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Adamson, Joy. ELSA, The Story of the Famous Lioness of Born Free. Pantheon Books 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket. Short text and many photos from Born Free included in this story of a lioness who was brought up from cubhood by Joy Adamson. Short text. (*) Book Very Good, dust jacket Fair with tears and chips. $3.50.
Adler, David A. HILDE AND ELI, Children of the Holocaust. Holiday House 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hilde Rosenzweig and Eli Lax were among the one-and-a-half million Jewish children who were victims of the Holocaust. This is their story. Ill. in color by Karen Ritz. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Good. $4.
Adler, David A. A PICTURE BOOK OF AMELIA EARHART. Holiday House 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. 0823413152. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Adler, David A. A PICTURE BOOK OF ANNE FRANK. Holiday House 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. 082341003x. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Adler, David A. A PICTURE BOOK OF ANNE FRANK. Holiday House SOFTCOVER 1993. 0823410781. Fine. $2.50.
Adler, David A. A PICTURE BOOK OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER. Holiday House 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. 0823414299Z. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.
Adler, David A. A PICTURE BOOK OF LOUIS BRAILLE. Holiday House SOFTCOVER 1997. 0823414132. Ex-lib. Very Good. $2.
Adler, David A. A PICTURE BOOK OF HELEN KELLER. Holiday House 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $3.
Adler, David A. A PICTURE BOOK OF HELEN KELLER. Scholastic SOFTCOCVER 1990. Very Good, laminated cover. $2.50.
Adler, David A. A PICTURE BOOK OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Holiday House 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0823407705. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Adler, David A. A PICTURE BOOK OF THURGOOD MARSHALL. Holiday House 1997 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Robert Casilla. First African-American to sit on the Supreme Court. Hardcover with dust jacket. 082341308x. Ex-lib. Book & dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.50.
Arnosky, Jim. COME OUT, MUSKRATS. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1989 FE. In Arnosky’s masterful paintings, the teeming life of the cove is revealed as the muskrat’s day turns from late afternoon to sunset to darkness. 0688054579. Near-Fine/VG. $2.50.
Arnosky, Jim. NEAR THE SEA, A Portfolio of Paintings. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard1990, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Author visits an island off the coast of Maine and with his majestic paintings guides the reader over the rocky shoreline. NOT ex-lib. 0688081649. Book and dust jacket Fine. $2.50.
Arnosky, Jim. OTTERS UNDER WATER. G. P. Putnam’s 1992, first edition. Ill. by Arnosky. Simple text by this foremost nature writer/artist with his breathtaking drawings overflowing with wildlife. 0399223398. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $2.
Bennett, William J., editor. THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF HEROES. Simon & Schuster 1997, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. in color by Michael Hague. 110 pp., 21 hero stories. NOT ex-lib. 0684834456. Book Fine, dust jacket Very Good, with pen marks on back. $4.
Berwick, Jean. ARTHUR AND THE GOLDEN GUINEA. Golden Gate Junior Books 1963 BCE. Story of Arthur who lived in Colonial Williamsburg. Fun picture book to introduce little ones to Colonial America. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-3. VG. $3.50.
Birchman, David F. A GREEN HORN BLOWING. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1997 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Thomas B. Allen. During the Great Depression, a wandering farm hand teaches a young boy to play the horn on a special gourd known as a trombolia, teaching him something about life in the process. NOT ex-lib. 0688123899. (#) Book Fine, dust jacket Near-Fine, with 1” tear in back. $2.
Blumberg, Rhoda. JUMBO. Bradbury Press 1992, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Paintings by Jonathan Hunt. True story of Jumbo, the elephant that in 1885 gave us the word “Jumbo,” meaning bigger than big. 0027116832. NOT ex-lib. (#) Book Fine, dust jacket Near-Fine. $2.50.
Borden, Louise. GOOD-BYE, CHARLES LINDBERGH. Margaret K. McElderry 1998, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Thomas B. Allen. The author brings this true story alive as young Harold Gilpin meets his hero, Charles Lindbergh, when Lindbergh lands his bi-plane in a field near Gil’s home. $3.
Brighton, Catherine. GALILEO’S TREASURE BOX. Walker & Co. 1987, 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Dava Sobel. Takes a look at Galileo’s world and work through the eyes of his young daughter. Truthquest Renaissance & Reformation Grades 1-4. 0802787681. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $3.50.
