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Adshead, Gladys. SEVENTEEN TO SING. Oxford University Press 1946 FE. Charming ill. by Decie Merwin. Lyrics by Adshead, music by George Shapiro. Seventeen for little children. 4to. NF/Fair. DJ has small chips and tears. $9.50.
Ames, Lee J. ANIMAL ART. Doubleday 1974 Hardcover. Folio. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $4.
Ames, Lee J. DRAW 50 DOGS. Broadway Books SOFTCOVER 1981, 1986. 0385234317. Ex-lib. Good. $2.50.
Attaway, William. HEAR AMERICA SINGING. The Lion Press 1967. Hardcover. Interesting 3-color ill. by Carolyn Cather, many full-page. Introduction by Harry Belafonte. History of many types of music which played a big part in the formation of our culture. 4to. 185 pp. Very Good. $4.50.
Beckett, Sister Wendy. SISTER WENDY’S STORY OF PAINTING. Dorling Kindersley and the National Gallery of Art 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sonlight catalog, “The best history of painting on the market today.” Large, heavy, beautiful book. 400 pp. with index. Sonlight. 1564586154. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $18.
Beckett, Sister Wendy. A CHILD’S BOOK OF PRAYER IN ART. Dorling Kindersley 1995, first edition. Hardcover. Thirteen museum art prints with a short discussion of the print and a short prayer for young children. Folio. NOT ex-lib. 1564588750. Near-Fine. $6.50.
Blizzard, Gladys. EXPLORING LANDSCAPE ART WITH CHILDREN, Come Look With Me World of Art. Lickle Publishing 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket. Living Books. NOT ex-lib. 0934738955. Book and dust jacket Fine. $7.50.
Brookes, Mona. DRAWING WITH CHILDREN. G. P. Putnam’s SOFTCOVER 1986. A creative teaching and learning method that works for adults, too. 211 pp. 0874773962. Very Good. $3.50.
Bulla, Clyde Robert. STORIES OF GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERAS. Thomas Y. Crowell 1968, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. James & Ruth McCrea. Bulla retells for young readers the stories of eleven Gilbert & Sullivan operas, bringing all his narrative skill and love of music to the task. Includes “H.M.S. Pinafore,” “The Pirates of Penzance,” “The Mikado,” “The Yeoman of the Guard,” and seven others. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket exceptionally bright and clean with no imperfections to the book; dust jacket has a couple of tiny edge tears. $4.50.
Bulla, Clyde Robert. STORIES OF FAVORITE OPERAS. Thomas Y. Crowell 1949, 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Robert Galster. Stories from “Figaro,” “The Barber of Seville,” “Madame Butterfly,” “Carmen,” others. 277 pp. with index. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good with library marks. $4.50.
Casey, William. MASTERPIECES IN ART. Christian Liberty Press 1992. Revised by Michael J. McHugh. SOFTCOVER. Very Good. $3.50.
Follett Publishing. LULLABIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, The Follett Book of Cradle Songs, ed. by Lynne Knudsen. Follett 1967. B/w and full-page color ill. by Jacqueline Tomes, arrangements by Carl Bosler. Includes lyrics, music and drawings for 76 bed-time songs for very little people. Ex-lib. VG+/VG+. $3.50.
Hansl, Eva B. and Kaufmann, Helen L. MINUTE SKETCHES OF GREAT COMPOSERS. Grosset & Dunlap 1932. Hardcover, burgundy cloth over boards. 74 full-page portraits by Samuel Nisenson with one-page bio of each composer from 16th century Palestrina to 20th century George Gershwin. 4to. 159 pp. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $5. Hillyer, V. M. YOUNG PEOPLE’S STORY OF SCULPTURE. Meredith Press 1966. Hardcover. TruthQuest Grades Age of Revolution 2-8. Very Good, bottom edge a little worn. $6.50. Janson, H. W. A BASIC HISTORY OF ART, Fourth Edition. Prentice Hall SOFTCOVER 1992. 526 pp. with index. 0130628786. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50. Janson, H.W. and Janson, Dora Jane. THE STORY OF PAINTING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, From Cave Painting to Modern Times. Harry N. Abrams 1952, first edition. 164 pp. of text and packed with full-page color and b/w museum prints. Ex-lib. Library binding. Very Good. $8.50. Kingfisher. BALLET, Steps, Dancers, Costumes, Performances, Stories, by Kate Castle. Kingfisher 1996 FE. Hardcover. Join young dancers at a ballet class, then watch a ballet company rehearse. Stunning illustrations bring it all to life. Folio. 