1960's Books---Collectible and Weekly Reader Books/I can Read Books/Parents Magazine Press Books ETC

I can Read Books/Weekly Reader

• Lovable Lyle (1969 Bernard Waber)  $4
• Lyle and the Birthday Party (1966 Bernard Waber) Has a gift inscription
• Harry and the lady next door (1960/Gene Zion/Margaret Bloy Graham) $12.99 (Have a second copy)
• Cannonball Simp (John Burningham) 1966 $5
• The Hole in that Tree (Jean George) HC w/ DJ (1957/1961 edition) $10 Sold via Instagram
• The Pai-Pai Pig (Joy Anderson/Jay Yang) 1967 $4 Sold 
• The Moon Singer (Clyde Robert Bulla/Trina Hyman) 1969 $4
• The Story about Ping 1961 (Has a musty smell) $9.99
• How to Scare a Lion 1965 (Has some wear/yellowing on end pages)
• Corduroy 1968 (Don Freeman) Not in the best condition but okay. 
• Roly the Railroad Mouse 1967 $4
• Sam, bags and moonshine 1966 (Evaline Ness) (Caldecott winner) $3.00 (One copy has funny writing inside end pages) I think I have two left. 
• The Dragon who liked to spit Fire (Judy Varga) 1962 (has a musty smell) $49.95
• The Monkey and the Crocodile 1969 Paul Galdone $3.50
• Snoopy and the Red Baron (1966 Charles M Schultz) HC no DJ has a musty smell. Name and phone number inside cover. 
• Apricot ABC (1969 Miska Miles/Peter Parnall) Sold via Instagram second copy avail
• Three to Get Ready (1965/Betty Boeghold/Mary Chalmers)
• Tell me some more... (1961/Crosby Newell Bonsall/Fritz Siebel) x2
• Who's a Pest (1962/Crosby Newell Bonsall/Fritz Siebel)
• Mine's the Best (1962/Crosby Newell Bonsall/Fritz Siebel)
• What Spot? (1963 Crosby Bonsall) Looks clean.
• The Case of the Dumb Bells (Crosby Bonsall) 1966 Has chipped area on spine $2
• Alexander and the Magic Mouse (1969/Martha Sanders/Philippe Fix) Sold via Instagram (ebay comp $17.99 shipped)
• The Summerfolk (1968/Doris Burn)
• Little Black, A Pony (1961/Walter Farley) $5 x3
• I am Better Than You! (1968/Robert Lopshire) $6.50
• Big Max x2 (1965 Kin Platt/Robert Lopshire) 
• Rosalie The Bird Market Turtle (1962 Winifred and Cecil Lubell)
• Cannonball Simp (1966/John Burlingham) Ebay comp $11.85 shipped 
• Devils's Doorstep (1966 Marian Rumsey/WT Mars) 
• The House on East 88th Street (1962/Bernard Waber)
• The Mitten (1964/Alvin Tresselt/Yaroslava) Has "Berg" written on front top right cover. 
• A Gift-Bear for the King (1966 Carl Memling/Lillian Hoban) $7-10. Ebay comp $11.96 shipped (Pages look very clean)
• A Letter to Amy (1968 Ezra Jack Keats) Childrens Choice
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• Come and Have Fun x2 (1962 Edith Thacher Hurd/Clement Hurd) Lots of owner ID marks on first end page in front of book., second copy is clean.
• Johhny Lion's Book (1965 Edith Thacher Hurd/Clement Hurd)
• Binky Brothers, Detectives (1968 James Lawrence/Leonard Kessler) Title page has a corner taken off.
• Swimmy (1968 Leo Lionni) Childrens Choice 
• The Mitten (1964 Alvin Tresselt/Yarolslava) Childrens Choice. Very good cond. 
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• Spooky Tricks (1968 Rose Wyler and Gerald Ames/Talivaldis Sybis)
• Little Bear's Visit (1961 Else Holmelund Minarik/Maurice Sendak) Looks very clean x3
• Little Bear's Friend (1960 Else Holmelund Minarik/Maurice Sendak) Looks very clean x3
• Little Toot on the Thames (1964/Hardie Gramatky) Name in pencil on front end page
• Our Veronica goes to Petunia's Farm (1962 Roger Duvoisin) Stamp and discard on title page but not a library book. Very clean otherwise.
• Down, Down the Mountain (1961 Ellis Credle) Looks very clean. (ebay comp $8.50 shipped)
• General Billycock's pigs (1961 Joan Belfour Payne) Not in great cond. by my standards
• Chicken Soup with Rice (1962 Maurice Sendak) Looks like a reprint but doesn't indicate.
• Gregory ...noisiest strongest boy in grove...(1969 Robert Bright) Loose binding. No writing.  (ebay comp $8 shipped) 
• Gus Was a Friendly Ghost (1962 Jane Thayer/Seymour Fleishman) x3 $7.75 etsy 
• What's a Ghost Going to Do? (1966 Jane Thayer/Seymour Fleishman) x2 $5.50 etsy
• Georgie and the Robbers (1962 Robert Bright) x2 (Comps all over the board--) I would list likely for $16.99 
• Shawneen and the Gander (1961 Richard Bennett) Looks unused inside $7.95 etsy
• The Happy Birthday Present (1962 Joan Heilbroner/Mary Chalmers) $5
• Andy and the Runaway Horse (1963 Jane Thayer/Meg Wohlberg) 
• The Fire Cat (1960 Esther Averill) $7
• Little PeeWee and Sylvester--two books in one (1967 Golden Press)
• Best Friends for Frances (1969) HC Good cond but has owner name and info on bottom back cover.
• Egg Thoughts and other Frances Songs HC without DJ $7
• Best Friends for Frances, Russell/Lillian Hoban 1969 $12.00 x2
• Bedtime for Frances (1960 Russell Hoban/Garth Williams)
• Best Friends for Frances, Russell/Lillian Hoban 1969 $12.00
• Be Nice to Spiders (1967 Margaret Bloy Graham)
• The Toad Hunt (1967 Janet Chenery/Ben Shecter) 
• Anatole Over Paris (1961 Eve Titus/Paul Galdone)
• So Small (1962 Ann Rand/Feodor Rojankovsky) 
• Sir Kevin of Devon (1963 Adelaide Hall/Leonard Weisgard)
• McBroom and the Big Wind (1967 Syd Fleischman/Kurt Werth)
• Frederick (1967 Leo Lionni) $24.99

