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UK: Hermes House, 2006. Reissue 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Various artists and photographers. CONDITION: NEW 2006 Hermes House huge paperback edition, reissue, first printing. Book is contained in a heavy mylar "jacket". As ever, vivid illustrations by various artists with color photos, as well. For each section there are projects to make (Inca Quipu, Celtic broach, Roman groma, etc.) and each project is accompanied by detailed color "how-to" photos. Excellent!

NY: Sterling Children's Books, 2012. 1st Edition 6th Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Charles Santore color illus.. CONDITION: Kohl's Cares edition. UNREAD 2012 Sterling large hardcover (red decorated boards) and dust jacket, 6th printing. Decorated end pages. Full-page beautiful color illustrations by Santore. Ribbon place marker and a 3-page pullout poster-type artwork. CONTENT: Aesop's wise and witty fables are among the most popular stories ever written-and Charles Santore's richly illustrated version is one of the most gorgeous editions ever published. Unavailable for a number of years, this dazzling interpretation features lavish art that provides a fresh perspective on Aesop's beloved characters. Santore has arranged these timeless tales by animal, making it easy to follow each creature from one situation to the next and gain a better understanding of how its actions parody human behavior.

USA: Western National Parks Assn., 2010. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Sally Blakemore; Eileen Banashek paper engineering. CONDITION: NEW & perfect 2004 Western National Parks Assn. hardcover (pictorial boards), no edition nor printing given. Historically accurate color illustrations by Sally Blakemore. Paper engineering: Eileen Banashek, Sally Blakemore, & Anthony Esparsen. CONTENT: Archeologists say that 1,000 years ago more people lived in the Four Corners region of the Southwest than live there now. Today visitors to the region see the empty dwellings and pueblos from that time, but not the lively cultures that once built them. Ancient Dwellings of the Southwest puts the people back in these places in three dimensions. Hohokam ball players leap and dive in the ballcourt at Casa Grande Ruins in Arizona; the reader moves women at Mesa Verde in Colorado to watch them grind corn or pulls back the bow of a hunter at Bandelier in New Mexico. The buildings at… Read More

California: QEB Hands-on History series, 2007. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2007 QEB soft cover, no printing given. Macdonald is one of the best writers of history for children. Book also includes crafts and "how-to" photos. Full color. Excellent for public schools or for homeschooling. CONTENT: Wonderful intro for youngsters to the Aztecs. Color photos and drawings of artifacts and Codex renderings. Detailed "how-to" color photos of the crafts - headdress, Aztec hot chocolate, Patolli. Excellent, IMHO.

Morrow Junior Books, 1992. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. Diane Stanley. CONDITION: What makes this book "like new?" - no DJ nor credits page. UNREAD 1992 Morrow Junior Books hardcover (pictorial boards), NO DJ. Great full-page, historically accurate color illustrations by Ms Stanley. CONTENT: William Shakespeare was the son of a glovemaker, a small-town boy with a grammar school education. Yet he grew up to become the greatest English-speaking playwright in the world. Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare is both his story and that of a great art rediscovered in the modern world. Drama had been forgotten since the days of ancient Greece, but it reemerged in Elizabethan London with the building of the first modern theater. Its impact can still be imagined today. There were the theaters, open to the weather and featuring neither sets nor curtains, but equipped with dramatic special effects. There were the companies of actors--the leading men, the comedians, the boys… Read More

Holiday House, 1999. 1st Paperback Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Gail Gibbons. CONDITION: NEW 1999 Holiday House paperback, 1st paperback edition. Fabulous color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: A clever format and succinctly written text distinguish this offering by a prolific author. Gibbons describes bats' general physical characteristics, special traits of some half-dozen species, flying methods, use of echolocation, diet, natural habitats, hibernation, and the birth and development of young. She also discusses the decimation of bats around the world due to loss of habitats and pollution and the efforts to protect the world's only truly flying mammals. A final page offers additional miscellaneous facts. The text is clearly written and well organized. Scientific terms such as "nocturnal," "membrane," and "roosts" are clearly defined in context. Double borders enclose vivid paintings of bats in their natural habitats. Taking issue with the unkind and untrue things… Read More

Kar-Ben, 2010. 1st Paperback Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Josee Bisaillon color illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this book AS NEW? very light edge wear front spine edge. Not bad, but there. Otherwise, UNREAD 2010 Kar-Ben paperback, first paperback edition, no printing given, HOWEVER, there is some reason that this might be a 2021 7th printing. Cryptic numbers. Beautiful color illustrations by Josee Bisaillon. CONTENT: Benno was the neighborhood's favorite cat. During the week, he napped in a sunny corner of Mitzi Stein's dress shop and begged scrapped from Moshe the butcher. But one night in Berlin, the Nazis changed everything. Life would never be the same. This cat's-eye view introduces the Holocaust to children in a gentle way that can open discussion of this period. "What truly distinguishes this book is the striking multimedia artwork composed of paper, fabric, and drawn images in hues of olive, brown, and red. Interesting… Read More

Austin, Texas: Steck-Vaughn, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Various artists and photographers. CONDITION: NEW 1996 Steck-Vaughn hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), first printing. Filled with color illustrations and photos. Color maps and a great rendering of Herod's Temple in Jerusalem. Masada cover. CONTENT: An illustrated examination of the archaeological excavations in and around the Holy Land, from the Digging Up the Past series, which describes how these sites have provided evidence for the existence of places, people and events recorded in both the Old and New Testaments. This is archaeology-light for kids.