Brown, Don. AMERICAN BOY, The Adventures of Mark Twain. Houghton Mifflin 2003, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Picture book biography of Mark Twain, illustrated in color by the author. 0618179976. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very good. $2.50.
Bunting, Eve. THE WALL. Clarion Books 1990, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. A young boy and his father have a tender moment together when they find the boy’s grandfather listed on the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Washington, D.C. 0395515882. Book and dust jacket Fine. $2.50.
Burleigh, Robert. FLIGHT, The Journey of Charles Lindbergh. Philomel Books 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dramatic, bold paintings by Mike Wimmer in this picture story of Lindbergh’a 1927 flight across the Atlantic. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Buscaglia, Leo. THE FALL OF FREDDIE THE LEAF, A Story of Life for All Ages. Charles B. Slack 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. Card pocket in front, but does not appear to be library copy. $4.50.
Chall, Marsha Wilson. PRAIRIE TRAIN. HarperCollins 2003. Hardcover. Ill. John Thompson. A young girl experiences the thrill of her first train ride when she takes the Great Northern from the country to visit her grandmother in St. Paul, early 20th century. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $3.50.
Cheripko, Jan. CAESAR RODNEY’S RIDE, The Story of an American Patriot. Boyds Mills Press 2004, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story in picture-book format telling of one of the delegates to the Second Continental Congress who made a breakneck 80-mile ride to cast his vote for freedom. 38 pp. with detailed watercolors by Gary Lippincott. Truthquest Age of Revolution 1 Grades 3-6. 1590780655. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $4.
Columbus, Christopher. THE LOG OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, Selections by Steve Loew. Philomel 1992, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Full-page color ill. Robert Sabuda. Brief text in the words of Columbus. 0399221395. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $4.
Dalgliesh, Alice. THE THANKSGIVING STORY. Charles Scribner’s 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Helen Sewell. Tells the historic story of the first Thanksgiving. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
d’Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Doubleday & Co. 1939, very early printing. Hardcover. A wonderful copy, clean and sound; sharp, bright illustrations. Cover has been neatly laminated to preserve it, but it is hardly noticeable. Truthquest Age of Revolution II, Grades 1-3. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $18.
d’Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Doubleday & Co. 1950, stated first edition. Pictorial hardcover. Stone lithographs by the authors. Living books. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-4. Very Good. Cover has been neatly laminated and has kept it from wear nicely. $18.
d’Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar. GEORGE WASHINGTON. Doubleday & Co. 1936, very early printing. Hardcover. A wonderful copy, clean and sound. Illustrations sharp and bright. Cover has been neatly laminated to preserve it, but it is hardly noticeable. Truthquest Age of Revolution I, Grades 1-3. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, small amount of ink marks on front free endpaper. $18.
d’Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar. POCAHONTAS. Doubleday & Co. 1946, very early printing. Hardcover. A wonderful copy, clean and sound. Illustrations sharp and bright. Cover has been neatly laminated to preserve it, but it is hardly noticeable. Truthquest Age of Revolution I, Grades K-3. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, previous owner’s name on front free endpaper. $18.
d’Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar. POCAHONTAS. Doubleday 1946. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by the a’Aulaires. Ex-lib. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades K-3. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $15.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. GALILEO. Macmillan 1992, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. B/w paintings by Fisher. Enlightening and inspiring picture-book story of the “father of modern science.” Truthquest Renaissance and Reformation Grades 1-5. NOT ex-lib. 0027352358. Book and dust jacket As-New. $7.50.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA. Macmillan 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. 002735220x. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. GUTENBERG. Macmillan 1993, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Grades 2-9. 0027352382. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $9.50.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. THE TOWER OF LONDON. Macmillan 1987, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Thirteen exciting episodes of British history from 1066 to 1666 are pictured here in powerful illustrations and text. 0027353702. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. WILLIAM TELL. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1996 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. With vigorous text and stunning, vivid paintings, author tells the story of William Tell. 0374384363. Ex-lib. Book Near-Fine with one library sticker on FFEP; dust jacket Fine with not library markings. $5.
Friedrich, Elizabeth. LEAH’S PONY. Boyds Mills Press 1996, stated first edition. Hardcover. Ill. Michael Garland. A wonderful and touching picture-book story of a family farm that had to be auctioned during the Great Depression, and a sensitive little girl who tried to help her father. NOT ex-lib. 1563971895. Fine. $7.50.
