Sunday, January 31, 2016

1950's & 1980's Weekly Reader Books and MISC book etc

1950's 

Weekly Reader Books/I Can Read 1950's
  • Too Many Mittens (Florence and Louis Slobodkin 1958 $15-$20
  • A Little Old Man (Natalie Norton/Will Huntington) 1959 Sold via Instagram
  • Father Bear Comes Home (1959 Else Holmelund Minarik/Maurice Sendak)
  • Little Bear (1957 Else Holmelund Minarik/Maurice Sendak) I have several copies 
  • No Fighting, No Biting! (1958 Else Holmelund Minarik/Maurice Sendak) Very clean with exception of owner stamp inside front cover. 
  • Journey Cake, Ho! (1953 Ruth Sawyer/Robert McCloskey) $7 etsy
  • Danny and the Dinosaur (1958 Syd Hoff) I don't see any writing. 
  • Last One Home is a Green Pig (1959 Edith Thacher Hurd/Clement Hurd) 
  • Sammy the Seal (1959 Syd Hoff) HC w/ DJ (some smudge marks)
  • Emmett's Pig (1959 Mary Stolz/Garth Williams) (unsure on price) 

I Can Read it All By Myself (Seuss logo)
  • The Big Jump and other stories (1958 Benjamin Elkin/Katherine Evans) 
Other 40's/50's books
  • The Carrot Seed (1945 Ruth Krauss/Crockett Johnson) HC w/ dj.  Has some water marks...
  • The Horse Who Lived Upstairs (1944 Phyllis McGinley/Helen Stone) Appears clean

1980's

Weekly Reader Books 


  • The Easter Bunny That Overslept (1983 Priscilla and Otto Friedrich/Adrienne Adams) No writing
  • The Valentines Bears (1983 Eve Bunting/Jan Brett) No writing
  • Ben Finds New Friends (1986 Anne-Marie Chapouton/Ulises Wensell) Price on back cover in sharpie
  • The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (1980 Trinka Hakes Noble/Steven Kellogg) No writing
  • A my name is Alice (1984 Jane Bayer/Steven Kellogg) Not the most crisp but ok
  • Raggedy Ann and Andy in the Tunnel of Lost Toys (1980 Catharine Bushnell/Vernon McKissack) x2 $3 
  • Stone Soup (1986 Marilyn Sapienza/Hans Wilhelm) (Has a notary type stamp on title page)
  • Hocus and Pocus at the Circus (1983/Fran Manushkin/Geoffrey Hayes)
  • Arthur's Halloween Costume (1984 Lillian Hoban) Ex Lib and a second copy in good cond. $6
  • Miss Nelson is Back (1981 Harry Allard/James Marshall)
  • The Wizard of Oz (1984 Illustrated by W.W. Denslow)
  • Boris and the Monsters (1980 Elaine Macmann Willoughby/Lynn Munsinger)
  • The Chocolate Rabbit (1984 Maria Claret)
  • Lulu Goes to Witch School (1987 Jane O'Connor/Emily Arnold McCully)
  • The Beast in the Bathtub (1980 Kathleen Stevens/Ray Bowler) Looks very clean
  • What Do Smurfs Do All Day? (1983)
  • Don't Be My Valentine (1985 Joan M. Lexau/Syd Hoff)
  • It's Me, Hippo! (1983 Mike Thaler/Maxie Chambliss) Looks to be very clean
  • Little Chick's Big Day (1981 Mary DeBall Kwitz/Bruce Degen) Very clean with exception of owner stamp inside front cover.
  • Mr. Pig and Family (1980 Lillian Hoban) Looks Clean
  • The Case of the Two Masked Robbers (1986 Lillian Hoban) Looks Clean
  • Emma's Pet (1985 David McPhail) Pencil names in cover
  • Jamberry (1983 Bruce Degen) Name in pen in cover but otherwise very clean.
  • If Dinosaurs Were Cats and Dogs (1981 Colin McNaughton) Childrens Choice 
  • Hattie, Tom, and the Chicken Witch (1980 Dick Gackenbach) $5-6
  • Hurray for Hattie Rabbit (1986 Dick Gackenbach) $5
  • Five Minutes Peace (1986 Jill Murphy) $14.95? Etsy Stated first American Edition 
  • Gus Goes to School (1982 Jane Thayer/Joyce Audy dos Santos) $8.50
  • George and Martha Round and Round (1988 James Marshall) Name inside front cover $3



Weekly Reader Chapter Style 
That Dog! (1983 Nanette Newman/Marilyn Hafner) No writing


