Shipping is extra. MEET THE AUSTINS by Madeleine L'Engle, hb, xlib, dj, 1960, 8th printing, well worn copy, 191 pp, ALA Notable Book,"A warm story of a family of six who accept an orphan girl into their home. The author skillfully captures many of the emotions of adolescence and family life."$4
ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY, Sydney Taylor, Dell Yearling pb, 189 pp, 1989 ed, front cover and first 29 pp have a 1cm closed tear, otherwise exc cond,almost new, $7 ( I have a 1972 ed with yellowed pp, for $4) MORE ALL OF A KIND FAMILY, SYDNEY TAYLOR, 1954/1963, HB, xlib, Follett Pub, pictoral cover, oversized, some tears on edges of title page, 5th printing, clear tape over spine, book is tight, $12 FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW, by Margaret Sidney, Illust bySharp, 1963 HB, Grosset/Dunlap, 248 pp, crossed out gift inscription and other doodles on inside cover pp,nothing written on story pp, blue boards with children outlined on cover, worn corners and spots on cover, $4 ARTHUR'S HONEY BEAR, Lillian Hoban, An I Can Read hb, xlib, 1974 Harper/Row, $2 THE LITTLE BAND AND THE INAUGURAL PARADE, Moore, hb, dj, xlib, 1968, wonderful story about hometown America, the President, and alot of determination, $4 THE RIGHTFUL OWNER by Jesse Stuart, hb, xlib, 1960, wonderful author, 110 pp, illus by Henneberger,Relationship of young boy Mike and a stray dog called Speckles. A good hound dog never forgets his real master," Jim Richards warned his son Mike. But Mike, wandering day after day in the hills, was eager to have the lost dog in spite of the chance that the rightful owner might one day claim him. Jesse Stuart's moving story about the adventure and love that is shared between a boy and his dog is warm with wonderful family details. $3 THE SHADOW OF ROBBERS' ROOST, hb, Helen Rushmore, set in Black Mesa country," A young 12 year old boy lives in the Oklahoma territory, near the Cimarron cut off of the Santa Fe trail. There are robbers raiding and taking steers, so far no one has taken his, but he is always frightened someone will. A real western adventure for young people to read." bce, World pub, 1960, 186 pp, $3 PRISONERS IN THE SNOW, by Arthur Catherall, illus by Ambrus, "Two Austrian children, their lame grandfather, and a sick pilot are trapped inside their house when a plane crash causes a great avalanche to come down on their farm."128 pp, vg cond, Weekly Reader BCE, HB, $3 WHAT'S FOR LUNCH, CHARLEY? by Margaret Hodges, illus by Aliki, Scholastic pb, 1974, vg cond, yellowing pp, $2 SELECTIONS FROM THE LITTLE OLD WOMAN WHO USED HER HEAD, Hope Newell, pictures by Margaret Ruse, Scholastic 1971, yellowed pp, vg cond, no folds or nics, $4 HERR MINKEPATT AND HIS FRIENDS, Ursula Valentin, trans by Roget, illus by Wilkon, 1965, "Herr Minkepatt has a wonderful relationship with birds much to the annoyance of his neighbors.Herr Minkepatt looks after the birds of the woods and must manage to convince his neighbors to help care for the birds who are visiting him and sharing in his piano concerts. Josef Wilkon's illustrations are wondrful. He won the Gold Medal for illustration at the International Book Fair at Leipzig in 1959. "hb, 8 x 11, $9 A BELL FOR URSLI, a picture book from the Engadine,Selina Chonz , Alois Carigiet, hb, 10x 13, "A young boy, living in the Engadine Mountians of Switzerland, finds a way to obtain a large bell for the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is full of fun for all of the villagers. When the cows come in from the mountains for the winter the bells are taken off and before they go back out with them to the meadows there is a special Spring Festival for the whole village to celebrate the end of the winter. All boys march through the streets to chase away the winter blues. Villagers fill up these upturned bells with candy and other goodies for the boys who carry them. The bigger the bell, the more treats received. Ursli has