Fuchs, Bernie. RIDE LIKE THE WIND, A Tale of the Pony Express. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2005. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-4. 0439735823. Near-Fine. $3.
George, Jean Craighead. THE FIRST THANKSGIVING. Philomel 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket. Paintings by Tom Locker. 0399219919. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $3.
George, William T. BEAVER AT LONG POND. Greenwillow Books 1988, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Lindsay Barrett George. Wonderful illustrations by Lindsay Barrett George with this story of a day in the life of a beaver. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $3.50.
George, Lindsay Barrett. IN THE SNOW: WHO’S BEEN HERE? Greenwillow Books 1995, first edition. Hardcover. Two children on their way to go sledding see evidence of a variety of animal life, with beautiful paintings identifying the animals indicated. NOT ex-lib. 0688123201. Very Good. $3.
Gerrard, Roy. SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, His Daring Deeds. Farrar-Straus 1988 FE. Hardcover with dust jacket. Picture-book biography with comical illustrations by the author. Truthquest Grades K-4. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Gibbons, Gail. MONARCH BUTTERFLY. Holiday House 1989, first edition. Inscribed and signed by author. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket has a little wear. $3.
Giblin, James Cross. GEORGE WASHINGTON, A Picture Book Biography. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1992. Paintings by Michael Dooling. NOT ex-lib. 059042551x. Very Good. $2.50.
Happy Day Book. GOD MADE BIRDS, by Yvonne Patterson. Standard Publishing 1983. Hardcover. Ill. John Winright. Very Good. $2.
Harness, Cheryl. ABE LINCOLN GOES TO WASHINGTON, 1837-1865. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1999. Truthquest Age of Revolution II, Grades 1-4. NOT ex-lib. 0590379682. Fine. $4.
Harness, Cheryl. GEORGE WASHINGTON. National Geographic 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Age of Revolution I grades 3-6. 0792270967. Ex-lib. Book Good with rippling at bottom of pages; dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Harness, Cheryl. REMEMBER THE LADIES, 100 Great American Women. Harper Collins 2001 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. With detailed, vivid illustrations, the author introduces the reader to 100 illustrious American women form colonial poet Phillis Wheatley and Civil War nurse Clara Barton to comic actress Lucille Ball. Unpaged. 068817017x. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.
Harness, Cheryl. THREE YOUNG PILGRIMS. Aladdin SOFTCOVER 1992, 1995. Truthquest Age of Revolution I, grades 1-4. NOT ex-lib. 0689802080. Fine. $3.50.
Harness, Cheryl. YOUNG JOHN QUINCY. Bradbury Press 1994 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Through the eyes of young John Quincy Adams, Harness gives the reader a close-up view of what it must have been like to live in the turbulent times of the American Revolution. 0027426440. Ex-lib. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Very Good with a 1” x 2” piece cut from back. $4.50.
Hazen, Barbara Shook. KATIE’S WISH. Dial Books 2002, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Emily Arnold McCully. Beautiful picture-book story of longing and forgiveness set during the Irish potato famine of the 1840’s. 0803724780. Ex-lib. with minimal markings. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $6.
Hest, Amy. WHEN JESSIE CAME ACROSS THE SEA. Candlewick Press 1997, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. When young Jessie is chosen by the rabbi to travel to America from Eastern Europe, she and her beloved grandmother feel their hearts will break. Exquisitely-illustrated and beautifully-told story of American immigration. 0763600946. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Hines, Gary. THE DAY OF THE HIGH CLIMBER. Greenwillow Books 1994, first edition. Hardcover. Excellent watercolors by Anna Grossnickle Hines. When two young boys go with their father to work at a turn-of-the-century logging camp, they are thrilled to watch a “high climber” climb a huge tree and take off the branches and the top of the tree. NOT ex-lib. 0688114946. (#) Fine. $2.50.
Hodges, Margaret. THE TRUE TALE OF JOHNNY APPLESEED. Holiday House 1997, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Great illustrations by Kimberly Bulcken Root. 0823412822. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Hopkinson, Deborah. BIRDIE’S LIGHTHOUSE. Atheneum Anne Schwartz Book 1997, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Based upon the experiences of several true-life lighthouse heroines of the 1800’s. Watercolor illustrations by Kimberly Bulcken Root. 0689810520. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.50.
Johnson, Ann Donegan. THE VALUE OF FAIRNESS, The Story of Nellie Bly. A Value Tale. Value Communications 1977. Hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $3.
