San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2015) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A charming story, a collaboration between an award winning writer and illustrator. The New York Times named this one of the 10 best illustrated books of the year and it described it as having " so much depth: a fearful ghost, a take-charge girl, and interracial friendship, and a tale in which fear is integrally and sweetly tied to positive qualities of imagination." SIGNED opposite the title page by the illustrator Christian Robinson with a small drawing. The illustrations are all in shades of blue. Unpaginated. ISBN: 978-1452131566.

New York: Gulliver Books / Harcourt, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A selection of bird stories from around the world collected by Howard Norman and illustrated in beautiful full color (with colored pencil and watercolor on Bristol board) by Caldecott award-winning artists Leo and Diane Dillon (Leo was the first Black US American to receive this award). SIGNED on the title page by both Leo and Diane Dillon. Includes a 4 pp note by Norman about the stories and the selection process - "laughter, argument, friendship." Slightly oblong format. ix, 78 pp. ISBN: 0-152019820.

New York: Random House, (1950.) dj. Hardcover - A 'World Landmark Book' for children, illustrated with two color drawings by Elton Fax. Biography of a man who led his desert tribe of nomads from out of nowhere and conquered half the known world, the scourge of both Christians and Moslems. The Landmark series is perhaps one of the best series for children from the mid-20th century, and they are especially remarkable for the quality of the writing - in many cases, a Landmark book might be the only children's book by an author who is considered an expert in his or her field. Index, illustrated endpapers. 181 pp.