Childrens Books / Humor

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, 2003. First American Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Roberts, David. In this eagerly awaited sequal to A House Called Awful End, Eddie Dickens narrowly avoids being blown up, trampled by horses, hit by a hot-air balloon, and arrested - only to find himself falling head over heels for a girl with a face like a camel's and in the hands of a murderous gang of escaped convicts, up on the misty moors, who have a "little job" for him to do. 123 page including a glossary. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Berenstain, Jan and Stan. A Cub Club edition, this is a fun children's book with illustrations in color by the authors. The two young bears bring you into their home sweet tree and take the reader on a tour of their tree from the cellar to the second floor. Very slight rubbing on the bottom corners; binding is clean and bright, no marks. The pages are also bright, clean, with no marks or tears. 32 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Scholastic, Inc., 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. This is the story of Jack, who finds his voice in poetry with the help of paper, pencil, his teacher and a dog. There are 86 pages to this story, then additional poems that were used by the teacher Ms. Stretchberry in her class. These amount to eight poems. The binding is bright yellow, the text is in a sort of purple-blue color, very resting on the eyes! 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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United Kingdom: Chrysalis, 2002. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Crowson, Andrew. Mix and match ten hard-working people to create the craziest career changes you've ever seen! Cross a detective with an astronaut, a builder with a chef! Your child will have lots of fun with this heavy-board book. Brightly illustrated. Additional copy available. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Greenwillow Books, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Hafner, Marylin. For ages 7 and up. A no-account little tornado comes twirling along. It means no great harm, but for the animals in the shadow of Barefoot Mountain life will never be the same. A 400-pound hog finds a wind-tossed harmonica and learns to play. Emperor Floyd, a wild rooster, is frightened into insomnia and keeps everyone awake by crowing in the middle of the night. Stumblefrog discovers a sack of Mexican jumping beans left in the path of the twister, and guess what happens? Most curious of all, the storm drops a "strange little animal, all pink skin and bones, lying in a heap against a hollow log." Its fur or feathers have been plucked clean by the tornado, and no one can guess what the nature of odd animal the "Windblown Child" is. Everyone is in for a huge and wondrous surprise! In these six broad comedies, Newbery Medal winner Sid Fleischman again proves himself to be a wizard of the American tall tale. 48 pages, fully illustrated in color. The cover is a glossy pictorial. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harry N Abrams Inc, 2004. First Printing. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket. Froud, Brian; Froud, Wendy. This collaboration of Ari Berk (text) and Brian and Wendy Froud (art and 3D goblinizations) produced a truly odd and humorous volume. Throughout the book are wonderful 'photographs' of goblins and information about their habits, their history, and themselves. Unfortunately, some of the goblins got hold of the manuscript and in a big, red crayon changed some of the wording here, added some wording there, clearly attempting to make the most of themselves. Also included, luckily, is an anti-goblin device. 89 pages, including a checklist to determine if you have goblins. The binding is padded. Published without a jacket, fully illustrated in color. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Warner Books Inc, 1997. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Jones, Chuck. Chuck Jones' career at Warner Bros. Animation spans the entire history of the studio and most of the history of animation itself. In illustrating this book, it was kept in the original sketch form. He was integral in the development of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, our two stars in this book. Daffy Duck is, as always, fed up by Bugs. After 60 years of scheming, Daffy has found a foolproof way to carry out his vision, and that is to become President of the United States. There's only the small problem of actually becoming president, but he knows what he'll do when that happens. He will declare Rabbit Season, twelve months a year! With roadblocks at every turn, and Bugs there to point out billboards, it soon becomes a battle of wits, Looney Tunes style! Fully illustrated. The jacket has a very small tear at the bottom front corner. 28 pages, oversized book. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: The Viking Press, 1967. Hard Bound, Pictorial. Very Good/Very Good. Domanska, Janina. The Petersons lived in a comfortable old house - a big red one - down by a Swedish river which played a very important part in their lives. When it froze over, neighbors used it for a road, with horses pulling sleighs between farms. Meg, almost ten, was really named Margaret, but only called that when she was naughty. She heard that name a lot, because Meg was great at devising all sorts of escapades. Binding has light wear on the bottom edge. The dust jacket, covered in mylar, has a chip on the top and a tiny tear at the spine. 