Syd Hoff

• Chester (1961 Syd Hoff) (ebay comp $5.99 shipped)
• Stanley (Syd Hoff) 1962 (ebay comp $8.88 plus ship)
• Who Will Be My Friends? (1960 Syd Hoff) ($12 plus ship ebay)
• Grizzwold (1963 Syd Hoff) $11.50 etsy
• Albert the Albatross (1961 Syd Hoff) $12 etsy, $8 side order price. ebay is lower.
• The Homework Caper (1966/Joan M. Lexau/Syd Hoff) $8
• Oliver (1960) 
• Julius 
• Who Will Be My Friends? (1960)

Arnold Lobel 

• Oscar Otter (1966 Nathaniel Benchley/Arnold Lobel) No writing $9-$11 etsy price 
• Small Pig (1968) Arnold Lobel $10 etsy price
• Giant John (1964 Arnold Lobel)
• Benny's Animals (1966/Millicent Selsam/Arnold Lobel) x2 $12 etsy (low end)
• Let's Get Turtles (1965/Millicent Selsam/Arnold Lobel) 
• The Secret Three (1963 Mildred Myrick/Arnold Lobel)
• Prince Bertram the Bad 

Parents' Magazine Press

• Miss Suzy (1964 Miriam Young Ill/Arnold Lobel) (a bit more worn) $9 (sold one on IG for $9)
• What is a Whispery Secret? Hobart/Alexander 1968
• How Fletcher was Hatched (1969 Wende & Harry Devlin) $8 firm one-off price.  Sells $10-13 ebay (I have a few copies) $7.95 etsy. $6 IG 
• The Grown Up-Day1969 (Jack Kent) $9.95 etsy price (none listed currently)
• The Magic Carousel 1967 (Dorothy Levenson/Ari Forberg) $5
• School for Sillies (1969, Jay Williams/Friso Henstra) 
• The Practical Princess (1969, Jay Williams/Friso Henstra) 
• Harvey's Hideout (1969, Russell Hoban/Lillian Hoban) ebay comp $9.99 plus sh
• The Mouse and the Elephant (1969/Barbara Walker and Naki Tezel/Emily McCully)
• Did you ever dream? (1969/Doris Herold Lund/Franklin Luke) Cover has some pen marks 
• Alexander (1964 Harold Littledale) 
• Bernadette's Busy Morning (1968 Ila Hodgson/John E. Johnson) 
• Ma Lien and the Magic Brush (1968 Hisako Kimishima/Kei Wakana) $5 No Writing 
• Mr. Angelo (1960 Marjory Schwalje/Abner Graboff) HC w/ DJ
• The Grown-Up Day (1969 Jack Kent) x2
• The Mouse and the Elephant (1969 Barbara K. Walker and Naki Tezel/Emily A. McCully)
• When the Sun was Late (1966 Benjamin Elkin/Jerome Snyder)
• Anatole over paris (1961) HTF Etsy price $34-38
• Taro and the Tofu Book (Sold IG)
• How Joe the Bear and Sam the Mouse Got Together (1965)

Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Book Club Edition 

• Birds at Night (Roma Gans/Alki) 1968 $4
• Spider Silk (Augusta Goldin/Joseph Low) 1964 $3 (May have sold via ig)
• My Visit to the Dinosaurs (1969/Alki) $7 etsy
• Air is all around you (1962 Franklin Branley/Robert Galster) $6.95 etsy
• A Drop of Blood (1967 Paul Showers/Don Madden) $11.95 etsy price (I am lowest)
• A Tree is a Plant (1960 Clyde Robert Bulla/Lois Lignell) $5
• Rain and Hail (1963 Franklyn M. Branley/Helen Borten) Pencil small marking on one page $6 etsy
• What I like about Toads (1969) didn't see any writing 6.95 etsy
• Straight Hair, Curly Hair (1966 Augusta Goldin/Ed Emberley) Very clean $14.99
• Where does your garden grow? (1967 Augusta Goldin/Helen Borten) Very clean $14.99
• The Sunlit Sea (1968 Augusta Goldin/Paul Galdone) Name inside front cover $6.50
• Salt (1965 Augusta Goldin/Robert Galster) $8.50 (none listed)
• Follow your nose (1963 Paul Showers/Paul Galdone) $9.95 etsy
• Seeds by Wind and Water (1962 Helene Jordan/Nils Hogner) $9.95 etsy
• What Makes day and Night (1961 Franklyn M. Branley/Helen Borten) $9.95 etsy
• The Moon Seems to Change (1960 Franklyn M. Branley/Helen Borten) Rare $19.95 etsy
• Starfish (1962 Edith Thacher Hurd/Lucienne Bloch) $9.50 etsy (none listed)

I can Read it all by myself (Dr Seuss Logo)

• Summer (1963 Alice Low/Roy McKee) x2
• Babar Loses his Crown (1967)
• I was Kissed by the Seal at the Zoo (1962) x2
• Little Black Goes to the Circus! (1963 Walter Farley/James Schucker) Horse Book
• More Riddles (1961 Bennett Cerf/Roy McKie) 1961 HC w/ DJ

Misc. 

• A Letter to Amy (Ezra Jack Keats) 1968 HC $3
• A Pickle for a Nickel (Lilian Moore) 1969 (Inscribed/Golden beginning reader) (Apparently very collectible, probably will list for $50 on etsy) x2
• Danny's Straw Hat (Edith Eckblad) 1962 (Has some creases and binding is no longer in tact.) $10
• One Kitten is not too many 1964 (Dorothy Levenson/Carl and Mary Hague
• Hooray for Henry (1966 Jean Bethell/Sergio Leone) Old note inside says etsy price $12.99
• The Big Green Thing (1963 Wonder Books Easy Reader) Clean
• Arty the Smarty (1962 Faith McNulty/Albert Aqunio) 
• Barney Beagle (1962 Jean Bethell/Ruth Wood) 
• The Three Bears (1963/Margaret Hillert) A Follett Just beginning to read book
• I think I saw a Snail (1969 Illustrated by Harold James) Poem book but looks like a weekly reader. 
• Timothy's Flower (1967 Jean Van Leeuwen/Moneta Barnett) stamp and discard on front end page but not from a library. Pretty clean otherwise. 
• The Hunkendunkens (1968 Richard R Livingston and Harriet Pincus) Stated First Edition. HC w/ DJ --Unsure.  Will probably list on etsy $34.95.  Scarce. 
• Day and Night (1960 Roger Duvoisin) EXC cond but has stamps inside.  Not an ex-lib.
• Flat Stanley (1964 Jeff Brown/Tomi Ungerer) Cover is a bit warped and writing inside front but crisp. Gold Steps, Stone Steps (1969 Paul Margulies/JK Lambert) Stated first HC w/ DJ $59.99 my etsy price.  
• Polonius Penguin learns to swim (1963 Anthony Abrahams/Hilary Abrahams) HC w/ DJ--Has a gift inscription $34.99
• Tiger Flower (1968 Robert Vavra/Fleur Cowles) 1968 HC w/DJ x2 - $39.99 etsy
• Lion and Blue (1974 Robert Vavra/Fleur Cowles) 1974 HC w/DJ 
• Forest Folk (1962 Mary and Conrad Buff) 1967 printing, HC w/ DJ
• The Quiz Book (1968 Arkady Leokum/John Huehnergarth) HC
• Who's That in the Mirror? (1968 Polly Berrien Berends/Lilian Obligado) Random House
• Jane's Blanket (1963 Arthur Miller/Al Parker) First Crowell-Collier Press Edition Rare (got wet at one point)