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SOLD


Little Brown Bear
by Elizabeth Upham

- 1942 - Ten stories about the life of Little Brown Bear. Adorable color illustrations! (hardcover)
$11.00


The Pony Tail That Grew
by Winifred Bromhall

- 1959 - A short-haired little girl named Susan is envious of all the other little girls who have long hair. All she wishes she had was enough hair for a ponytail! Hard to find book!
(hardcover)
$40.00


The Little Fire Engine
by Lois Lenski

- 1946 - Fireman small takes his fire engine out to put out a fire in a burning house. (hardcover)
$4.00


Cinnamon Spice
by Helen Bradley Preston
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1939 - A triplet runs away to try to find her own identity. (hardcover) (Mostly in good shape - one picture was colored in by someone with purple crayon)
$10.00


Forest Friends
by Marceline Dauzet

- 1940 - Short stories and color illustrations about various animals. (hardcover)
$9.00


The Growing Story
by Ruth Krauss
- 1947 - A little boy learns that everything grows. (hardcover)
$4.00

Sleepy Forest
by Naoma Zimmerman

- 1955 - Danny Duckling wants to play - but all his animal friends want to sleep! hard to find!!
(hardcover)
$40.00

Nursery Rhymes and Songs
by Helen Dallam

- 1944 - Beautifully illustrated famous nursery rhymes, along with sheet music for some of them. (hardcover)
$4.00


The Cow Who Fell in the Canal
by Phyllis Krasilovsky

- 1957 - A cow is bored with her life on a farm in Holland and sets off to explore. (hardcover)
$5.00


The Perky Little Engine
by Margaret Friskey
- 1950 - A spirited and happy switch engine has adventures. (hardcover)
$8.00

SOLD


The Eskimo Store
by Ann Lange

- 1948 - A little girl's father runs a trading post in Alaska. (gorgeous color illustrations by Gladys Rourke Blackwood) (hardcover)
$7.00


ABC and Counting Book
by Phyllis Fraser

- 1946 - Learn the ABCs, how to print, sing, and count!
(hardcover)
$6.00

I'm Growing
by Sara Klein
-
1950 - A little boy goes with his family to meet his grandmother, and also goes to visit the doctor.
$6.00

The True Book of Cowboys
by Teri Martini
- 1955 - All about the life of a cowboy. (hardcover)
$5.00

No, No, Taffy!
by Jean McDevitt
-
1952 - Stories about a lovable, helpful, and sometimes mischievious dog. (hardcover)
$6.00

Buttons at the Zoo
by Edith S. McCall
- 1954 - The Button Family visit the zoo. One of the "Button Family" series of books. (hardcover)
$8.00


Buttons take a Boat Ride
by Edith S. McCall
- 1961 - The Button Family take a boat ride. One of the "Button Family" series of books. (hardcover)
$3.00


Let's Go to the Brook
by Harriet E. Huntington
- 1952 -
All about the kinds of things you'll see down at a brook. (hardcover)
$6.00

Little People of the Night
by Laura Bannon

- 1963 - A boy goes on a journey with a cat to visit all the creatures that come out late at night.
$5.00


My Toys
by Joe Kaufman

- 1964 - A Chubby Playskool Playbook. A cute board book shaped like a toybox that opens up and shows all the toys inside! (hardcover)
$8.00


Creepy Caterpillar
by Garry and Vesta Smith

- 1961 - None of the other bugs in the garden want to play with Creepy Caterpillar...until he turns in to a beautiful butterfly! (hardcover)
$14.00

Brownie and his Friends
by Arthur I. Gates
and Antoinette Karabin
- 1959 - Adventures with elves. (hardcover)
$5.00

The Little Puppy Who Learned to Behave
by Charlotte Zolotow

- 1955 - A troublesome puppy outgrows his naughty behavior.
$5.00

Homes
by Virginia Parsons

- 1958 - All about animals and people and where they live! (hardcover)
$5.00


Miss Twiggley's Tree
by Dorthea Warren Fox

- 1966 - A funny lady lives in a treehouse. Hard to find first edition! (hardcover)
$12.00


