Search Results: CHILDREN'S from Anglophile Books

Toronto: Scholastic Canada. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1996. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0590247581. 116 pages; Spine foot lightly bumped. Covers and pages clean and bright. Dust wrapper, price cut, is faintly edgeworn and lightly rubbed. A very nice copy. ; At the end of World War II, fifteen-year-old Ruth Mendenberg is released from Buchenwald. Upon returning to her village she learns that all of her family has died in the Holocaust and she has nowhere to go. After being contacted by members of the underground she decides to attempt the dangerous and illegal journey to Palestine. Based on actual events.. Catalogs: Children's. Keywords: Canadian Woman Author, World War II, Holocaust, Palestine, Novel, Brichah, Israel.

New York: Bantam Books. Good+. c1936, 1988. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0553213164. 258 pages; Spine and cover creases, edgewear, inside covers just beginning to brown, text block edges yellowing. Interior pages clean, none loose. ; The fourth book in the Anne series timeline although LMM wrote it later. 'Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside - and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty - and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her triumphs. '. Catalogs: Children's. Keywords: Canadian Woman Author,… Read More

New York: Tor. Very Good. c1908,1995. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0812551524. 307 pages; Light spine and cover creases, a bit of edgewear and rubbing, pages clean and bright. Odd cover illustration but a nice copy. ; The first book in the series. 'As soon as Anne Shirley arrived at the snug, white farmhouse called Green Gables, she knew she wanted to stay forever... but would the Cuthberts send her back to the orphanage? Anne knows she's not what they expected -- a skinny girl with decidedly red hair and a temper to match. If only she could convince them to let her stay, she'd try very hard not to keep rushing headlong into scrapes or blurt out the very first thing she had to say. Anne was not like anybody else, everyone at Green Gables agreed; she was special -- a girl with an enormous imagination. This orphan girl dreamed of the day when she could call herself Anne of Green Gables. 'Highly recommended.. Catalogs: Children's. Keywords: Canadian Woman Author, Prince Edward Island, Novel.

New York: Bantam Books. Good+. c1939,1988. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0553213156. 277 pages; Spine and cover creases, edgewear, inside covers just beginning to brown, text block edges yellowing. Interior pages clean, none loose. ; The sixth book in the Anne series but written several years later,( just a few years before LMM's death) at the urging of her publishers for another Anne book. 'Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now with a new baby on the way and insufferable Aunt Mary Maria visiting -- and wearing out her welcome -- Anne's life is full to bursting.Still Mrs. Doctor can't think of any place she'd rather be than her own beloved Ingleside. Until the day she begins to worry that her adored Gilbert doesn't love her anymore. How could that be? She may be a little older, but she's still the same irrepressible, irreplaceable redhead -- the wonderful Anne of Green Gables, all grown up. . . She's ready to make her cherished husband fall in love with… Read More

Berkeley, CA: Parnassus Press. Very Good-. 1975. Hardcover. 47 pages; Decorated mustard cloth binding has two small areas on front cover that look insect damaged, showing the boards and one small soiled area (price tag residue?); otherwise book is in very nice condition. No dust wrapper. ; A young orphan returns to the village of Swinfield, England where he was born in 1634. Book is profusely illustrated with colour and black and white drawings. . Catalogs: Children's.

NY: E. P. Dutton. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1992. First US Edition. Hardcover. 106 pages. Signed by Author; A lovely book. No remainder mark, not an ex-library book. Signed and inscribed by the author 'best wishes for happy reading'. Dust wrapper, unclipped, has faint edgewear and rubbing.; <b>Leona and her best friend Eddie have a wonderful day of stay-at-home-from-school (by pretending to be sick) fun planned. Disaster strikes when Leona is trapped in Eddie's closet and then stranded in a tree. Eddie is sent to school without Leona or his homework! And that's only the beginning of this very funny not-so-fantastic day.</b> .

NY: Scholastic. Very Good. c1944, 1999. Softcover; Trade PB. ISBN: 059044767X. B&W Illustrations; 188 pages; Child's name in ink on inside front cover, faint spine creases, light cover creases and edgewear, page edges very lightly yellowed. ; This biography tells how Elizabeth Blackwell pursued her dream and became the first woman doctor in the US. In 1840 there were no women doctors in the US but Elizabeth Blackwell was raised to think for herself and she overcame the many difficulties placed in her way. For ages 9-12.. Catalogs: Children's. Keywords: Women' History, Women's Work, Biography, Elizabeth Blackwell.

NY: Dutton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper c1975,2002. First US Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 167 pages; A new book in lovely condition.; <b>Another wonderful fantasy from Eva Ibbotson originally published in the UK in 1975. When your father is the legless ghost of a fierce Scottish soldier and your mother is a malodorous hag, you would surely be the most horrible ghostly offspring. Sadly, the only thing horrible about Humphrey the Horrible is his name. "Still, his parents love him, and despite his attractive appearance, Humphrey has a great destiny, involving all the ghosts of Britain." Humphrey, along with a young human boy named Rick, decide something must be done to create a 'ghost sanctuary' in Great Britain as all the older places they used to haunt are getting torn down for highways or other modern 'improvements'.</b> .

