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Little, Brown & Company, 2012. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. David McPhail color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD 2012 Little, Brown large hardcover (decorated boards - see scans) and dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, 2nd printing. PROBLEM: The top edge of the DJ shows 2 "repaired" short tears and that's why the DJ & book are rated "As New." The title on the DJ front panel is embossed in multi-colors. The boards are decorated with sleeping animals. I love McPhail's art. CONTENT: This is a book that covers a couple of bases - it's an alphabet book (of animals) and it's a bedtime story. From antlered antelope to zzz-ing zebra, all the awake animals are getting sleepy in this abridged board book edition of a favorite bedtime alphabet book, from an acclaimed author and bestselling illustrator. This exquisite celebration of language and nature is perfect for lulling little ones into a cozy, soothing slumber. Baby to age 3+.

Scholastic Pess, 1993. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. Jacqueline Rogers color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1993 Scholastic hardcover (pictorial boards), but NO DJ (I assume issued with one), first edition. CONTENT: Gilbert Gorilla is so excited about his elephant friend Eddie's slumber party that he forgets to take along his toy clown, in case he can't fall asleep. All goes well until bedtime- -the four friends (including Ricky Rhino and Conner Crocodile) have a splendid time playing games like ``Pin-the-Flies-on-the- Hyena,'' sharing a pizza, and having a humongous pillow fight. Still, once he's snuggled into his sleeping bag, Gilbert can't restrain his sobs. His friends rally round to comfort him: they play him a special song, Ricky loans him his teddy bear, and by morning every thing's fine again. The story holds no surprises- -though it's well told, and making the nurturing male friends is a nice touch--but Rogers's delicate watercolors are… Read More

Dover, 2011. New Edition Assumed 1st. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Fern Bisel Peat color & B&W illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2011 Dover "new" edition of the Saalfield (Ohio) 1940 publication. Perhaps this is considered "new" because of the addition of the Read & Listen CD attached at the back inside cover. Sweet color and B&W illustrations by Fern Bisel Peat. CONTENT: Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of sixty-six poems, Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood, from sailing boats down a river, to waiting for the lamplighter, to sailing off to foreign lands in his imagination. It's a lovely book + CD.

Arcturus, 2018. Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New. Color Illustrations by Various Artists. CONDITION: NEW 2018 Arcturus large (and heavy) soft cover, first edition, no printing given. Colorful and fun illustrations. The front cover title is in red foil and I have protected it - I hope. About 40 stories. Classic Fairy Tales is a wide-ranging anthology showcasing the very best of classic stories for children. Every entry is world-renowned, and the collection provides a beautiful volume of tales that spans an extraordinary spectrum from the uplifting to the hilarious. Each story is accompanied by original and colourful artwork, and the book also includes several re-tellings of famous tales that have enchanted and delighted children of all ages for hundreds of years.

Sky Pony, 2012. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Stephanie Rohr. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2012 Sky Pony Press hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, 3rd printing. Bright, quirky color illustrations by Stephanie Rohr. PROBLEM: 1 bumped corner. CONTENT: "Late last night I lay in bed and found I couldn't sleep. So I scrunched my eyes up tightly and counted woolly sheep." In this amusing bedtime story, a little girl decides she must count sheep in order to fall asleep. Starting at ten, her sheep begin to suffer humorous mishaps as she happily drifts into dreamland. Each number illustrates sheep flying off in different directions, unable to control their skateboards, the slippery floor, or their crazy dance moves. Children will laugh and learn in this combination bedtime and counting book. The sing-songy verse and bright, whimsical illustrations provide a visual counting aid, as well as entertainment in the moments before bedtime. Count the Sheep to… Read More

Sterling Children's Books, 2015. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 12 Illustrators. CONDITION: NEW 2015 Sterling Children's Books hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Inside cover on decorated end pages is a sealed CD envelope with songs of the poems. 12 illustrators/artists have provided color illustrations for each poem. CONTENT: Following 2014's Goodnight Songs (Sterling), this second volume of previously unpublished poems and songs by the legendary Brown is just as enchanting and handsomely produced as the first. Twelve poems about the seasons are brought to life through art and music. Heavy hitters like David Small, Peter Brown, Molly Idle, Frank Viva, and Bob Staake join up-and-coming illustrators from around the globe such as Leo Espinoza, Dadu Shin, and Blanca Gomez. The book opens with "To a Child," the soothingly surreal invitation to "run away/To a long unscheduled day," paired with Floyd Cooper's dreamy oil-wash-on-board illustrations.… Read More