No, No, Natalie
by Grace E. Moremen

- 1973 - A day in the life of a pet bunny rabbit who lives at the Western Knoll Child Development Center in Los Angeles. Hard to find!
(hardcover)
$45.00

How Medicine Man Cured Paleface Woman
- 1956 - A story told in authentic American Indian picture writing. (hardcover)
$6.00

Stop That Ball!
- by Mike McClintock

- 1959 - A boy follows his lost ball all over town. (hardcover)
$7.00

Willie Waddle
by Katharine J. Carter

- 1959 - A baby duck is embarassed about his big feet - until he finds out that they are good for swimming! (hardcover)
$4.00


Wobbly Wheels
by Lillian Moore
- 1956 - Two friends learn how to ride their bike and roller skates.
(hardcover)
$4.50


Hurry Hurry
by Editch Thacher Hurd

- 1960 - A little girl is tired of her babysitter always being in such a hurry - and helps her to learn to slow down. An "I Can Read" book. (hardcover)
$4.00


Scarlet Monster Lives Here
by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

- 1979 - A lady monster moves to a new house and is eager to befriend her neighbors. An "I Can Read" book. (hardcover)
$2.00


Come to See The Clowns
by Ruth M. Tensen

- 1963 - Silly clowns do silly things. (hardcover)
$3.00


Blaze and the Indian Cave
by C. W. Anderson

- 1964 - A "Billy and Blaze" series book. A boy goes to explore an interesting Indian cave...but then his horse Blaze gets stolen! (hardcover)
$4.00


Blaze and the Indian Cave
by C. W. Anderson

- 1964 - A "Billy and Blaze" series book. A boy goes to explore an interesting Indian cave...but then his horse Blaze gets stolen! (hardcover)
$5.00

Blaze and Thunderbolt
by C. W. Anderson

- 1969 - A "Billy and Blaze" series book. A boy and his horse make friends with a wild black horse named Thunderbolt. (hardcover)
$5.00


Things To Love
by Rebecca Ecklund

- 1978 - A photograph book showing lots of things kids enjoy.
$20.00


Barbapapa's Ark
by Annette Tison and Talus Taylor

- 1974 - Barbapapa creatures and all the animals decide to leave Earth until humans put a stop to all the pollution. (hardcover)
$14.00


Barbapapa's School
by Annette Tison and Talus Taylor

- 1978 - The school system is a mess, so Barbapapa steps in with ideas about how to make learning fun! (hard to find!)
$40.00


Leonard Visits the Ocean Floor
by Gene Darby
- 1965 - One of the "Leonard and his Time Machine" series. In this one he visits 1930 to help a deep sea diver. (hardcover)
$3.50


Leonard Visits Space
by Gene Darby
- 1965 - One of the "Leonard and his Time Machine" series. In this one he visits 1962 to watch the launch of NASA's "Friendship 7" rocket. (hardcover)
$4.00


The Lonely Doll
by Dare Wright

- 199? - reprint of the classic 1957 photograph book about the lonely doll who gets adopted by a family of stuffed bears.
$4.00


My Schoolbook of Picture Stories
by Eleanor Mill

- 1967 - A nicely illustrated picture book of a day at preschool. (hardcover)
$5.00


Do you want to see something?
by Eve Merriam

- 1965 - Whimsical pictures narrow down different objects to look at.
$5.00


Adventures of Johnny and Jill
- 1965 - Two kids must journey across the jungle to visit their aunt and uncle. (hole punched through top of book - doesn't interefere with reading it)
$6.00


Jimmy's World
by Mabel Bruce

- 1970 - Psychedelically illustrated (reminescent of Peter Max) story of a boy who lives in a house in a city in a country in a continent on a planet in a solar system in a universe! Very hard to find!
$15.00


Baby's House
by Geolo McHugh

- 1976? reprint of a 1950 book - A child's first book about his house. Hard to find!
$25.00


Don and Donna Go To Bat
by Al Perkins

- 1966 - A girl must fill in for her twin brother when he is sick the day of the big baseball game.
(hardcover)
$8.00


Let's Play!
by Gyo Fujikawa

- 1989 - An adorable bunch of friends have fun together. (hardcover)
$2.00

Let's Grow a Garden!
by Gyo Fujikawa

- 1978 - An adorable bunch of friends plant a successful garden. (hardcover)
$6.00

