful message of acceptance that is essential of an entire country's creation. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Friendship Press, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 62 pages, color illustrations by Wood. Red cardboard covers with black lettering and drawing of African child. Front fly leaf missing, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. New York , Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 197 pages illustrated in b&w by Dick Rose. INSCRIBED BY LEAF on the front fly leaf. Leaf went on to write a number of successful children's books, including Ferdinand the Bull. Two-color dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Alice Provensen. In this illustrated "family album," Caldecott medalist Alice Provensen offers a unique glimpse of the people who shaped America, from Pocahontas to Edgar Allan Poe to Martin Luther King Jr. This 60-page, oversized hardcover is rich with portraits of artists, enduring icons, outlaws, radicals, visionaries, composers, writers, inventors, and reformers. On the "Naturalists and Ecologists" page, Rachel Carson is joined by water analyst Ellen Swallow Richards, painter and ornithologist John James Audubon, and agricultural chemist George Washington Carver. While quotations from famous Americans mark every page, the book's focus is purely pictorial. The visual montages present an interesting jumping-off point for further exploration of some of America's rogues and luminaries. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Alice Provensen. In this illustrated "family album," Caldecott medalist Alice Provensen offers a unique glimpse of the people who shaped America, from Pocahontas to Edgar Allan Poe to Martin Luther King Jr. This 60-page, oversized hardcover is rich with portraits of artists, enduring icons, outlaws, radicals, visionaries, composers, writers, inventors, and reformers. On the "Naturalists and Ecologists" page, Rachel Carson is joined by water analyst Ellen Swallow Richards, painter and ornithologist John James Audubon, and agricultural chemist George Washington Carver. While quotations from famous Americans mark every page, the book's focus is purely pictorial. The visual montages present an interesting jumping-off point for further exploration of some of America's rogues and luminaries. Clean copy.

Softcover. Gas City, IN, L-W Book Sales, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 104 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Reflections on being raised by pack of sled dogs. Color illusrations. by Ruth Wright Paulsen.

Softcover. New York, The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nonpaginated. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Some foxing throughout. A little age wear on the covers and damp stains throughout at bottom of spine (not on text). Light foxing on front flyleaf. Still intact and a cute look into the privileged and pampered life of Shirley Temple as a child star.

Hardcover. NY, Roaring Brook Press], 3rd pr., 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This spare, poetic picture book follows a group of kids as they move through all the different phases of the water cycle. From rain to fog to snow to mist, author Miranda Paul and artist Jason Chin combine to create a beautiful and informative journey in this innovative nonfiction picture book. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 48 pages illustrated in color by Aliki. With her characteristically sprightly words and pictures, Aliki brings Shakespeare's life, times, and legacy to life in this highly acclaimed information-packed treasury that is truly for readers of all ages. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 6 to 8. It's a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children From Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's celebrated works have touched people around the world. Aliki combines literature, history, biography, archaeology, and architecture in this richly detailed and meticulously researched introduction to Shakespeare's world-his life in Elizabethan times, the theater world, and the Globe, for which he wrote his plays. Then she brings history full circle to the present-day reconstruction of the Globe theater.

Hardcover. London, Ward Lock and Co., 6h Ed., nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with color label on cover, 256 pages. illustrated with 12 color, 250 b&w illustrations. Light soil, chipping to covers, otherwise very good. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York , Dodd Mead, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 73 pages plus index, b&w illustrations and dust jacket painting in color by Lewin. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR on the front fly leaf. Dust jacket bright, unclipped.

Hardcover. Menlo Park CA, Lane Book Co.,, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 64 pages. Contains black & white photography by Martin Litton and Frances Coleberd. A Sunset Junior Book. Tim and Maria Black live at Oak Valley Ranch, where their days pass in a gay mixture of fun and work. They go on hayrides, search for wildflowers, and at one point in the story Maria gets lost! Buck, a blacksmith, comes to work at Oak Valley. Buck discovers there is a great deal to learn from the children about the ranch. In return, he explains his trade to them and helps them care for their horses. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Some tape residue to covers and dust jacket.