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Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1997. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Stephan Gammell. CONDITION: Very good + overall, 1977 Coward, McCann hardcover (tan boards) & dust jacket (in mylar jacket), first edition, assumed first printing. The book has been lightly perused on shelf but is overall clean & tight. The dust jacket shows light edge wear top edge. I know, it sounds like less than very good +. The sepia-tone illustrations by Gammell are perfect for the subject and the text. CONTENT: He is a buffalo out of Montana. He has humped shoulders and slits for eyes. . . . Just remember, old blossom eater, you can stare down the wind. This old rodeo ain't everything. Alice Yazzie is eleven, going on twelve, and with each month that passes she is beginning to see, beginning to feel. In January, she carries the smallest lamb into the hogan, because "He's all new and starry. He's too new to be cold." In July, she walks to market. "Six miles for cupcakes and strawberry pop!" In October,… Read More

Scholastic Press, 1999. 1st Edition 13th printing. Hardcover. New/New. Greg Shed color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 1999 Scholastic Press hardcover (butterfly boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, 13th printing. Simply beautiful color illustrations by Greg Shed. CONTENT: A girl saves a caterpillar, "a small black creature/ like a tiny worm,/ ...from a greedy jay/ who wanted it/ for lunch." Her grandpa explains that she has found a larva that will become a butterfly, and the two make a shoebox home for it, decorated with cut-paper flowers and topped with a sky-blue lid and a "curve of rainbow/ like a hug/ to keep her safe." When the caterpillar transforms into a painted lady, the girl lets it go. Many years later, when the granddaughter has reached her grandfather's age, butterflies continue to flock to her garden. Ultimately, the larva forms a chrysalis, undergoes the marvelous metamorphosis into a Painted Lady butterfly, and is set free by the… Read More

London: Hermes House, 2010. Reissue . Soft cover. New. Cathie Shuttleworth color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2010 Hermes House large paperback, no printing given, reissue. Wonderful soft, sweet color illustrations by Cathie Shuttleworth. CONTENT: The poems are divided into sections: Animals & Birds; Weather & Seasons, Bright & BEautiful, Dreams & Wonders, Songs of the Sea, Tales of Travel, Childhood, At the End of the Day, Love & Adventure, Songs & Balads, Boys & Girls, Magic & Mystery, Sights and Sounds, Music and Dancing, Sadness & Happiness. The range of poems is impressive. I like that "Ozymandias" is included - a thoughtful poem that can be appreciated at any age. Questions welcome. [1 copy]

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.

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

Semillitas De Espanol (CANTA). Assumed First Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. color illustrations by various illustrators. CONDITION: UNREAD Semillitas De Espanol (CANTA) paperback (stapled wraps), no date nor edition given. I believe this may have had a CD with it, but I don't have it. Wonderful color illustrations for the English & Spanish clever poems. A very nice bilingual book for kids. Questions welcome & answered.

HarperCollins, 1998. 1st Paperback Edition 14th printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Rod Clement color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 1998 HarperColins large paperback, first PB edition, first American edition, 14th printing. Rod Clement color illustrations. CONTENT: A fable for children! Sheena Knowles's upbeat, rhyming text and Rod Clement's expressive illustrations are sure to make readers laugh out loud. Tired of his life as an emu, Edward decides to try being something else for a change. He tries swimming with the seals, he spends a day lounging with the lions, and even slithers with the snakes. But Edward soon discovers that being an emu may be the best thing after all. This picture book is an excellent choice to share in the classroom or at home-both adults and kids will laugh at and sympathize with Edward the Emu. Be yourself.

Dutton Children's Books, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Stephen Mackey color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1999 Dutton Children's Books hardcover (decorated boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Problem: 1 corner bumped and a tiny bit of edge wear top DJ edge. Interior clean, tight, perfect. Wonderful oil painting illustration by Stephen Mackey. CONTENT: Yolen heralds the seductive charms of fairyland in this volume of stories and poems, masterfully illustrated with Mackey's mystical oil paintings. The selections present a wide range of fairy lore from the British Isles, Greece, Persia, New Zealand and southern Africa and include such classics as W.B. Yeats's "The Stolen Child," William Allingham's "The Fairies" and the Scottish folktale "Thomas the Rhymer." Some of the pieces describe fairyland as an idyllic escape from the rough-and-tumble of everyday life, while others warn against the dangers of fairy kidnappers (Ben… Read More

USA: Orchard Books, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Stephen Alcorn. CONDITION: NEW 2002 Orchard hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Decorated end pages. Bright colorful illustrations by Stephen Alcorn. CONTENT: From prairies to parks, reservations to ranches, cities to suburbs, this collection of poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins will resonate with readers everywhere. With poems by today's most gifted contemporary poets, including: Alice Schertle, Janet Wong and Jane Yolen, "Home . . . To Me" is a mosaic of traditional and non-traditional dwellings. "Home . . . To Me" creates a place where everyone is welcome. Poems by Dotlich, Bruchac, Joan Graham, Brug, Patricia Hubbe, Hawaway, Yolen, Tony Johnston, Lamm, Janet Wong, Sharon Darrow, Ann Paul, Lillian Fisher, Alice Schertle, and Lee Hopkins.