New York: Dell Yearling Books. Very Good. (1960) 1987. Softcover; Trade PB. ISBN: 0440439884. 184 pages; Edgeworn and rubbed, no spine creases. ; The story of Karana, an Indian girl that lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. This is a fictional retelling of an actual 19th century event. A Newbery Award winner; highly recommended. . Catalogs: Children's. Keywords: Newbery, Aleutian.

London: Mammoth. Very Good. c1990,1999. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0749707968. 176 pages; A nice copy. Light cover creases and edgewear, no spine creases, pages clean and bright.; A young boy loses his home and his family during the Blitz. He can't bear to be given to Cousin Elsie, who'd make such a fuss- so he goes away, where nobody knows him. He is alone on his journey except for a dog he meets on the beach. Winner of the "Guardian Children's Fiction Award. Recommended.. Catalogs: Children's. Keywords: World War II, Blitz, Northumberland, Children, England.

San Diego: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. c1943, 1997. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 0152017208. B&W Illustrations; 255 pages; A new book with bumped spine ends and a dust wrapper with very light edgewear and rubbing. ; Mary Poppins returns to Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, London in a fireworks rocket during the Guy Fawkes' celebration. She is just in time as the five Banks children have grown rather wild without a nanny. Their adventures with the magical, but firm, nanny in this book involve the Marble Boy, Peppermint Horses and the Cat That Looked at the King. This is a reprint of the original US edition. Some of the illustrations were done by Agnes Sims because WWII restrictions prevented the arrival of the original Shepard illustrations. The illustrator, Mary Shepard, was the daughter of E.H. Shepard who did the illustrations for the Winnie the Pooh books and Wind in the Willows amongst others. 'Travers chose Mary Shepard as the illustrator for her Mary Poppins… Read More

San Diego: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. c1952, 1997. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 015201716X. B&W Illustrations; 265 pages; A new book with bumped spine ends and an unclipped dust wrapper with very light edgewear and rubbing. ; The fourth book in this beloved series. It features six adventures that occured during the magical nanny's first three visits to Cherry Tree Lane. The illustrator, Mary Shepard, was the daughter of E.H. Shepard who did the illustrations for the Winnie the Pooh books and Wind in the Willows amongst others. 'Travers chose Mary Shepard as the illustrator when she saw a hand-drawn Christmas card Mary had done. Shepard was a graduate of the Slade School of Art, and was married to E.V. Knox, the editor of Punch, the British humor magazine.' Recommended.. Catalogs: Children's. Keywords: British Woman Author, Nanny, Magic, Children, London, England.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good+. c1938,1988. Reprint. Softcover; Trade PB. 139 pages. No spine or cover creases, very light edgewear and rubbing; book looks unread. ; A delightful story with wonderful illustrations for ages 9 and up. 'The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.' <p>'Mr. Popper found it difficult enough to support his family but the addition of twelve penguins to the family made it impossible to make both ends meet. Then Mr. Popper has a splendid idea- the talented penguins would be a sensation on the stage. And so they were...' Winner of the Newbery and Caldecott awards. Highly recommended. Basis for the up-coming film starring Jim Carrey. .

Mahwah, NJ: Watermill Press. Very Good. 1988. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0816714738. 219 pages; Faint spine and cover creases and very light edgewear. Clean pages a bit browned, not brittle or loose. ; The delightful sequel to Five Children and It and basis for the fim and mini-seriesof the same name. Of course, the carpet in the title is a magic carpet that takes the children on many exciting adventures.. Catalogs: Children's. Keywords: British Woman Author, Magic, Magic Carpet, England.

NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated pages. Signed by Author; A very nice copy signed and inscribed by the author "To B- May you slay all your dragons!" Spine head slightly bumped. Unclipped dust wrapper with creased flaps has faint edgewear and a tiny skinned area and some glue residue (from an old price sticker?) on rear panel. ; <b>The author has written an original folktale based on authentic bits of Chinese dragon lore. Will the hero make the three dangerous journeys across the river dragon's bridge so that he can marry his true love? The marvelous watercolor illustrations are evocative of China of long ago. For ages 5 and up.</b> .

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good c1962, 1986. Reprint. Softcover; Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; 156 pages; Faint cover creases and edgewear, no spine creases, remainder mark on bottom edge, page edges lightly yellowed. A nice copy.; <b>This magical adventure for the five children (Barnaby, John, Susan, Abbie, and Fredrika) begins when Susan checks out an old and battered library book that the librarian, after giving Susan a mysterious look, tells her must be returned in 7 days. Need we tell you the book is magic? Highly recommended.</b> .

London: Dean. Near Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper 2006. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 221 pages; A lovely new oversized book.; <b>Selected tales and poems of Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Christopher Robin, and all the other inhabitants of the One Hundred Acre Woods (Ashdown Forest). Beautifully illustrated in colour by E.H. Shepard.</b> .