Betty Bear's Birthday
by Gyo Fujikawa

- 1979 - A bear thinks all her friends forgot her birthday. (hardcover)
$7.00

Ranger Don and Indian Cave
by Robert Whitehead

- 1978 - #4 in the "Ranger Don" series of books.
(hardcover)
$12.00

The Little Fire Engine
by Vic Havel
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1969 - A little fire engine wants to help fight fires with the bigger engines.
$5.00

A Horse, of Course!
by Barbara Kunz Loots

- 197? - A Hallmark "Guess Who" play-time lift the flap book. (hardcover)
$10.00


The Mouse Book
by Helen Piers

- 1968 - Mouse looks for a house and a friend. With real photographs. (hardcover)
$5.00


I Wonder if Herbie's Home Yet
by Mildred Kantrowitz
- 1971 - A story about a little boy and his friends.
$4.00


Let's Walk Up the Wall
by Ryerson Johnson

- 1967 - Interesting questions to ponder about what animals can do as opposed to people...and how people can figure out ways of doing them too!
$4.00


The Cat At Night
by Dahlov Ipcar

- 1969 - Where does a cat go and do during the night? (hardcover) (some taped tears at the bottom of pages - otherwise, good)
$14.00


Pollyanna
Adapted and Abridged by Iris Vinton

- 1960 - A shorter, illustrated version of the classic tale of a little girl who always tries to find the good in everything. (hardcover)
$5.00


This Little Piggy Went to Market
- 1958 - A baby's sturdi-board book by Wonder Books, Inc. (Original binding missing and spine frayed but otherwise good.)
$5.00

Did you ever see?
by Walter Einsel
- 1972 - Whimsical illustrations and silly animal situations.
$6.00


Adventures with Color
by Seymour Reit
- 1970 - Colors are taught through shapes, animals, holidays, food, and more! Very cute. (hardcover)
$6.00


Together
by June Behrens

- 1975 - A book about friendship. With photographs of the kids from Park Western Place School in San Pedro, CA and Monte Vista School in Santa Ana, CA. (hardcover)
$4.00


There's one in every bunch
by Robert and Claire Wiest

- 1971 - All about owls and their habits. (a couple pictures have been colored in)
$5.00


I Want to be a Ship Captain
by Carla Greene
- 1962 - The things you must learn to some day become the captain of a ship. (hardcover)
$4.00

I Want to be a Service Station Attendant
by Eugene Baker
- 1972 - All the details of the job every parent dreams of for their young child. (hardcover)
$6.00


Sing, Little Mouse
by Aileen Fisher

- 1969 - A boy ponders if mice can sing...and then learns just what kind of mouse does! (hardcover)
$3.00


The Me and You Book
by Britannica Discovery Library

- 1974 - A book about you and your family and about friends and sharing. (hardcover)
$4.00


Let's Take a Walk
by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America
- 1975 - Colorfully illustrated guide to taking a walk around your neighborhood.
$5.00

The Nothing Zoo
by Johanna Bohoy
- 1972 - A group of children find objects that are shaped like animals and create their own zoo. (hardcover)
$6.00


Everything Under a Mushroom
by Ruth Krauss

- 1973 - Clever observations, quips, and adorable illustrations by Maurice Sendak.
$5.00


Tom Thumb
illustrated by Alfredo Osorio

- 196? - The classic fairy tale in toddler board book form. (hardcover)
$8.00

Who's That Tug?
by Lisa Findlay

- 2001 - A "lift the flap" board book starring PBS' Theodore Tugboat and friends.
$5.00

What Things Are Funny?
by Judith Thurman

- 1975 - Lots of silly things that are funny. A reader from the New Macmillan Reading Program.
$4.00

Ann Likes Red
by Dorothy Z. Seymour

- 1965 - A little girl loves the color red and wants all her things to be red! An "Early-start preschool reader" (hardcover)
$8.00


The Crate Train
by Dorothy Z. Seymour

- 1966 - A sister and brother argue over how to play train. An "Early-start preschool reader" (hardcover)
$6.00