HarperCollins, 2002. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Stephen Alcorn. CONDITION: NEW 2002 HarperCollins hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, 3rd printing. Wonderful "relief-block prints" by Stephen Alcorn. Tiny edge wear top DJ edge. CONTENT: Readers won't find sentimental odes to new puppies or baskets of cozy kittens here. These 14 poems, inspired by artist Stephen Alcorn's masterful woodcuts, celebrate animals in all their bizarre shapes and fierce wildness. From the bouncy, rhymed couplets of Lillian Fisher's "Camel" ("His body is lumpy, / knees calloused and bumpy") to the single line of contemplative free verse in Tony Johnston's "Iguana," the poems, most by well-known poets, range widely in style and tone. Many assume an animal's first-person voice with powerful immediacy; others are more layered and atmospheric. But each selection centers around physical images of the animals' distinctive movement, body, and personality, often echoed in inventive… Read More

Voyager Books, 2002. 1st Paperback Edition 6th Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Douglas Florian color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2002 Voyager Books large paperback, first paperback edition, 6th printing. Color illustrations by the Author, Douglas Florian. CONTENT: The silly, imaginative verses about whirligig beetles and waterbugs (almost) match the exquisite pictures in playfulness and wit. The result is downright stunning. "Mosquitoes are thin./Mosquitoes are rude./They feast on your skin/For take-out food." Children will delight in the playful language and hilarious illustrations while they learn about twenty-one insects that will bug or beguile them. From swooping dragonflies and twirling whirligig beetles to marching army ants and feasting mosquitoes, here is one pest infestation you'll welcome into your home! Ages 7+. So much fun.

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

E.P. Dutton, 1986. 1st American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Jane Pinkney color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD 1986 EP Dutton hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover). first US edition, first printing. Originally published in the UK. Tiny (really) edge wear to top DJ edge at spine. Absolutely adorable & detailed color and B&W illustrations by Jane Pinkney. CONTENT: Poems about 14 precious anthropomorphic mice, accompanied by watercolor illustrations of Victorian costumed mice in quaint, cozy, country settings going about their mostly domestic activities. Each nicely designed double-page spread contains a narrative poem, color illustration, and smaller pencil drawing of the same mouse in another pose. The poems, mostly about baking, cleaning, gathering eggs, and the like, have strong rhythms and solid rhyme patterns. K - Gr 2. Actually adults will love the illustrations here, as well.

Schwartz & Wade (Random House), 2011. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/As New. Leo & Diane Dillon color illus.. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, Schwartz & Wade large hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, second printing. The book is perfect, BUT - the DJ shows some light edge wear top & bottom spine with a loss-of-color spot top back edge. I may be able to make this better but no matter, it's there now. The color illustrations by the remarkable Dillons are powerful and have the appearance of block prints. CONTENT: This gorgeous picture book by Newbery Honor winner Patricia C. McKissack and two-time Caldecott Medal-winning husband-and-wife team Leo and Diane Dillon is sure to become a treasured keepsake for African American families. Set in West Africa, this a lyrical story-in-verse is about a young black boy who is kidnapped and sold into slavery, and his father who is left behind to mourn the loss of his son.… 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

Orchard Books, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. color illus by Helen Davie. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2000 Orchard hardcover (pictorial boards) BUT NO DUST JACKET, first edition, first printing. bottom 2 tips are very lightly bumped. Stunningly beautiful color illustrations by Helen Davie. Northern Lights dreams. CONTENT: An evocation of the human response to the aurora borealis. Esbensen's poetry invites readers to consider the northern lights and the myths and legends that peoples have created in their honor over the ages. Musquakie, Finnish, Ottawa, Scandinavian, Russian, Hungarian and other pourquoi tales mingle fleetingly on the pages of the book. Several concluding pages expand on the legends mentioned in the poetic text, describe the various forms of the aurora, and give some scientific information about the phenomena and its southern twin, the aurora australis. Davie's double-page spreads in pastel and gouache are notable for presenting… 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

Scholastic, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Pamela Zagarenski color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2010 Scholastic large hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Wonderful, colorful illustrations by Pamela Zagarenski. CONTENT: The changing seasons have been the subject of many a picture book, but this one has a particularly unique take on the topic. Each season is explored in terms of how it encompasses colors. In the spring, "Red sings / from treetops . . . / each note dropping / like a cherry / into my ear." Green "peeks from buds," and yellow "slips goldfinches their spring jackets." Succeeding seasons offer other opportunities for the colors to spread their particular magic. In summer, "white clinks in drinks." The blue in water takes on many names: "turquoise, azure, cerulean." Sidman also brings other senses to the fore. Old leaves and crushed berries smell purple. And though one… Read More

Scholastic, 1998. 1st Paperback Edition 8th printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Schott Nash color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD 1998 Scholastic large (really) paperback, first paperback edition, 8th printing. STAPLED WRAPS. Clever and fun color illustrations by Scott Nash. NOTE: I suppose this should be a warning of some sort - if children manage to dislodge the staples and eat them, that would be a bad thing. CONTENT: Rhymed couplets. What do Dinos do on a Saturday night? They dance - or rather, stomp. All of the Dinos are by name and each has his own particular oddities. They did the Triassic Twist and the Brontosaurus Bump, The Raptor Rap and the Jurassic Jump. Very clever; very cute. Young paleontologists should love.

Little, Brown, 1994. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Marc Brown color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 1994 Little, Brown large paperback, first PB edition, first printing. Tons of horrible, funny, gruesome (not really) color illustrations by the Author. Stories in Rhyme. CONTENT: OK, my favorite is "How to Scare Your Friends" which tells you eyeballs - use peeled grapes; fingers? use green beans, etc. An illustrated collection of spooky stories, poems, and riddles including a humorous array of ghosts, monsters, ghouls, and witches. Reviewer: " This is an excellent collection of poems and rhymes edited and illustrated by that friendly aardvark Arthur's creator Marc Brown. The drawings are in the same style as the Arthur stories and some of Arthur's friends even make appearances lightening the mood even more from scary to silly. The ominous looking but genial Binky Barnes stars in an especially cute poem. My favorite nightmare defeating rhyme "The Adventures of… Read More