Minedition, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/New. Robert Ingpen color illus.. CONDITION: "Mixed condition." Gently pre-read or perused (Very Good +) 2006 Minedition hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (NEW), first edition, first printing. Decorated end pages. Beautiful, as always, color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: Using spells and magic, the Dreamkeeper^B catches bad dreams as they escape to become real and carries cages and baskets to trap nightmare monsters and transform them. Ingpen, recipient of the 1986 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, melds a wild, chatty, sometimes deliciously scary narrative created for his granddaughter. Beautiful, meticulously detailed pictures show where magic happens, including sepia-toned double-page spreads crowded with storybook people, dragons, knights, animals, and partially clothed characters--all acting out their destinies. There's contemporary magic as well as the old-fashioned sort: the Dreamkeeper's tiny,… Read More

Orchard/Scholastic, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Joanna Yardley color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2001 Orchard hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Beautiful color illustrations by Joanna Yardley. Adorable wrap-around dust jacket illustration. CONTENT: In this soothing tale, a resourceful boy finds an alternative to his night light, which burns out just as he is drifting off to sleep. Rather than panic or call for Mom and Dad, Eli looks around his room and realizes there is light everywhere. "The stripes of his wallpaper shone in the dark,/ and so did the frame on his picture of the park," writes Rosenberg in a soft, reassuring cadence. Her understated lyricism takes a particularly nice turn near book's end, when Eli finds comfort in the night sky with "hundreds of stars that would not burn out for a long, long time." Matching the mood of the text, Yardley employs a pastel palette of rich blues ranging from lapis to ink to evoke a… Read More

HarperCollins, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Rosemary Wells color illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this "As New" - seems the publisher missed putting in the Songbook in the back of the book. Publishing error - it happens. UNREAD 2002 HarperCollins hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Interior perfect. Color illustrations of dancing and cavorting rabbits by Rosemary Wells. CONTENT: No two people have done more for the American musical than Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Now, in Getting to Know You!, sixteen of the most popular and treasured songs from this remarkable pair have been gathered together for the first time in an illustrated picture book. With watercolors by renowned illustrator Rosemary Wells, Getting to Know You! captures the simple joy, the happy celebration, and the sly humor that are at the heart of these timeless lyrics.

Golden Books, 1998. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. As New/New. Eloise Wilklin color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, c, 1975 Golden Books large hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition (copyright 197)5, no printing given. Decorated end pages. Lovely sweet color illustrations by Eloise Wilkin. PROBLEM: small binding error in the form of a glue wrinkle back board panel. CONTENT: This wonderful multicultural anthology contains more than fifty prayers, poems, and proverbs from a variety of traditions, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Native American and African religions. Beautiful illustrations by celebrated artist Eloise Wilkin make this a particularly appealing gift item. Ages 3-8.

Simon & Schuster Children's/Beach Lane, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Juli Kangas color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2016 Simon & Schuster Children's hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Clever, colorful illustrations by Juli Kangas. Decorated end pages. CONTENT: When I was a kid there was movie cartoon where a sheepdog and coyote would walk to work together as friends, clock in, and fight each other over the sheep until quitting time. Then they would clock out and walk home together as friends. It was great fun. This book reminds me of that. What do the bad actors of fairy tales do after quitting time? This book tells you - they eat dinner together; read stories to each other; quietly wait for bathroom time, etc. And then they sleep. Very cute; very funny, IMHO. Witches, trolls, dragons and big, bad wolves: by day they are such baddies, but cozy at night at home among friends they couldn't be nicer.

Beach Lane Books, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Steve Jenkings color illus.. CONDITION: NEW 2009 Beach Lane large hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Adorable color illustrations by Steve Jenkins. CONTENT: After meeting a bevy of baby animals- including a clever monkey, a sleepy leopard, and a dusty lion cub-the baby in this story discovers the most precious creature of all . . . itself, of course! With an exuberant rhyming text by bestselling author Mem Fox and adorable cut-paper illustrations by Caldecott Honor recipient Steve Jenkins, this book is an irresistible celebration of the joyful connection between parent and child.

Houghton Mifflin, 2008. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Beth Krommes tri-color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD 2008 Houghton Mifflin hardcover (pictorial boards - NO DJ), first edition, 2nd printing. Caldecott Medal. Tri-color (black, white, gold) illustrations by Beth Krommes. CONTENT: This Caldecott Medal-winning picture book gets children ready for bed with rhythmic text and glowing illustrations that explore the warmth and light that makes us feel at home. Inside the house are nighttime things both comforting and intriguing-a bed, many books-and outside, too, there are sources of light and joy-the moon, the sky-that reveal a reassuring order in the universe. This timeless bedtime tale takes readers through the house in the night, up into the sky, and back home again, all the while reminding us of the presence of love and wonder in our world. Susan Marie Swanson's spare verse and Beth Kromme's astonishing illustrations intertwine to create a comforting, magical… Read More

Candlewick Press, 2012. Reissue 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Maurice Sendak color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2012 Candlewick small hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, reissue edition, first printing. Wonderful fun color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. CONTENT: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me." That's what children chant when they are being teased; it's what their parents chanted, and probably their grandparents before them. Collected in this invaluable book are the wit and wisdom of generations of schoolchildren-more than 170 selections ranging from insults and riddles to jeers and jump-rope rhymes. With Iona Opie's introduction and detailed notes and Maurice Sendak's remarkable pictures-vignettes, sequences, and full-page paintings both wickedly funny and comically sad-it offers knowledge and entertainment to all who open it. Grades 2 - 5+.

