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By: Blos, Joan W.
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1979
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 006535
ISBN: 0684163403
Condition: Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Winner of the 1980 Newberry Medal. Ex-library with a few stamps. Three words marked through on p. 117 but legible. DJ in protective wrap taped to boards. "The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend. Joan Blos's moving novel captures the hardship as well as the tranquility of early American farm life and the sturdiness, the tenderness, of the people whose way of life it was." Age Level: Grades 5-8; Ex-Library; 7¾" - ... View more info
By: Barnard, J. Darrell; Stendler, Celia; Spock, Benjamin M.D., Moffitt, Mary W.
Price: $9.95
Publisher: New York, MacMillan Company: 1959
Seller ID: 003697
Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket
Corners bumped/chipped, some edgewear, PO names & coloring on pastedowns and p. 3. Pictorial cover. Color illustrations typical of the period on every page. A primer for good health habits for the pre school-early school age group.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
Price: $3.75
Publisher: New York, Laurel Leaf: 1997
Edition: 27th Edition; Fifty-Fifth Printing
Seller ID: 006386
ISBN: 044098761X
Condition: Good
Laurel-Leaf commemorative edition with a foreword by Madeline L'Engle and a "L'Engle Family Tree", which lists major characters in many of her novels, grouped by series. Spine a bit creased and slanted, corners bumped, slight edge wear, a couple pages a little wavy along leading edge. Text is clean and unmarked. An encounter with "An entity, a being stranger by far than dragons. . . is only the first step that leads Meg Murry, Calvin Murry, and Mr. Jenkins [their principal] out into galactic space, and then into the unimaginably small world of a mitochondrion. And, at last, sa... View more info
By: Stolz, Mary
Price: $4.90
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1967
Edition: Library Edition
Seller ID: 002817
Condition: Very Good+
Ex-library with pictorial cover. A bright, attractive copy. It’s a time of change, and Mady and Sue Ellen, two young African-American girls, are growing up in New York City. Sometimes they take their dolls to tea parties and sometimes they pretend they’re going on civil rights marches with Martin Luther King, Jr. Then the big and scary opportunity comes--summer camp in Vermont with animals and swimming in the lake and all sorts of strange and wonderful things to do. Will the other girls like them? Will they be too homesick? One thing’s for sure--this experience will change them... View more info
Price: $3.75
Publisher: New York, Laurel Leaf Publishing: 1976
Edition: Sixty-Fourth Printing
Seller ID: 005401
ISBN: 0440998050
Condition: Very Good+
Corners bumped, slight edge wear, binding fairly tight. An attractive copy. "It was a dark and stormy night: Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger. 'Wild nights are my glory,' the unearthly stranger told them. 'I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of way, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.' "A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a ... View more info
By: Anastasio, Dina
Price: $7.95
Publisher: New York, NY, Children's Television Workshop: 1997
Seller ID: 000781
ISBN: 1884013007
Condition: Good
Covers somewhat creased, corners bumped. Some pencil doodling on a couple pages. Parents will love the hundreds of ideas in this book for fun-filled learning experience from arts-and-crafts projects to festive parties. Attractive illustrations. Est Level: Preschool and K - 3rd grades.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Cavanah, Frances
Price: $3.95
Publisher: New York, Scholastic: 1965
Seller ID: 006153
Condition: Good
Scholastic #TX375. Some edgewear, corner creased, dampstain on bottom corner. Text is starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked. "The time is February 12, 1809. The place is a small log cabin in Kentucky/ Dennis looks down at the new baby. "Cousin Nancy," he says, "will Abe ever grow to be as big as me?" "Bigger than you are now , Dennis" the baby's mother tells him. She looks down at her son. "Abe Lincoln," she whispers. "You're going to grow -and grow - and grow." Age Level: Grades 3-6; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View more info
By: McLean, Mollie; Wilseman, Anne
Price: $5.75
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1961
Edition: Seventh Printing
Seller ID: 003341
ISBN: 0395137144
Condition: Very Good-
Spine slightly slanted, reading crease along spine, some edgewear, corners bumped/creased. A clean, unmarked copy. A pronouncing index is included. Tales of Greek heroes from mythology: Hercules, Perseus, Theseus, Orpheus, Meleager, and the Argonauts. Black & white illustrations by Witold T. Mars. Age Level: Grades 3-7; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Etra, Jonathan & Spinner, Stephanie
Price: $2.95
Publisher: New York, Random House: 1988
Edition: Sixth Printing
Seller ID: 002689
ISBN: 0394820932
Condition: Very Good
Front pictorial cover corners lightly creased, slight bumping/edgewear. A bright, attractive copy. "Finding an intergalactic special agent inhis cereal box, Richard joins in a fight to save Earth from the Dranes, one of whom is masquerading as a student in Richard's class." Black and white illustrations by Steve Bjorkman. Age Legel: Grades 2-4; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View more info
By: Beaman, Joyce P.
