CURIOUS GEORGE FLIES A KITE
First printing of the fifth book in the CURIOUS GEORGE series, which sees the beloved monkey engaging in kite and bunny-related mischief.
First printing of the fifth book in the CURIOUS GEORGE series, which sees the beloved monkey engaging in kite and bunny-related mischief.
First edition of this picture-book history of the African diaspora, with special focus on famous Black leaders from Phillis Wheatley and Mary McLeod Bethune to Frederick Douglass and Thurgood Marshall.
First printing of this delightful take on the tale of the Gingerbread Man, winner of a 1954 Caldecott Honor – scarce in dust jacket.
Publisher's review copy of Sendak's first book as both author and illustrator.
First printing of this scarce early Sendak picture book, the tale of a little boy who decides to become a giant.
Lovely first printing of one of Sendak's scarcest works, with a mid-century anti-racist message.
First printing of this colorful retelling of the beloved folktale and song, one of the rarest Caldecott Medal winners.
First printing of this stylish picture book illustrated by the "model of a modern designer/art director" (Bader) behind the iconic looks of companies like IBM, ABC, Enron, UPS, and many others.
First edition, first printing of this classic Tudor title, featuring a well-meaning crow who wants to help around the house.
First edition of Greene's crime thriller for young children, spectacularly illustrated by Dorothy (Glover) Craigie.
Inscribed first printing of this delightful feline folio, with fascinating correspondence about publication delays, edits, and a small crisis about unauthorized edits to the text for inclusion in a reader.
Scarce first printing of this Tasha Tudor bunny tale, a collaboration with her first husband.
First printing of the fourth Eloise book — inscribed by beloved illustrator Hilary Knight — in which Eloise gets tired of caviar and fails to thaw the icy hearts of suspicious Muscovites.
First printing of this beautiful Babar entry, in which the animals celebrate the founding of the elephant town Célesteville, an exceptionally beautiful copy.
First printing of this tale of a hippo who is so preoccupied with trying to be a person that she forgets the true happiness of being herself — with original (and fashionable) promotional stuffed hippo toy.
Signed first printing of this midcentury holiday tale.
Scarce first printing of this Newbery Honor-winning work by the author of THE YEARLING, a magical realism tale of a young Black girl's efforts to feed her community during the Great Depression.
First edition of Eloise's whirlwind tour of Paris (that's Paris, France) from promenading up the Champs-Elysées to St.-Germain for a salade niçoise, and on to M. Dior for an "absolutely chic" dress.
First printing of this colorful Babar story, following his family's visit to the Kingdom of the Birds.
Beautiful first printing of this hilarious Orlando story which sees him acquiesce to his kittens' desire for a pet, with hilarious results.
Scarce inscribed first edition of this lively rodent Western, written and illustrated by the sister of artist Wanda Gág.
Charming Afrikaans picture book in the shape of a paper doll's dress, with different outfits on every page.
Inscribed first issue of this poetic picture book, following three young squirrels through the four seasons.
Inscribed first printing of this tale of an enormous Norwegian horse-eating bird, and the lengths four children will go to in order to protect their steed.
First edition of this sweet bedtime book of simple riddles about what different animals dream of, in the scarce original dust jacket.