Johnson, Ann Donegan. THE VALUE OF HELPING, The Story of Harriet Tubman. A Value Tale. Value Communications 1979. Hardcover. Truthquest Age of Revolution 2, Grades 1-4. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.
Johnson, Ann Donegan. THE VALUE OF RESPECT, The Story of Abraham Lincoln. A Value Tale. Value Communications 1977. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-4. Hardcover. 0916392147. Very Good. $3.
Johnson, Crockett. WILL SPRING BE EARLY? OR WILL SPRING BE LATE? Thomas Y. Crowell 1964 (E. M. Hale edition). Hardcover. Ill. by the author. (#). Ex-lib. Good. $2.
Johnston, Tony. THE WAGON. Tambourine Books 1996, stated first edition. Paintings by Jamees E. Ransome. Hardcover with dust jacket. Touching and sad picture-book story of a young boy born into slavery in the South. 0688134572. Book and dust jacket As-New. $3.50.
Karr, Kathleen. MAMA WENT TO JAIL FOR THE VOTE. Hyperion Books for Children 2005, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Malene Laugesen. Humorous and fictionalized view of the women’s suffrage movement. 0786805935. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Kay, Verla. GOLD FEVER. G. P. Putnams’ 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. S. D. Schindler. In rollicking rhyme, Jasper is off to California with dreams of gold, but in the end discovers farming is not so bad. 0399230270. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $2.50.
Kroll, Steven. ELLIS ISLAND, DOORWAY TO FREEDOM. Holiday House 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Karen Ritz. Picture-book history of U. S. immigration and Ellis Island. 0823411923. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $4.50.
Kroll, Steven. OH, WHAT A THANKSGIVING! Scholastic 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. S. D. Schindler. David, a modern boy, imagines being at Plymouth Colony and celebrating the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims. 0590406132. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Lang, Robert. OLD GLORY, An American Treasure. Lang Company 1999. Hardcover. With breathtaking, bright, vivid folk art by Susan Winget, gives a patriotic picture-book over-view of American history. Neat book! One page has 3” repaired tear. Otherwise VG+, no dust jacket. $3.
Lasker, Joe. THE GREAT ALEXANDER THE GREAT. Viking Press 1983, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Full-page color illustrations by author. Truthquest Ancient Greece grades K-3. 0670348414. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.
Lasky, Kathryn. BORN IN THE BREEZES, The Seafaring Life of Joshua Slocum. Orchard Book 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Walter Lyon Krudop. Picture-book biography of one of the greatest sailing captains of the nineteenth century. 0439293057. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.
Lasky, Kathryn. HERCULES, The Man, the Myth, the Hero. Hyperion Books 1997 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dramatic vivid color illustrations by Mark Hess. Picture-book saga of one of the most fascinating Greek heroes, Hercules, the son of Zeus. 0786822740. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.
Let’s Learn. SPANISH PICTURE DICTIONARY. SRA/McGraw-Hill 1991. Hardcover. By the editors of Passport Books. 33 pages of Spanish words and pictures with Spanish-English Glossary and Index. 0844275581. Folio. Very Good, one page has repaired tear. $4.
Littlesugar, Amy. JOSIAH TRUE AND THE ART MAKER. Simon and Schuster 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Barbara Garrison. More than anything, Josiah True wants his portrait painted by Patience Cage the art maker back in the Connecticut River Valley in 1817. Truthquest Age of Revolution 2, Grades 1-4. 0671883542. (#) Book Near-Fine with previous owner’s name, dust jacket Fine. $2.
Marzollo, Jean. IN 1492. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1991. Ill. Steve Bjorkman. Story of Columbus’s voyage in simple rhyming text and captivating illustrations. 059044414x. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $2.50.
McKenna, Virginia. BACK TO THE BLUE, A True-Life Adventure. Millbrook Press 1997. Hardcover. Ill. by Ian Andrew. Story of three dolphins in captivity in the U.K. who are returned to the wild. Includes a section with facts and photos about the real rescue effort on which the story was based. NOT ex-lib. 0761304096. Very Good, writing on rear free endpaper. $2.50.
Metaxas, Eric. SQUANTO AND THE MIRACLE OF THANKSGIVING. Tommy Nelson 1999. Hardcover. Beautifully illustrated by Shannon Stirnweis. Extraordinary story, telling how God miraculously wove together the life of a lonely Patuxet brave and a struggling band of English Pilgrims in such a way that would bless the whole world for centuries to come. Excellent! 0849958644. NOT ex-lib. Book Near-Fine, previous owner’s name. $7.50.
