BABY'S BOOK
First edition of this beautiful book of rhymes and simple stories for very young children, vividly illustrated in Attwell's characteristic style.
First edition of this beautiful book of rhymes and simple stories for very young children, vividly illustrated in Attwell's characteristic style.
Soviet children's book on the theme of international brotherhood, illustrated with bright color lithographs of parents and children from many nations.
Lovely new edition of Beaumont's classic fairy tale, inscribed by illustrator Hilary Knight, with a brief afterword by Cocteau on the themes of secret disappointment and the "pangs of hopeless love."
First printing of Newbery Medal winner Blos's adaptation of Margaret Wise Brown's "unconventional" 1951 autobiography for the Junior Book of Authors — illustrated and signed by artist Thomas Burt Allen.
Inscribed first edition of this emotional roller-coaster story inspired by the loss and refinding of a real cat, by the Anchorage-based author and illustrator.
Signed later printing of this Alaskan installment of the Imagine Living Here series, inscribed by Alaskan illustrator Lavallee with accompanying thematic drawing.
Signed first edition of Franklin's fish story, set in an unnamed Pacific Northwestern locale, inscribed by illustrator Lavallee with an original drawing.
Scarce inscribed first edition of this lively rodent Western, written and illustrated by the sister of artist Wanda Gág.
Inscribed later printing of this children's nonfiction picture book on the Audubon Society's Puffin Project successes in coastal Maine.
Inscribed first edition of this rhyming picture book for very young children, following a ladybug and a turtle in a hot-air balloon ride around the world.
Doubly inscribed first edition of this energetic rhyming ABC, full of vividly illustrated city-dwellers dressed in mercilessly depicted high mid-90s style.
First edition of this collaboration between the noted children's poet and the Caldecott Award-winning illustrator, based on both artists' individual trips to China.
Inscribed first edition of this educational picture book introducing children to sign language systems, semaphore, pictograms, international symbols, and other ways of communicating without the spoken word.
Signed first edition of this historical children's book set on a 19th-century Dakota homestead, with the illustrator's scarce signature.
Signed first edition of this time-travel balloon adventure for the early grades, with an appended technical diagram and a Brief History of Hot Air Ballooning from the Montgolfier brothers to the present day.
Inscribed first printing of Houston's 1940s wartime children's story, affectingly illustrated by Lloyd Bloom.
Scarce inscribed copy of this charming self-published picture book, illustrated by (presumably) the author in a striking style midway between Kate Greenaway and Henry Darger.
Inscribed later printing of Lavallee's most renowned picture book, set in the Arctic and including a glossary guide to Inuit life and culture.
Lovely first printing of one of Sendak's scarcest works, with a mid-century anti-racist message.
First printing of Laden's fanciful animal fable starring two masters of modern art, inscribed by the author/illustrator with an original drawing of the main characters.
First US edition of these retold Canadian fairy tales with French and English origins, beautifully illustrated by Canadian artist Gál.
First US edition of Mayer's retelling of the Norse myth, adapted from the Prose Edda and beautifully illustrated by Laszlo Gal.
First printing of Mora's bilingual Spanish/English counting picture book, inscribed with an original drawing by illustrator Lavallee.
Signed second printing of this collaboration between the eminent folklorist and the beloved children's artist, signed by Wells and with a signed bookplate from Opie laid in.
Rare double-sided panorama featuring Preston's characteristic wide-eyed children, introduced in rhyming verses.