G.P. Putnam's , 2012. 1st Edition 10th Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Patricia Polacco color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2012+ Putnam's hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: Polacco's powerful picture book dramatizes how online abuse has intensified the cruelty of bullying. New to her school, Lyla links up with Jamie, another new kid in her sixth-grade class, and they become close friends. Dramatic line-and-watercolor artwork shows the two outsiders in the lunchroom, excluded by the geeks, the nerds, the toughs, the sports kids, and especially by the "celebrity" table of the most popular girls. After Jamie gives Lyla good advice about getting a cell phone and a laptop and helps her create a Facebook page, she feels more connected. Then, though, Lyla becomes so cool that the popular crowd invites her to sit with them--but only if she breaks from Jamie. And she does, until… Read More

Montana: Falcon Press, 1993. 1st Paperback Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Constance Rummel Bergum color illus.. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1993 Falcon Press large soft cover. Beautiful color illustrations by Constance Bergum. Problem: After 27 years, the binding for the first few pages is a bit loose -not bad, but there. CONTENT: All of the important animals, economies, and activities for which Colorado is known are here in this book, i.e., 4 Corners, Pika, skiing, oil and gold. The back pages present an alphabet of Colorado history and additional animals. Lovely.

Houghton Mifflin, 2018. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Various artists color photos & maps. CONDITION: NEW 2018 Houghton Mifflin hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, 2nd printing. Wonderful color photos by various artists plus a few color maps. Well, at least we have books about Pandas left. CONTENT: Robert F. Sibert Honor Award winner. "Complementing Thimmesh's thoughtful, engagingly written text are many arrestingly adorable color photographs of pandas in training and in the wild. A timely, uplifting story." From the Sibert medal-winning author of Team Moon and the bestselling Girls Think of Everything comes a riveting, timely account of panda conservation efforts in China, perfect for budding environmentalists and activists. Roughly a thousand years ago, an estimated 23,000 pandas roamed wild and free through their native China. But within the past forty years, more than fifty percent of the panda's already shrinking habitat has been destroyed by humans, leaving… Read More

Scholastic Pess, 2005. 1st Edition 5th Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Wendy Watson color illustrations. CONDITION: WHAT makes this book "As New" - blank bookplate inside front cover. That's it; that's all. UNREAD/ AS NEW 2004 Scholastic Press hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, 1st printing. Stark color illustrations by Wendy Watson. Excellent Historical Note on the Warrsaw Ghetto of WW II. CONTENT: Set in Warsaw in 1942, this picture book brings to life a little-known incident of Jewish resistance. A young girl who has escaped the Ghetto lives with her older sister who, with friends, plans to smuggle food to those still there. Somehow the Gestapo has heard of the plan and has designs of its own - dogs to sniff out the bundles of food arriving with the resisters on a train. With quick thinking, the friends gather all of the cats living in Krasinski Square into baskets and head for the station. Just as the train pulls in, the felines are let… Read More

Black Dog & Leventhal, 2004. 1st Edition 6th Printing. Hardcover. New/As New. Meredith Hamilton color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2004 Black Dog & Leventhal large hardcover (decorated boards) and dust jacket, first edition, 6th printing. Light edge wear top & bottom dust jacket edges - even through shrink wrap. Wonderful color illustrations by Meredith Hamilton plus some photos. Decorated end pages. Sealed pack containing Star-finder and stickers attacked to inside front board. Let me say that if there has been a better series of books aimed at educating young America, I don't recall what it would be. CONTENT: Children eight and up will enjoy this conversational but information-packed introduction to astronomy and stargazing, which includes the achievements of the great scientists, the history of space exploration, the story of our solar system, the myths behind the constellations, and how to navigate the night sky. Whimsical color illustrations on… Read More

