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Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2002. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Taylor Morrison. CONDITION: NEW c. 2004 Houghton Mifflin hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (iin mylar jacket), first edition, 5th printing. Beautiful, detailed color illustrations by the Author. Adventures with western settlers, Native Americans, and, of course, the buffalo - what more could a kid want to read about? CONTENT: Taylor Morrison reveals the history and making of the buffalo nickel through the story of its creator, American sculptor James Fraser. As a boy growing up in the Dakota Territory, Fraser witnessed the virtual extinction of the buffalo and the effect their loss had on the Plains Indians. As an adult, he honored both in his sculptures and his design for the buffalo nickel. Morrison's striking illustrations capture the broad sweep of the landscape and demonstrate the intricate process by which coins are designed and minted.

HarperCollins, 1993. New Edition 9th Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Fred Brenner color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD 1993 HarperCollins "new illustrated edition" hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, 9th printing. Fred Brenner's illustrations remind me of the "tinted" B&W illustrations of older books. Remainder mark bottom edges. CONTENT: "You march straight home, sir," said Tommy's father, "and go to your room." Then Mr. Fuller went back into church and banged the door behind him. Instead, Tommy wanders into the barn. There he is startled to find a family of escaping slaves. And so begins an adventure which teaches Tommy that all laws are not fair for all people. This moving story by F.N. Monjo, set in New England in the decade before the Civil War, is sensitively dramatized in Fred Brenner's vibrant drawings.

Old Castle Publishing, 1994. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Barbara Stone Polar Bears - in color. CONDITION: SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON LOOSE END PAGE. DUST JACKET IS MISSING! UNREAD 1994 Old Castle Publishing very large hardcover (pictorial boards), but NO DJ and it should have none. Why oh why, dear publishers, do the smallest hands get the largest books? Oh well. Wonderful color illustrations of Polar Bears by Barbara Stone. CONTENT: In the Company of Bears; where you're always treated special and you never have to pretend because you are only seen and loved for just who you are." ?In this whimsical tale, wise and wonderful polar bears have discovered the secret of time, seeing all things exactly and precisely as they are: "To a BEAR, a kettle's a kettle. To a BEAR, a pot is a pot. Bears never call anything something that anything is not." The bears remind us of the beauty of simplicity and unhurriedness, and warn us that to reach any place worthwhile: 'You can't go by clock or by… Read More

Miles Kelly, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Various artists color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2013 Miles Kelly large paperback, first edition, first printing. Title on front cover in red foil. Various artists created color illustrations. CONTENT: The Ant and the Dove; The Wolf and Shepherd; The Woodman and Serpent; The Wolf and Crane; The Old Hound; The Blind Man and the Cub; The Quack Frog; The Lion and the Bull; Androcles and the Lion; The Nurse and Wolf; the Soldier and His Horse; The Wolves and Dogs; The Donkey and Wolf; The Athenian and the Theban; The Cat and Birds.

Disney-Hyperion, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Vashti Harrison Dust Jacket art. CONDITION: NEW 2018 Disney Hyperion hardcover (baby blue boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Chapter decorations. Vashti Harrison dust jacket art. CONTENT: "Love ain't like that."How is it then?" Peaches asked, turning on her stomach to face me. "It's like sky. If you keep driving and driving, gas will run out, right?" "That's why we gotta go to the gas station."Yep. But have you ever seen the sky run out? No matter how far we go?" "No, when we look up, there it is."Well that's the kind of love Daddy and Mama got for us, Peaches--love like sky."It never ends?" "Never." G-baby and her younger sister, Peaches, are still getting used to their "blended-up" family. They live with Mama and Frank out in the suburbs, and they haven't seen their real daddy much since… Read More

Greenwillow Books, 1990. 1st Edition 13th printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. ALIKI color illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this book "As New?" There is NO dust jacket. UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1990 Greenwillow hardcover (pictorial boards) BUT NO DUST JACKET, first edition, 13th printing. Decorated end pages. CONTENT: "Aliki makes manners accessible to children through colorful cartoon-style illustrations designed to teach some of the basics....Her lively primer sparkles with examples....There's plenty to learn, plenty to look at, and plenty to share in a cleverbook that demonstrates the importance of manners while it makes learning them fun."--Booklist.

New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 1st Edition 9th Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Joy Fisher Hein - color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2005 HarperCollins hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ, first edition, 9th printing. Beautiful, vivid color illustrations by Joy Fisher Hein - especially the fields of Bluebonnets. Blank bookplate front loose end page and signature on the title page - it's so scribbled, can't tell if it is of the Author or Illustrator. CONTENT: Causes celebres are as commonplace among First Ladies as red suits and pearls, but few are as accessible to children as the wildflower-planting campaigns of Lady Bird Johnson. Appelt traces Johnson's botanical passions to her rural, East Texas childhood, finding parallels between the solace her subject drew from nature after her mother's death and her launch of the Highway Beautification Act to soothe a nation grieving for JFK. Psychological correlations of this sort appear throughout, and Appelt doesn't provide… Read More