0753450011. Ex-lib. FFEP removed and frong hinge reinforced with tape. G/VG. $4. Krull, Kathleen. LIVES OF THE MUSICIANS, Good Times, Bad Times (And What the Neighbors Thought). Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich 1993, first edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. Ill. in color by Kathryn Hewitt. Fascinating and humorous stories of 20 famous musicians, each 3-5 pages long - of Chopin, Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, others. 4to. 96 pp. Truthquest Age of Revolution III, grades 3-7. 0152480102. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4. Kuck, Sandra, illustrator. TREASURED FRIENDS, Celebrating the Joys of Friendship. Harvest House 1996. Text by Heather Harpham Kopp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Quotes and short thoughts of what real friendship is, accompanied by Kuck’s nostalgic paintings of childhood. Book & dust jacket As-New. $4. Levy, Judith. GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS SONGBOOK, Heirloom Songs for My Grandchild. Workman Publishing 1992 first edition. Hardcover. Words and music to familiar songs such as “Eency Weency Spider,” “This Old Man,” “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,” “Oh! Susannah,” “Did You Ever See a Lassie?” 36 others. Delicate drawings and decorations by Judy Pelikan. 1563053160. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine, previous owner’s name. $3. Linsley, Emily Lou. SINGING LEAVES, Verses for Childhood’s Happy Hours. Fleming H. Revell 1936. Hardcover. Delightful poems with adorable illustrations by the author. 64 pp. 4to. Cover soil, corners worn; interior good. $5. Longhurst, Terry. I CAN DRAW CARS & TRUCKS. Parragon Publishing SOFTCOVER 2001. 0752556126. Fine. $2.50. Longhurst, Terry. I CAN DRAW SHARKS, WHALES & DOLPHINS. Parragon Publishing SOFTCOVER 2001. 0752556134. Fine. $2.50. Metropolitan Museum of Art. LULLIBIES, An Illustrated Songbook. Harcourt Brace & Co. Gulliver Books 1997, first edition. Hardcover. Music arranged by Richard Kapp. Calm and comforting lullabies from around the world accompanied by appropriate works of art also from around the world. Beautiful book! 4to. 96 pp. NOT ex-lib. 0152017283. $5. Pitts, Lilla Belle; Glenn, Mabelle; Watters, Lorrain. SINGING AS WE PLAY, our Singing World. Ginn and Co. 1949. Softcover. Colorful illustrations by Charles and Dorothea Warren Fox accompany simple music. 48 pp. Very Good. $3. Seeger, Ruth Crawford. ANIMAL FOLK SONGS FOR CHILDREN. Doubleday & Co. 1950. Hardcover with dust jacket. Charming b/w illustrations by Barbara Cooney. Simple songs about every imaginable animal. 4to. 80 pp. NOT ex-lib. Really fun book! Book Very Good, dust jacket torn but good in new protective cover. $5. Taylor, Florence Starr. THE AMISH DRAWINGS OF FLORENCE STARR TAYLOR, Text by David Graybill. Good Books 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket. Taylor’s drawings capture the Amish of her native Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as they were in the 1920’s – 1940’s, and evokes the beauty of a simpler, rural time. NOT ex-lib. 0934672555. Book Fine; front of dust jacket has piece missing. $4.50. Ventura, Piero. GREAT PAINTERS. G. P. Putnam’s 1984. Hardcover. Very clean, sound binding; front free endpaper removed. 0399211152. Very Good+. $8.50. Ventura, Piero. GREAT COMPOSERS. G. P. Putnam’s 1988, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0399217460. Ex-lib. Very clean, sound binding. Very Good+. $8.50. Verdy, Violette. OF SWANS, SUGARPLUMS AND SATIN SLIPPERS, Ballet Stories for Children. Scholastic 1991. Hardcover. Includes full-page, color paintings by Marcia Brown with a short recap of “The Firebird,” “Copelia,” “Swan Lake,” “The Nutcracker,” “Giselle,” and “Sleeping Beauty.” 90 pp. Oblong4to. VG/VG. $6. Weil, Lisl. THE MAGIC OF MUSIC. Holiday House 1989. Entertaining picture book introduction to music. Ill. by the author. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $4.50. Westminster Press. HYMNS FOR JUNIOR WORSHIP. Westminister Press 1940. Hardcover with dust jacket. Chapter headings and decoration by Marguerite de Angeli. Ex-church library. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50. Westminster Press 1935, 1957. WHEN THE LITTLE CHILD WANTS TO SING, For Home School and Church School. 134 songs, 17 instrumental selections and 11 poems that make it easy for little tots to worship in song. VG/G. $8.50. See also CHILDREN’S CRAFTS / ACTIVITY BOOKS / COOKBOOKS / HOBBIES .