Black Dog & Leventhal, 2011. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/New. Meredith Hamilton. CONDITION: Very Good +, 2011 hardcover (decorated boards) & dust jacket, first edition, 4th printing. Decorated end pages. Wonderful and historically accurate color illustrations by Meredith Hamilton. PROBLEMS: Appears someone has looked at the first 10 pages and the last 10 pages of the book, plus tried to open the sealed envelope inside front board. CONTENT: Packed with action, adventure, tragedy, and triumph, A Child'sIntroduction to Greek Mythology acquaints kids ages 9-12 with all the fantastic and memorable classic Greek myths. The book is organized into two main parts. The first section introduces the gods and goddesses, from Apollo to Hades, as well as nymphs, satyrs, centaurs, and the mortal descendents of Zeus, such as Hercules and Midas. Part two is dedicated to the myths themselves: Pandora's Box, Prometheus' Discovery of Fire, the Trojan Horse and many more.… Read More

Utah: Peter Bedrick Books, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Danuta Mayer. CONDITION: NEW 2002 Peter Bedrick Books hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), first edition, first printing. Beautiful color illustrations by Danuta Mayer. CONTENT: This book looks at how fashions changed as trade, travel, and inventions opened societies to new influences and a greater choice of fabrics and styles. From stately royal robes to simple tunics and leggings, stunning detailed artwork on every page recreates the clothes worn in medieval time.

Carlton Books, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Various color illustrations/photos/sources. CONDITION: UNREAD, but has 1 tiny flaw, 2009 Carlton Books hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), first edition, first printing. Text by Rupert Matthews. Color illustrations from various artists and sources. Flaw: tiny "ding" back middle of spine. Everything else is perfect. CONTENT: This book presents a cross-section of historic warriors in a visually captivating way. It spans 3000 years, highlighting 13 of the most famous conquerors of all time including Rameses II, Alexander the Great, Shih Huang Di, Julius Caesar, Attila the Hun, Charlemagne, Leif Erikson, Saladin, Genghis Khan, Moctezuma I, Mehmet II, Elizabeth I, and Peter the Great. Each figure is given a 2-page spread in the book with basic information about how the person came to power, the main events, political moves, and conquests of that person's life, and the legacy they left behind. The largest battles and… Read More

Smithsonian/Viking, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/As New. Color images by Author and several others. A cheery topic, eh? CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2016 Smithsonian/Viking hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Wonderful color illustrations - many by the Author. TINY PROBLEM - 1 tiny "nic" bottom DJ edge near front fold. That's it, folks - tiny. CONTENT: In the vast realm of outer space, accidents happen all the time. Things bump into each other. Stars blow up. Space rocks smash into planets. Black holes gobble up everything in their path. The sun is burning out. A comet swarm is bearing down. Any of this could change-or even eliminate-life on a planet like Earth. Countdown to cosmic catastrophes! From asteroid hit to alien invasion, astronomer David Aguilar builds the scientific case for seven extreme events that could impact Earth. (Though not as we know it: most of these catastrophes are way down the cosmic line .… Read More

DK Eyewitness Books, 2005. Revised 3rd Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Various photographers & artists. CONDITION: UNREAD 2005 DK Eyewitness Books paperback, revised edition, 3rd printing. THERE IS NEWER PRINTING OF THIS BOOK, BUT NOT A NEWER EDITION. Beautiful color illustrations of the crystals & gems. Discover the many uses of crystals - from spectacular jewelry to technological tools. Oh - unfortunately when I bought this book - originally mine - no time to read), the store stamped "Paid on the inside front cover and top front loose end page.

California: Bellerophon Books, 2008. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. B&W Codex, Stele, Era Drawings. CONDITION: NEW 2008 Bellerophon Books soft cover, no printing given. B&W drawings. CONTENT: The Pre-Columbian civilizations had some masterly artists -- this coloring book contains their finest artwork. There are ballplayers, dancers, calendars, counting devices and a pantheon of gods to be colored. Reviewer: "This is a great book to use in middle and some high school classes. It shows the artwork, style and abilities of PreColumbian artist. Actual figures and glyphs from various archaeologial sites and museum codex pages give history, geography and anthropology students a real sense of PreColumbian life styles, interest, history and religions." Original artwork from stele, Codices, and DePoma Inca art. Also includes Moche art. Excellent! Questions welcome.

Delacorte Press, 2003. 1st Paperback Edition 41st Printing. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Ingri & Edgar d'Aulaire. CONDITION: I have listed this "As New" even though it is UNREAD due to tiny (really) edge wear top spine and a couple of almost invisible impressions to the front cover. The interior is clean and tight. This appears to be the 2003 first paperback edition from Delacorte, 41st printing. There is a newer printing of this book with additions of a new afterword including some d"Aulaire illustrations not published before. CONTENT: This is an NPR 100 Must-Reads for Kids 9-14 selection. In print for over fifty years, D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths has introduced generations to Greek mythology-and continues to enthrall young readers. Here are the greats of ancient Greece-gods and goddesses, heroes and monsters-as freshly described in words and pictures as if they were alive today. No other volume of Greek mythology has inspired as many young readers as this timeless classic. Both adults and… Read More