I can Read Books/Let's Read and Find out

  • Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll (1985 Franklin M. Branley/Barbara and Ed Emberley) Clean
  • Ant Cities (1987 Arthur Dorros) Clean
  • Sunshine Makes the Seasons (1985 Franklyn M. Branley/Giulio Maestro) Clean
  • Air is All Around You (1986  Franklyn M. Branley/Holly Keller) Clean
  • Danger-Icebergs! (1987 Roma Gans/Richard Rosenblum) Name inside cover, otherwise clean.
  • Rock Collecting (1984 Roma Gans/Holly Keller)
  • My Five Senses (1989 Aliki) Clean $9.99 
  • You Can't Make a Move Without Your Muscles (1982 Paul Showers/Harriett Barton) Clean


1980's Parents' Magazine Press 

  • The Ghost in Dobbs Diner (1981 Robert Alley) Inscribed $7 etsy
  • Milk and Cookies - A Frank Asch Bear Story (1982 Frank Asch) (Ebay comp $17.50 shipped)
  • The Biggest Shadow in the Zoo (1981 Jack Kent) $10.50 Etsy Price
  • George's Store (1983 Frank Asch/ B. Wiseman) Ebay comp $20.70 shipped highest.  VGC 
  • Bread and Honey (1981 Frank Asch) VGC $9.99 etsy
  • Happy Birthday, Moon (1982 Frank Asch) Name in pencil inside front cover. $5
  • Sherlock Chick and the Giant Egg Mystery (1989 Robert Quackenbush)
  • Sherlock Chick and the Peekaboo Mystery (1987 Robert Quackenbush)
  • Henry Goes West (1982 Robert Quackenbush)
  • Cats! Cats! Cats! (1984 B. Wiseman)
  • Ten Furry Monsters (1984 Stephanie Calmenson/Maxie Chambliss) $7.99
  • The Perfect Ride (1981 Lady McCrady/Dennis Kendrick)
  • Sheldon's Lunch (1980 Bruce Lemerise)
  • Pets I Wouldn't Pick (1982 Susan Alton Schmeltz/Ellen Appleby) x2
  • Clara Joins the Circus (1981 Michael Pellowski/True Kelley) $6
  • Tess and Tim (1988 Marc Gave/Abby Carter)
  • Magic Growing Powder (1980 Janet Quin-Harkin/Art Cumings) $5
  • The Fox with Cold Feet (1980 Bill Singer/Dennis Hendrick) $6.50
  • Leon's Prize (1987 Jerry Smath)$4.50
  • Elephant Goes to School (1984 Jerry Smath) $4.50
  • Aren't You Forgetting Something, Fiona? (1983 Joanna Cole/Ned Delaney) $7.50
  • Golly Gump Swallowed a Fly (1981 Joanna Cole/Bari Weissman) $11.95
  • Get Well, Clown-Around! (1982 Joanna Cole/Jerry Smath) (Ebay comp $10.50 shipped)
  • Those Terrible Toy-Breakers (1980 David McPhail) $5.95
  • Snow Lion (1982 David McPhail)
  • The Silly Tail Book (1983 Marc Brown) (ebay comp $9.72 shipped) $6.50 etsy
  • There's No Place Like Home (1984 Marc Brown) $12.95 etsy
  • Pickle Things (1980 Marc Brown) (ebay comp: first ed sold for $51.25 shipped) x2
  • Dirty Feet (1980 Steven Kroll/Toni Hormann) Scuffed around edges but otherwise clean.
  • The Lake Mess Monster (1980 Beverly Komoda) Front end page is taped and a few drip marks,





Other 1980's

  • Faye and Dolores (1985 Barbara Samuels) I didn't see any writing
  • Brambly Hedge - The Secret Staircase (1983 Jill Barklem) HC w/ DJ
  • Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast (1988 Jack Prelutsky/Arnold Lobel) I didn't see any writing
  • Queen Esther - A Bible Story Book (1986 Tomie de Paola)
  • Aunt Nina's Visit (1984 Franz Brandenberg/Aliki)
  • When I Was Young in the Mountains (1982 Cynthia Rylant/Diane Goode) Has a sticker in cover with name of person)
  • My Dad the Magnificent (1987 Kristy Parker/Lillian Hoban) Name Scribbled out inside cover
  • Fables (1980 Arnold Lobel) HC w/ mylar protected DJ Caldecott Medal
  • The Book of Pigericks (1983 Arnold Lobel) HC w/ DJ tear on bottom of title page
  • Cranberry Halloween (1982 Wende and Harry Devlin) Ex lib but pretty good.  Not a public library. 
  • The Art Lesson (1989 Tomie dePaola) HC w/ DJ--Author Inscribed, clipped DJ
  • Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose HC w/ DJ



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