Miller, Cameron and Falla, Dominique. WOODLORE. Ticknor & Fields 1995, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. For young children, the authors celebrate the history of woodworking, while explaining the traditional uses of different woods and using exquisite paintings with little text. Rich and unusual introduction to wood and woodworking. 0395720346. Book and dust jacket Fine with previous owner’s name. $6.50.
Pallotta, Jerry. THE UNDERWATER ALPHABET BOOK. Charlesbridge Publishing 1991. Vivid, colorful ill. by Edgar Stewart. From Angelfish to Zebra Pipefish, this alphabet book describes the amazing tropical creatures that live in the coral reef. Unpaged. 0881064610. Fine, previous owner’s bookplate. $3.
Parker, Nancy Winslow. LOCKS, CROCS, & SKEETERS, The Story of the Panama Canal. Greenwillow Books 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by the author. NOT ex-lib. 0688122418. (#) Book and dust jacket As-New. $2.50.
Paterson, John & Katherine. BLUEBERRIES FOR THE QUEEN. HarperCollins 2004, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Based on a true story. During World War II, when Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands fled the country and spent time in Massaschusetts, a young boy was allowed to present to her personally a basket of freshly picked blueberries. Neat story! 0066239427. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $6.50.
Pease, Josephine van Dolzen. THIS IS THE WORLD. Rand McNally & Co. 1944, 1946. Ill. in color by Esther Friend. Presents to small children a global concept of the earth and its people. Introduces them to gravity, the purpose for air, the treasures that are found under the ground, etc. 4to. 72 pp. Good. $3.50.
Poole, Josephine. JOAN OF ARC. Alfred A. Knopf 1998, first Am. edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Majestically illustrated by Angela Barrett. Truthquest Middle Ages, grades 2-6. NOT ex-lib. 0679890416. Book and dust jacket Fine. $4.
Provensen, Alice and Martin. OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS AT MAPLE HILL FARM. Random House 1974. Hardcover. Huge, captivating animal illustrations by the Provensens that little ones will love. (The mother pig and babies are a double page spread!) Folio. Sonlight P3/4. 0394821238. NOT ex-lib. Bright and clean with just a touch of wear at spine ends. $10.
Rockwell, Anne. OUR YARD IS FULL OF BIRDS. Macmillan 1992, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Little text with large, full-color illustrations of commonly-seen birds by Lizzy Rockwell. 002777273x. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Rosenblum, Richard. JOURNEY TO THE GOLDEN LAND. The Jewish Publication Society 1992, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Readers will marvel at the courage it took for Benjamin and his Jewish family to make their way from the persecution of Russia to the golden land of America. Artwork taken from photos of families who had similar experiences. Unpaged. 082760405x. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $4.
San Souci, Robert. N. C. WYETH’S PILGRIMS. Chronicle Books 1991, Illustrations copyright 1945. Exquisite paintings by N. C. Wyeth bring to life the story of our country’s beginnings. Truthquest Age of Revolution. 0877018065. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $8.50.
Sasek, Miroslav. THIS IS SAN FRANCISCO. Universe 2003 (Originally published by Simon & Schuster, 1962, updated for the 21st century). Hardcover with dust jacket. 60 pages of color ill. and a little text. Folio. Mint/Mint. $8.50.
Sis, Peter. FOLLOW THE DREAM, The Story of Christopher Columbus. Alfred A. Knopf 1991, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. In a pictorial retelling, Christopher Columbus overcomes a number of obstacles to fulfill his dream of sailing west to find a new route to the Orient. Truthquest Renaissance & Reformation Grades K-3. 0679806288. Folio. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $6.50.
Sis, Peter. PLAY, MOZART, PLAY. Greenwillow Books 2006, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sis introduces small children to the child genius Mozart in this picture-book tribute to the beauty of listening, looking, imagining, and – most of all – playing! NOT ex-lib. 0061121819. Book and dust jacket Fine. $4.
Sis, Peter. STARRY MESSENGER, A Book Depicting the Life of a Famous Scientist – Mathematician – Astronomer – Philosopher Physicist Galileo Galilei. Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1996, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Renaissance & Reformation, Grades 1-3. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. Truthquest Grades 1-3. $8.50.