Kar-Ben & PJ LIbrary, 2004. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Roge; Barb Bjornson; Ian, Schoenherr; Francesca Carabelli. CONDITION & CONTENT: 4 UNREAD paperbacks from either Kar-Ben or PJ Library, 2004 - 2012 publication dates. All have color illustrations by Roge; Barb Bjornson; Ian, Schoenherr; Francesca Carabelli. A Grandma Like Yours can be flipped to read A Grandpa Like Yours. All books for Jewish children's delight. Questions welcome & answered.

Tanglewood/Teaching Strategies, 2011. First Thus 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Ruth Harper & Nancy Leak color illustrations; Barbara Leonard Gibson. CONDITION: THE KISSING HAND: New 2011 Tanglewood/Teaching Strategies paperback, first thus, 2nd printing. Color illustrations by Ruth Harper and Nancy Leak. No problems at all - beautiful book. A POCKET FULL OF KISSES - NEW. This is the sequel to The Kissing Hand. Scholastic 2004 paperback (Stapled Wraps), 6th printing. Color illustrations by Barbara Leonard Gibson. Tiny edge wear bottom cover at spine. I love these books. Makes you want to run outside at night and get your own raccoon. This book is also about sibling rivalry. These are lovely books that all children should have the privilege of reading. Questions welcome & answered.

Nancy Paulson/Penguin Books for Young Readers Group, 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Tomie dePaola. CONDITION: NEW 2014 Nancy Paulsen hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Stickers included. NOTE: I was going to put a mylar cover on this dust jacket since it is white, BUT this book really does wrap itself! See the scans to see how. CONTENT: The dynamic, best-selling team of Lin Oliver and Tomie dePaola have created a charming collection of baby poems that makes the perfect gift for baby showers and first birthdays. For babies and toddlers, each moment is full of wonder and discovery. This delightful collection of original poems celebrates the everyday things that enthrall little ones, such as playing peekaboo, banging pots and pans, splashing at bath time, and cuddling at bedtime. Full of contagious rhythm and rhyme, this inviting picture book introduces young children to the sound of poetry, and beloved illustrator Tomie dePaola's engaging… Read More

Margaret McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Julie Paschkis color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2000 Margaret McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ, first edition, first printing. Lovely color illustrations by Julie Paaschkis. CONTENT: In the title poem, Wong compares the bed in which dreams happen with the tangled roots and blooms of a garden bed. The 14 poems that follow are about the people who appear in dreams, eating, swimming, flying, running, and falling. The poems use sound qualities-repetition, alliteration, and occasional rhyme-to capture each dream. Even poems about nightmares and anxieties are couched in gentle language that evokes wonder and thoughtfulness rather than fear. Paschkis's paintings highlight the gardening metaphor. The selections are set against background frames of earth-toned colors, filled with animals, humans, and plants reminiscent of the organic creatures of Hieronymus… Read More

New York: Peter Pauper Press, 2015. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Martha Day Zschock B&W illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2015 Peter Pauper Press hardcover over spiral binding, first edition, no printing given. B&W illustrations by Martha Day Zschock. A flashlight is all you need to delight kids at Halloween or any other bedtime night. CONTENT: " It's dark and past time to tell Dad, ''Goodnight!'' But things look so scary when I turn off the light." Put your little one's mind at ease at bedtime with this storybook in verse! PUBLISHER'S NOTE: For best results, use this shadow book with a small, single-bulb light source. A small pen light, other single-LED light, or the light on the back of a smart phone is recommended. Multi-LED flashlights are not recommended. If you have trouble getting a clear image, try moving your light closer to or farther away from the page. Shine the light (not included) through the book's seven transparent windows to cast shadow images on the wall… Read More

Philomel Books, 1992. 1st Impression Printing Unknown. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. Leo & Diane Dillon color illus.. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1992 Philomel Books large hardcover (olive green boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first impression, assumed first printing but I don't know for sure. PROBLEMS: bookplate on the loose end page in an odd place and edge wear to top DJ edge in the form of a short tear back panel at spine. Beautiful, ethereal color illustrations by The Dillons.Decorated end pages. The front board shows an embossed pair of boots. CONTENT: Much like the classic Goodnight Moon , but with a nod to Alaskan wilderness and lore, Carlstrom's latest picture book is a gentle hymn about preparing for bedtime and the magic of nightfall. A child lovingly bids au revoir to the many extended family members he sees in nature: "Goodnight Papa Star /Goodnight Mama Moon / Bending your silver arms / down through the darkness." The non-rhyming… Read More