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Item #35319 BETTER KNOWN AS JOHNNY APPLESEED. Mabel Leigh Hunt, James Daugherty
Scarce Newbery Honor Book

BETTER KNOWN AS JOHNNY APPLESEED

By Mabel Leigh Hunt, with illustrations by James Daugherty
(1950)

Scarce first printing of this Newbery Honor, a set of nine biographical vignettes about the itinerant apple planter of US legend.

Price: $65.00

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Item #30684 FROG WENT A-COURTIN'. John Langstaff, Feodor Rojankovsky
Rare Caldecott Medal Winner

FROG WENT A-COURTIN'

By John Langstaff, illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky
(1955)

First printing of this colorful retelling of the beloved folktale and song, one of the rarest Caldecott Medal winners.

Price: $1,200.00

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Item #35318 THE SECRET RIVER. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Leonard Weisgard
Award Winning Tale of the South

THE SECRET RIVER

By Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
(1955)

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.

Price: $450.00

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Item #9602 JOURNEY CAKE, HO! Ruth Sawyer, Robert McCloskey
1954 Caldecott Honor Book

JOURNEY CAKE, HO!

By Ruth Sawyer, illustrated by Robert McCloskey
1953

First printing of this delightful take on the tale of the Gingerbread Man, winner of a 1954 Caldecott Honor – scarce in dust jacket.

Price: $1,400.00

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