Price: $16.50
Publisher: Durham, North Carolina, Moore Publishing Company: 1977
Edition: Second Printing
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 002166
ISBN: 0877160465
Condition: Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket
Corners bumped, slight spine slant, slight edge wear. small stain at bottom of back board. Jacket is price clipped and in protective wraps. Nice full page inscription "Especially for Polly Rosser" on front free end paper, signed by author Christmas 1982. "A love story which centers around 14-year-old Cassie Beckton, a young girl who lived on a farm in Wilson County, NC during the Great Depression. Her struggle to survive during those perilous, penniless days, especially after the death of her father, is one of strength and courage. Her efforts to attend school, to work as a nu... View more info
By: Danziger, Paula
Price: $2.95
Publisher: New York, NY, Scholastic Incorporated: 1996
Edition: Tenth Printing
Seller ID: 001479
ISBN: 059045899X
Condition: Very Good
Covers slightly creased, corners bumped, owner's name on title page. "Amber Brown and Justin Daniels are best friends. They sit next to each other in school, help each other with fractions and spelling, and always stick up for one another. But when Justin finds out that he is moving away, everything begins to change." Est Level: 2nd - 6th grades.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View more info
By: Lowry, Lois
Price: $3.95
Publisher: New York, Dell Yearling: 1992
Seller ID: 005640
ISBN: 0440401003
Condition: Very Good
Corners slightly bumped. Text starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked. A very attractive copy. "Anastasia Krupnik has exactly one week to work on her school assignment called 'My Chosen Career.' Determined to be a bookstore owner, she must first develop poise and self-confidence. So Anastasia takes the plunge and spends her life savings on a modeling course at Studio Charmante. She has one week to interview a bookstore owner, write a report, and complete her modeling course. Luckily, her new friend Henry is with her most of the way. Is Anastasia destined to be a successful boo... View more info
Price: $105.00
Publisher: New York, Viking Books: 1966
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 007300
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Mustard (dark yellow) pictorial cloth, 192 pp. Spine a bit cocked, corners bumped, slight edge wear, a few pencil scribblings on front end paper. Jacket in new Brodart, spine sunned, some edge wear with a little chipping at top and base of spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy of this delightful story by the award winning author of 'Caddie Woodlawn'. "Andy Buckram built four tin men. He put them together from tin cans and scraps of metal and odds and ends, and gave each a special character and personality. "Campbell, Andy's first robot, had a kind of spoile... View more info
By: Barrett, Tracy
Price: $3.90
Publisher: New York, NY, Random House Children's Publishing: 2000
Seller ID: 000812
ISBN: 0440415365
Condition: Fine
As new. Anna is a princess and the chosen successor to her father, the Emperor of Byzantium. But almost overnight, Anna sees her dreams of power wrenched from her and bestowed on her little brother. Bitter at the betrayal, Anna wants to avenge herself and to seize what is rightfully hers. Est. Level: Teenagers, young adults.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall View more info
By: Hoban, Lillian
Price: $3.95
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1976
Seller ID: 003083
Condition: Very Good+
Minor edgewear. A bright, attractive copy. Another charming book in the Hoban tradition. Arthur is plagued by a little sister and complains about her to his pen pal until he gets a big surprise. You will especially love the cute color illustrations by the author. Age Level: Preschool Read Aloud and Grades K-2; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
Price: $9.75
Publisher: New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company: 1958
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 003048
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Spine slightly slanted, 2 tiny spots on front board, minor shelfwear, PO's name on free endpaper. DJ has 2 small closed tears, tiny chips at top and bottom of spine & flaps. Text is bright and attractive. "To 17-year-old Jenny MacArthur, life seemed full of difficulties and disappointments that could only be borne because in her secret heart she was deeply in love--for the first time--with Ben Adams, an American exchange student whom her brother John had brought home for a visit. Though Ben had now returned to America and sent only an occasional post card or breezy note, Jenny was no... View more info
By: Zemach, Harve
Price: $14.25
Publisher: New York, Farrar, Strauss & Young: 1970
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 002833
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
Hinges weak, corners bumped w/ a little chipping, ex-lib. w/ usual stamps. A bright, attractive copy. "There was once a young man who might have been happy had it not been for his dreams, which were so wild and strange and terrifying that a night’s sleep left him more exhausted than a day’s work." What follows is the story of how he meets an old woman who helps him deal, first with the challenge of the nightmares and then with the challenge of the pleasant dreams. You may think you know the ending, but I’ll bet you don’t! Color illustrations by Margot Zemach. Age Le... View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.: 1958
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 004692
Condition: Good in Good dust jacket
Edgewear, corners somewhat bumped, ex-library with usual stamps. DJ in protective wraps taped to boards with expectable tape residue. DJ has 1" tear and two tiny tears at top of spine. Black and white line drawing illustrations by Millard McGee. Text is unmarked and not yellowed. "When, on the night before sailing, one of the midshipmen on the Antelope died of small pox, Henry Wilson, the Captain's son, unexpectedly went along to fill the gap. Henry had always longed to accompany his father on a voyage but when the excitement of sailing was past and he was alone on deck, standi... View more info
By: Arnold, Katya
Price: $12.50
Publisher: New York, North South Books: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 006876
ISBN: 1558582878
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Pictorial cover, unpaginated, dramatic color illustrations throughout. Corners bumped, slight edge wear, a couple pages with bottom corner creased, colorful patchwork endpapers. Jacket in new Brodart, a little edge wear, some scratches to leading edge. An attractive copy. "A cruel stepmother wants to get rid of her stepdaughter forever, so she sends the girl on an errand. And who is she sent to see? Baba Yaga, the one who lives in the hut on chicken legs! "But the little girl is clever, and knows how to turn Baba Yaga's faithful servants against her. She gives a beautiful kerc... View more info
By: Rothchild, Alice
Price: $5.50
Publisher: Katonah, NY, Young Readers Press, Inc.: 1967
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: 005573
Condition: Good
101 pp. In lower left corner: #WW 647 and 40 cents. Covers somewhat creased, PO name inside, note on back cover. Text somewhat yellowed, but clean and unmarked. Ronny's stomach hurts. He's the new boy in town, it's time to start second grade and he doesn't know anyone. The first day isn't so bad and he's starting to make friends. But then the troubles begin. This is the story of how his second grade class got in trouble, bad trouble. Age Level : Grades 2-5; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View more info
