Comics to Classics.
Penguin, 1994/1988; Paperback. 238 pp. Reference book lists, hardback. A guide to books for teens and preteens.
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Stories about the other child; Supplement to the Child Labor Bulletin Vol. II No. 3, December 1913.
Newark: The Essex Press, Supplement to the Child Labor Bulletin Vol. II No. 3, December 1913; brown cloth library bound bulletin with original paper wrap within, ivory with circular Madonna and Child of a poor mother and child by the fire by Mary Ellen Sigsbee; fine steel engraved green floral.....
When I Was Your Age.
Boston: Page, 1931/1893, 9th printing; brown cloth with oval portrait photo of child, gilt titles, 8vo; 210 pp + 6 pp catalogue. Reference biography, hardback. Illustrated with photos, unfailingly positive.
The Fantastic Paintings of Charles and Heath Robinson.
New York: Peacock Press/Bantam Books, [1976] ; softcover still in original shrinkwrap; 8.75x11.75" Reference biography, softcover. "William Heath and Charles Robinson came from a family with illustration in its blood. As their separate careers developed they gave to book illustration a charming and gently humorous approach with a great feeling.....
Public Library Services for Children.
Hamden, Conn.; The Shoestring Press, Library Professional Publications, 1988 1st tp; Foreword by Augusta Baker; maroon boards, in maroon jacket with grey titles; tall 8vo; 228 pp. Reference essays, hardback. For more than a decade, the author was the coordinator of Children's Services for the New York Public Library. A......
The Greatest Table: A Banquet to Fight Against Hunger.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994, stated first, "A"; illustrated slipcase encloses 14 page accordion panorama with black cloth boards and plain backs, 8.3x10.5" no pages. Reference illustration. Boxed book novelty panorama. Written and produced to benefit Share Our Strength, a hunger relief organization now focussing on child hunger.....
Fairy Tales and After: from Snow White to E. B. White.
Harvard University Press, 1978, 1st printing; 280 pp. Reference history, hardback. .From Snow White to E. B. White.
The Way of the Storyteller
New York: Penguin Books, 1976, 1st published by Penguin books in 1976, although that makes little difference, (revised and frequently reprinted)/1942; green covers, 356 pp including index. Reference education, softcover. A classic, "a great storyteller reveals the secrets of her art" May Hill Arbuthnot; followed by eleven of her best.....
The Way of the Storyteller.
Viking, 7th, 1953/1942. Reference education, hardback. .
The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice.
Harper, 1979, 1st printing, 185 pp. Reference biography, hardback. Autobiographical story of Say at age 14 apprenticed to a Japanese cartoonist -- unillustrated except for fine painting on jacket.
A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago.
New York: The Century Company, Oct 1919, 1st printing; grey cloth boards with gilt and orange illustration of small girl, 8vo; 224 pp. Reference childhood, hardback. Full of interesting detail about the world of a lively little girl in the late 1800's. Quite a modern tone.
Primary Hand Work , a Graded Course for the First Four Years.
Boston, New York, Chicago, Dallas: Atkinson, Mentzer, and Grover, (1906); light tan cloth boards with red geometric border and black titles; many photographs of children and projects, small 8vo; 136 pp. Reference education. From the days when children did serious handwork in public schools, despite large classes and simple materials.....
The Art of Maurice Sendak.
Abrams, 1981, 2nd printing, c.1980; 11.8 x 10.9 x 1.5", 276 pp. Reference biography, hardback. .
Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Dutton Lodestar, 1984, 1st printing; 149 pp. Reference biography, hardback. The "Story of a Storyteller". First in the Jewish Biography series. Includes list of works and index.
African-American Voices in Young Adult Literature; Tradition, Transition, Transformation..
Metuchen NJ and London: The Scarecrow Press Inc., 1994/1994, 1st tp; green cloth binding, black panel with gilt decorative border and titles; tall 8vo; 405 pp incld index. Reference history, hardback. Fourteen interesting chapters written by various academics: Through a Glass Clearly: Positive Images of African-American fathers in Young Adult.....
The Lion and the Unicorn: A critical journal of children's literature, 1997, Vol 21, 3 issues. Jan. Apr. Sept.
Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1997 Vol 21, Jan. Apr. Sept.; 5.75x8"; 456 total plus index to Vol 21. Reference journals, softcover. Jan: Forgotten authors (including Elizabeth Goudge); Apr. General Issue (Cuckoo Clock, Potter, Oz, Cushman), Sept. Irish Children's Literature. Institutions inquire.
The Lion and the Unicorn: A critical journal of children's literature, 1999, Vol 23,. Jan. Apr. Sept. issues.
Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1999 Vol 23, Jan. Apr. Sept.; 5.75x8"; 456 total plus index to Vol. 23. Reference journals, softcover. Jan: Contemporary British Children's Literature; Apr: General Issue (Ethnicities and modern Irony); Sept: Sexuality and Children's Literature. Institutions inquire.
The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol 18, No 2, December 1994.
Johns Hopkins University Press. Reference journals, softcover. American Children's Literature.
Children in Community.
Plough Publishing House, 1975/1963, Second Edition. Reference childhood, hardback. A long photo essay about the lives of children in the Bruderhoff.
The Family Guide to Collecting Children's Books.
DMS Publishing, 1995, 1st printing; paperwraps; 64 pp. Reference book lists, hardback. .
The Family Guide to Collecting Children's Books.
DMS Publishing, 1995, 1st printing; paperwraps; 64 pp. Reference book lists, hardback. .
The Best in Children's Books 1966-1972.
University of Chicago, 1974/1973, 2nd; 484 pp. Reference book lists, hardback. The U of Chicago Guide to Children's Literature, 1966-1972. 1400 books described, fully indexed.
The Best in Children's Books 1973-1978.
University of Chicago, 1980, 1st printing; 547 pp. Reference book lists, hardback. The U of Chicago Guide to Children's Literature, 1973-78. 1400 books described, fully indexed.
The Best in Children's Books 1973-1978.
University of Chicago, 1980, 1st printing; 547 pp. Reference book lists, hardback. The U of Chicago Guide to Children's Literature, 1973-78. 1400 books described, fully indexed.
The Best in Children's Books 1973-1978.
University of Chicago, 1980, 1st printing; 547 pp. Reference book lists, hardback. The U of Chicago Guide to Children's Literature, 1973-78. 1400 books described, fully indexed.