Dial Press, 1982 HB with DJ. First printing. DJ is very good, slight we at corners and one small tear at top right. Binding is fine. Library stamp and envelope on inside front cover; stamped also on inside back cover. 166 pages, fine.... more information

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United Church Press, 1963 Binding has very slight bumps on the corners. 96 page, light brown cover with darker brown lettering and design. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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Boston, MA: Little Brown and Company, 1966 A Young America Book Club book. Chancy is finally old enough to strike out into the world to find his brother and sisters. They were all separated after the Civil War that killed his father, and the winter flu that killed his mother. He has a wheelbarrow and meets all kinds of people on his trek, including an uncle and the grand rascal. Light wear at the spine ends and bottom corners. 179 pages, nicely illustrated; no marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&... more information

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New York: Harper Collins, 1983 Young Willy hopes to pay the back taxes on his Grandfather's farm with the purse from the ten-mile dog sled race he enters. 81 pages, no marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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Waco, TX: Word, Inc., 1978 This is a weekly Reader book in the Ready-Set-Grow series. This educational book is designed to give the child a better understanding of his or her role as a member of a family. The book has five parts: What is a family?, Family Roles, Family Relationships, Family Rules, and Family Responsibilities. The illustrations are in color and black & white. At the end of each section there is a short exercise based on what was just read. A good book for home schooling. The binding has ... more information

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New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1979 A story of a boy who lived with his grandmother. He was very happy living there and thought he always would, but his father remarried when he was nine years old. His father, who was a virtual stranger to him, expected his son to live with them in a big city. 155 pages, no marks or tears noted. Ex-library. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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New York, NY: Random House, 1954 This is a book from the Landmark Series chapter books for children. About 1885, when he was nearly sixty years old, Moses Schallenberger set down the story of the trip that he made to California more than forty years before. The original manuscript disappeared, probably burned in a fire that destroyed the Schallenberger house in San Jose, California. Before that time it had been in the hands of Horace S. Foote, and he had reproduced most of it in his history of San Jose. Eve... more information

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Middletown, CT: Weekly Reader Books, 1974 The story of three orphans and their attempt to find, and keep, a home. Binding is fine. 105 pages, no marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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Vancouver, BC, Canada: Douglas & McIntyre, Limited, 1997 Old Mickey is one hundred and twelve years old. He can't remember current things, but he can remember every detail of what happened one hundred years ago, when he and his mother rang away from his violent father to take refuge in the hills north of Ottawa. Luckily for Mickey, his wonderful Uncle Ronald and crafty twin aunts, the O'Malley girls, embrace, love, and protect him. Despite the fact that they are under siege for not paying their ... more information

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Whitman Publishing, 1969 Spine is taped the length of the book, front and back cover have slight scuffs. Each page is a heavy board with a scene using dolls and other props photographed against a colorful background.... more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing, 1977 456-9. Edition "N". A beautiful holiday story about baby Jesus born in a manger. The text rhymes, and the story includes several kinds of animals including dogs, cats, sheep and others. Also includes the concept of counting to ten using the animals. A very simple book, easily read by a child, but something long remembered. The binding has scuffs on the corners and the silver spine has minor wear. The title page has a 1/4" tear at the bottom edge. The pag... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 1977 Laura, twelve-years-old, comes from a family of overachievers and wishes that she were special in some was as well. She then discovers she has psychic ability, which nobody else in her family has. 179 pages, no marks or tears. The binding has an area that looks a bit different in the right light, possibly a water spill. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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Coward-McCann, Inc., 1943 Binding is very good, very light wear at the corners. Included are two novels by two different authors in one volume. 208 pages, total, yellowed at the edges but otherwise fine. 5.25" x 7.75" high. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.... more information

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New York: Atheneum, 1970 Laurie was worried about her grandfather, whose eyesight was getting worse. That night he announced that she would ride out of Hawkins Dry Riggings, all the way across Montana to fetch Uncle Arthur for help. She was very excited; it was a long journey and she hadn't been away from home since she was three. The binding has light wear top and bottom, especially at the corners and spine. 187 pages, illustrated; one page has a spot on it, no tears. Very little in lib. markings. In a... more information

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Albert Whitman & Company, 1992 Pictorial cover; it shows the children climbing a bluff, and it appears one has fallen and is injured. The children are on a jaunt with their grandfather. On the trip though, their grandfather disappears during a storm. 120 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers A book about living in a log house in Wisconsin in the 1800's. They lived in comparative wilderness with the woods all around, and wild animals of all types shared the woods with them. This is a reprint of the 1953 volume in which Garth Williams did the illustrations. The book has light wear on the bottom edges and spine bottom, and some scuffing/light soil on the front of the beige cover. 238 pages, no marks or tears. Illustrated with William's wonderful imagi... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Cobblehill Books, 1991 Seventh printing. Kit and her best friend, Tracy, entertain themselves by pretending to be Harriet Headline and Sharon Shocker, reporters for a tabloid newspaper. But even the outrageous headlines they invent can't help Kit laugh away a series of problems at home and school. Her frustration builds until Kit, in a moment of self-pity, makes a major mistake. She finds herself in trouble - with her family and the police. When she tries to hide what she has... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Cobblehill Books, 1991 Seventh printing. Kit and her best friend, Tracy, entertain themselves by pretending to be Harriet Headline and Sharon Shocker, reporters for a tabloid newspaper. But even the outrageous headlines they invent can't help Kit laugh away a series of problems at home and school. Her frustration builds until Kit, in a moment of self-pity, makes a major mistake. She finds herself in trouble - with her family and the police. When she tries to hide what she has... more information

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Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1947 A Tell-a-Tale Book, #867. This is a story about a family that had several pets, and Daddy brought home a baby goat. The goat was very friendly and wanted to do everything the other animals did, curl up like a cat, chase it's tale like a dog and imitate the rooster. One day he finally figured out that he was a goat. The binding is red with a picture of Smoky on the front. All of the corners have light wear, the spine moderate wear. The spine is tight, with moderate we... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1973 Originally published in 1935, this book was awarded the John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. In her new forward the author recalls the real Caddie, who was her grandmother, and tells how she often "sat spellbound, listening, listening!" as Caddie told stories of her pioneer childhood. Children everywhere will love red-headed Caddie with her penchant for pranks. Scar... more information

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