The Sandwich
by Dorothy Z. Seymour

- 1965 - How to make the perfect sandwich! An "Early-start preschool reader" (hardcover) (Cover shows lots of wear, but pages are in pretty good condition)
$8.00


The Tent
by Dorothy Z. Seymour

- 1965 - What happens when a bunch of kids pile into a tent? An "Early-start preschool reader" (hardcover)
$3.00


Scuffy the Tugboat
by Tibor Gergely

- 1972 - A toy tugboat swims off to explore. A "Golden Shape Book".
$4.00

The Hat Book
by Leonard Shortall

- 1965 - All kinds of jobs have all kinds of hats! A "Golden Shape Book".
$3.00

The Car Book
by William Dugan

- 1968 - All about all kinds of cars, from toy cars to race cars! Cool illustrations of now-vintage automobiles! A "Golden Shape Book".
$4.00


Little Indians
by Tadasu Izawa

- 1982 - Board book about a group of Indian friends who do different things together. From the House of Collectibles' "Storytime Pals Series". (hardcover)
$4.00


Sleeping Beauty
The Elves and the Shoemaker
by Tadasu Izawa and Shigemi Hijikata

- 1968 - The classic tales. With a 3-D cover pic! A Twin Puppet Storybook.
$8.00


Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Fun with the Alphabet
by T. Izawa S. Hijikata
and Oscar Weigle
- 1968 - The classic tales. With a 3-D cover pic! A Twin Puppet Storybook.
$8.00


Moe Q. McGlutch, He Smoked Too Much
by Ellen Raskin

- 1973 - Moe pays no attention to advice from his cousin. (hardcover)
$4.00

My Funny Animal Alphabet
by Veronica Buffington

- 1972 - Cute drawings and silly sentences illustrate the upper case and lower case letters of the alphabet.
$5.00

Big Bird's Look and Listen Book
by Sharon Lerner

- 1978 - #8 in the "Fisher-Price Talk-To-Me" series of books. It has a tiny "record" on each page which can be played if you have a "Talk-to-Me Player" - but can also be read without it. The 70s version of those "Leap Pad" books of today!
$9.00


Tootle
by Tibor Gergely

- 1974 - A little train loves leaving his track to have fun. A "Golden Shape Book".
$6.00


Things That Go!
by Stella Williams Nathan

- 1977 - A child's first book of words with picture-stories and other activities.
$7.00

The Saggy Baggy Elephant
by Cassandra Conyers

- 1982 - A board book about a little elephant that must find his way to the other side of the jungle to see his friend. (hardcover)
$4.00

A Mother Goose Treasury
by Kate Greenaway
- 197? - Familiar and not-so-familiar nursery rhymes, each illustrated by the charming art of Kate Greenaway. (hardcover)
$5.00

The Teddy Bear ABC
by Laura Rinkle Johnson

- 1982 - A reprint of an original children's alphabet book from 1907. A cute rhyme and adorable vintage illustration on every page!
$6.00

The Children's Book of Virtues
by William J. Bennett

- 1996 - A collection of stories and poems with a moral message. Beautifully illustrated. Large, 9"x12" size. (hardcover)
$4.00

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Club
- 1980 - A story centering around the Mouseketeers.
$5.00

Have You Ever Seen a Monster?
by John McInnes

- 1974 - This silly monster can do a lot of things! (hardcover)
$5.00

The Generous Cow
by Bijou Le Tord

- 1977 - Easy to read text and drawings describe the cow as a generous, sociable and loving animal.
(hardcover)
$4.00

We Want to Obey
by Ruth McNaughton Hinds

- 1968 - All about why God wants young children to do just as their parents say.
$4.00

Brian Wildsmith's Puzzles
- 1970 - Perplexing and colorful brain- teasers for the very young. (hardcover)
$4.00

Busy Day
by Betsy and Giulio Maestro

- 1978 - A day in the life of Circus performers is described using "ing" words.
(hardcover)
$5.00

City Song
by James Steel Smith

- 1970 -
All the many things that can be found in a city!
(hardcover)
$4.00

Baby's Toys
by Golden Press
- 1972 - A sturdy wipeable cloth-type book all about the toys in baby's toybox.
$4.00

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