Stanley, Diaine. JOINING THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. Jump Back in Time With the Time Traveling Twins. HarperCollins 2001, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0060270683. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Stanley, Diane and Vennema, Peter. BARD OF AVON, The Story of William Shakespeare. Morrow Junior Books 1992 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Renaissance & Reformation Grades 3-7. 0688091083. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $9.
Stanley, Diane & Vennema, Peter. CHARLES DICKENS, The Man Who Had Great Expectations. William Morrow 1993, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Age of Revolution II Grades 3-7. 0688091113. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.
Stanley, Diane and Vennema, Peter. CLEOPATRA. Morrow Junior Books 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket. Living Books. Truthquest Ancient Egypt Grades 3-7. 0688104134. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket As-New. $9.50.
Stanley, Diane and Vennema, Peter. CLEOPATRA. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1998. Living Books. Truthquest Ancient Egypt Grades 3-7. 0590510622. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Stanley, Diane and Vennema, Peter. GOOD QUEEN BESS, The Story of Elizabeth I of England. Harper Collins 1990 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Renaissance & Reformation grades 2-10. 0688179614. Ex-lib. with library stamp on edge of closed pages. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.50.
Stanley, Diane. JOAN OF ARC. Morrow Junior Books 1998 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Truthquest Grades 3-7. 068814330x. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $9.
Stanley, Diane. JOAN OF ARC. HarperCollins SOFTCOVER 1998. Truthquest Grades 3-7. 0064437485. Near-Fine. $5.
Stanley, Diane. LEONARDO DA VINCI. Morrow Junior Books 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sonlight. Truthquest Renaissance & Reformation Grades 3-8. 0688104371. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fine. $8.50.
Stanley, Diane. LEONARDO DA VINCI. Morrow Junior Books 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sonlight. Truthquest Renaissance & Reformation Grades 3-8. 0688104371. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Stanley, Diane. MICHELANGELO. HarperCollins 2000, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. Stanley. Truthquest Renaissance & Reformation grades 3-10. 0688150853. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.
Stanley, Diane. PETER THE GREAT. Collier Macmillan 1986, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sonlight 2. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 2-8. 0027867900. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.50.
Stanley, Diane and Vennema, Peter. SHAKA KING OF THE ZULUS. Morrow Junior Books 1988 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Picture-book biography of the powerful 19th-century military genius and Zulu chief. 0688073425. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Stanley, Diane, illustrator. THE LAST PRINCESS, The Story of Princess Ka’iulani of Hawai’i, by Fay Stanley. Four Winds Press 1991, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0027867854. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Turner, Ann. ABE LINCOLN REMEMBERS. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2002. Paintings by Wendell Minor. Picture-book story of Lincoln’s life told in the first person (historical fiction). Truthquest Age of Revolution II grades 1-3. NOT ex-lib. 0439405505. Fine. $3.
Turner, Ann. NETTIE’S TRIP SOUTH. Macmillan 1987, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Ronald Himler. Picture-book story based on the real diary of the author’s great-grandmother. A powerful and deeply moving account of one girl’s reaction to slavery in the South. 0027892409. Ex-lib., no marks on dust jacket. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Wallner, Alexandra. ABIGAIL ADAMS. Holiday House 2001, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by the author. 0823414426. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Wallner, Alexandra. BETSY ROSS. Holiday House 1994, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by the author. Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-3. 0823410714. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Wallner, Alexandra. THE FIRST AIR VOYAGE IN THE UNITED STATES. The Story of Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Holiday House 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket. Recounts the voyage of a French aeronaut by hot air balloon from Philadelphia to Woodbury, New Jersey in 1793. Ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Watts, Mabel. FEATHERED FRIENDS. Rand McNally 1957. Hardcover. Introducing young children to different varieties of birds with lyrical rhymes accompanied by full-page color ill. by Marge Opitz. 4to. (*) VG. $3.
Willard, Nancy. THE VOYAGE OF THE LUDGATE HILL, Travels With Robert Louis Stevenson. Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich 1987 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Nancy Willard writes a poem taken from Stevenson’s letters on a unique crossing of the Atlantic. Delightful word pictures describe a remarkable adventure. Wonderful illustrations by Alice and Martin Provensen. 0152944648. One library stamp on closed pages. (#) Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Winter, Kay. ABE LINCOLN, The Boy Who Loved Books. Simon & Schuster 2003, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Captivating illustrations by Nancy Carpenter. This picture-book story to introduce young children to Abe will hold their interest and yours also! Truthquest Age of Revolution Grades 1-3. 0689825544. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.50.
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