always had a little bell as do they other little boys, but this year he vows he will get himself a big bell and lots of goodies. See how he accomplishes his task in this wonderful look at foreign lands and cultures of old Switzerland. "beautiful book, 1980, $15 WALTER DE LA MARE BOOKS: ANIMAL STORIES,hb,xlib, selected, edited and in part re-written by Walter de la Mare, Scribner's, 1940, 420 pp, includes: Puss in Boots, Henny-Penny, the Hare and teh Hedgehog, the Morus, bird and the Sausage, the three little pigs, the Three Bears, the wolf and the fox, the cat and the mouse, all gone, Knurre-Murre, the fox and the geese, Mr.s Fox, Tom Tit tot, Juniper Tree, Ashputtel, Six Swans, Seal Man, Derby Ram, Chitterabob, fatal mermaid, ay me, alas, Heigh Ho!, and so many more, $8 THE MAGIC JACKET, hb, 1962,xlib, includes: The Magic Jacket, The Scarecrow, Maria-Fly, Alice's Godmother, The Old Lion, Miss Jemima, The Riddle, Lucy, Visitors and Broomsticks ADMIRAL RUMBOLD GIVES YOUNG ARTIST MIKE A STORY OF HOW HE CAME TO POSSESS A MAGIC JACKET, Knopf, 277 pp, $8 MR. BUMPS AND HIS MONKEY, hb, illus by Dorothy Lathrop, xlib, 1942,'' $5 ------------------ THE FORGETFUL BEARS, Weinberg, xlib, Clarion Books, hb, 1981, first page has a peice missing, well used, $2 DEAR FATHER, Warm and Witty Writings about Fathers, hb with dj, Hallmark, 60 pp, 1970,$1 TUCKER'S COUNTRYSIDE, George Selden (author of The Cricket in Times Square), hb with dj, exc cond, illus by Garth Williams, 1970, 167 pp, $4 LIZZIE, by May Justus, illus by Chisholm, hb, xlib, 64 pp, 1944/47, author's note says:" the folk songs in this book are from my own collections and are the versions sung and played in the mountains of Tennessee." "a very appealing little book about the friendship between "Log Cabin Lizzie" and an "outlander" girl, set among the mountain people of Tennessee." paste-on on front cover, library markings, $12 CADDIE WOODLAWN, HB, Carol Ryrie Brink, illus by Hyman, 1973, Simon and Schuster books for young readers, 276 pp, nice b & w illustrations, white pages, first inside blank page missing, strong and tight book in exc cond, $6 THE GREAT WHEEL, by Robert Lawson, 1957, hb xlib, dj, Viking Press, Chicago and the World's Fair theme,ferris wheel on cover, "Junior Literary Guild selection, chosen as an outstanding book for older readers."BCE, 188 pp, great illustrations, $7 PETUNIA, by Roger Duvoisin, 9 x 12, HB, Knopf, 1950, Petunia is a goose who is filled with pride because she carries wisdom in a book, and she learns that she must get wisdom in her mind and heart by learning to read, colorful and many animals in the story too, $3 THE SNAKE THAT WENT TO SCHOOL, by Lilian Moore, hb, illus by Mary Stevens, 1957, Gateway books, exc cond, 5 x7 , 99 pp, $4 PIPPI GOES ON BOARD, HB, Astrid Lindgren, xlib, 1957, VIking Press, vg cond, solid, tight library strong hardback, $3 THE SECRET GARDEN, Frances Hodgson Burnett, illustrated by Tasha Tudor, pb, Harper Trophy, scribbles on title page, 1987, $2 THE MYSTIC BALL, JUDY BOLTON Mystery HB,1934 Grosset and Dunlap, by Margaret Sutton, exc cond, $3 HOLIDAY AT GREENFIELD FARM, a 1977 small pb on the farm, all the animals of a typical farm are illustrated well with this story, Lowe co, a Sunny Book,quite cute, #1982,$1 RUFUS M. BY ELEANOR ESTES, hb, xlib, 1943, HBJ, 320 pp, $8 MRS. 'ARRIS GOES TO PARIS, Paul Gallico, hb with dj, xlib, 157 pp, 1958, cover is loose from book, $5 THE RUNAWAY FLYING HORSE by Paul Jacques Bonzon, illus by William Pene du Bois, hb, 8 x 11, transl by Kotta, parents magazine press, 1976, merry go round theme, unpaginated, beautiful, outstanding illustrations, $7 CLASS RING, Rosamond Du Jardin, hb, a Tobey Heydon Story, LIppincott, 207 pp, 1951, $3 EENY, MEENY, MONEY, MO- AND STILL-MO, Lessons in Living from Five Frisky Red Squirrels, by Sam Campbell, Bobbs-Merrill, 1945, $6 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. 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