139 pages, a few have light soil marks; the first two pages have a wrinkle close to the spine. No tears. Price not clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1957. 10th Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Knight, Hilary. The illustrations are in the 3rd printing in this edition. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle was one of my favorite characters as a child because of her absolute good humor and love of children. Whenever something bad happened, she would cheerfully fix it right up without scolding or getting angry or flustered. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Harper & Row, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bloom, Lloyd. Binding is very good, slight discoloration on the back. 117 pages, detailed illustrations throughout, pages fine. more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. The Junior Literary Guild. Hard Bound, Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. Robinson, Jessie. Henry Jones wants to buy a bicycle. He decided which one was best; now he had to come up with the money. Luckily, a job practically fell into his lap and he became old Mrs.Turnipseed's hired boy. She tested him first and he passed, so he was to help her with all sorts of things because, at the age of 100, she decided it was time for a family reunion. Written with great humor and full of surprises. The dark orange binding has a monotone picture of Henry on the front along with a model ship and what looks like treasure. 127 pages, nicely illustrated, no marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dutton Childrens Books, 1986. Sixth Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Murphy, Chuck. Once again, Pooh appears in a delightful pop-up version of a much loved book. Watch Pooh build a house for Eeyore - see him being Knighted. Discover what Tigger eats for breakfast (no, not piglet!) and how he escapes from the Tall Pine Tree. See how Eeyore plays Poohsticks - and what happens to Owl's house. Christopher Robin, Piglet, Rabbit, and the other familiary Forest characters join Pooh in these six lively pop-up adventures - all most ingeniously constructed to delight Pooh fans everywhere. Paper engineering was done by Keith Mosley. Chuck Murphy adopted E. H. Shepard's drawings for this book. Includes six complex pop-ups; on the last one Christopher Robin's sword (twig) is a bit bent, and the piece that one uses to make it go up and down is missing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Coffee House Press, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Morice, David. This is a delightful little book for children learning the alphabet. "Twas the night before X, when all through the Y Not a letter was stirring, not even an I;" The author uses the alphabet throughout to change the words of this well-known poem - just for fun! Unpaginated, illustrated throughout, this Small Press book is bound in red cloth with gold lettering and a gold St. Alphabet. The jacket is illustrated front and back. 5 3/8" x 7" wide. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. more information

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Santa Rosa, CA: Classic Press, 1968. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Irwin, Don. Volume 9. Binding is very colorful, slight wear at the corners. At the bottom of the binding on front and back is a small area damaged, as though the book had been pressed into something. The spine is tight. 279 pages, edges are slightly yellowed from age, otherwise fine. These books are educational as well as fun to read. Words that may not be familiiar are defined in the margin, often with an illustration. Other volumes are available - search this bookstore using keyword "Classic." 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 2002. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. New/New. McCauley, Adam. Told at a quicksilver pace, the stories are furious and funny." - Booklist. Joe, Sam, and Fred thought they'd just stay safely in their neighborhood and work on Sam's newest invention. But somehow they've landed on top of one very high Brooklyn Bridge tower. Looking across to Manhattan, they don't see any skyscrapers. The Statue of Liberty is missing. So is most of the Brooklyn Bridge for that matter! The Time Warp Trio has accidently cross-wired The Book with Sam's invention. They've managed to warm themselves back to Brookly in 1877. All kinds of things like lightbulbs, phonographs, and pro baseball are about to be invented - or maybe not. 74 pages, a chapter book in a reinforced binding for ages 7-11. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House Children's Books, 1957. Hard Bound, Pictorial. Very Good/No Jacket. Seuss, Dr. (illustrator). The very funny story of two children stuck indoor on a rainy day with nothing much to do. But the Cat in the Hat shows up and all sorts of things turn up to do, not all would mother appreciate, but the children had a great day! Corner are worn including spine ends. Light shelf wear on the top and bottom edges. Some scuffs on the front. 61 pages, all illustrated in color. No marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Joanna Cotler Books, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket. For ages 10 and up. Forty-three stories feature such characters as guardian angels who run away from their charges, witches who use the Internet to stalk their victims, and pandas who work as assassins. All is written with a healthy dose of humor. Even the binding is goofy - it's upside down and backwards! 183 pages. Some stories are as short as two to five pages, a few as long as nine pages. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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