New York: Greenwillow Books, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical adventure novel for older children by this award-winning writer, set in the mid-nineteenth century in the Australian backwoods. Seth, his older brother, has gone to market leaving Cuthbert (called Custard), strange and slow-witted as the sole protector of their mother and disabled sister - but Cuthbert notices strangers in the woods, and realizes that they are in danger. 177 pp. ISBN: 0-688802249.

New York: Wendy Lamb Books / Random House, (2015) dj. Hardcover - Fourth novel for older children by this Newbery Award winning author: the story of three seventh-graders, best friends with one rule: no fighting. SIGNED on the title page. 287 pp. Dust jacket art by Marcos Chin. ISBN: 978-0385743174.

New York: Wendy Lamb Books / Random House, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel for older children by this Newbery Award winning author: seventh-grader Georges (the s is silent) adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father's efforts to start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of their building. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Guardian Prize for children's fiction. 180 pp. Dust jacket art by Yan Nascimbene. ISBN: 9780385737432.

Chicago: Wilcox & Follet, (1945). Hardcover first edition - Two appealing children's stories, illustrated throughout in full color bound back to back in a spiral binding. Illustrated boards on the outside and also in between the two stories. A tall thin book - measuring approx 12 inches tall, 5 inches wide. Unpaginated.

New York: Viking, (1972, c. 1969. dj. Hardcover - 1970 Newbery Honor book. The story of the Raft people who live in darkness and circle around on an underground river, and of one boy who breaks out into the Better Place. Illustrated with woodcuts by Rocco Negri.

New York: Harcourt Brace & World, (1964). Hardcover first edition - Folklore inspired tale - "There were once three brothers who lived way back among the high hills of Tennessee... The youngest had no name at all, but he did have a farm on top of the highest mountain in Tennessee." Illustrated throughout with drawings by Jack Davis. 80 pp.

New York: Holiday House, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book both written and illustrated by this author - one with "wacky Seuss-ian art and rhyming text - The boy and the bear were always a pair . . . . until the boy found a goat in a coat, a huggable slug, a funky old monkey" and too many things to hold. SIGNED on the title page. Large format unpaginated. ISBN: 978-0823440955.

New York: Holiday House, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book both written and illustrated by this author - one with "wacky Seuss-ian art and rhyming text - The boy and the bear were always a pair . . . . until the boy found a goat in a coat, a huggable slug, a funky old monkey" and too many things to hold. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Happy adventures!' . Large format unpaginated. ISBN: 978-0823440955.

Somerville, MA; Candlewick Press, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A colorful and fun book, with an appeal to children's imaginations. Illustrated by Bob Staake SIGNED on the title page by the author, Peter Stein, Large square format, unpaginated.. ISBN: 9780763662547.

Somerville, MA; Candlewick Press, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A colorful and fun book, with an appeal to children's imaginations. Illustrated by Bob Staake SIGNED and dated in Oct 2013 on the title page by the author, Peter Stein, Large square format, unpaginated.. ISBN: 9780763662547.

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1917. Hardcover first edition - Poems and short stories from the hebrew of Judah Steinberg by Emily Solis-Cohen Jr.. Colored frontispiece and three internal plates. 175 pp.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A charming retelling by this Caldecott honor award artist of one explanation of how the Manx cat lost its tail - as the rain is increasing and flooding is threatening Noah and his family do not want to take off in the ark until the wayward Manx cat arrives - he comes at the last moment, and his tail gets caught in the door. The great illustrations enhance the story. INSCRIBED by the author/illustrator with a small drawing and dated in the year of publication, on the page opposite the first page of the story. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-152367659.

Carmel, CA: Palmar Press, (2014). SIGNED hardcover first edition - With a timeline across the top of each page, this book tells "a story in rhyme . . narrated by a grandmother, the story compares her own mother's life and times to those of her grandchildren. Side by side vintage and full color photos contrast fashion, schools, transportation, entertainment, technology, culture and the arts from the Great Depression and World War II years to those of today." SIGNED by the author on the title page. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 978-0983929314.

New York: Scribner's, 1936. dj. Hardcover first edition - Stories from "The Floating Prince," "Ting-a-ling Tales" and "The Queen's Museum."Foreword by Mary Gould Davis. Colored frontispiece and black and white plates by Birch.

New York: Harper & Row, 1972. dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in.

Boston: Godine, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Combines three separately printed books about Bob and Ozzie, two very small and slightly unconventional mice whose best friend is a cat named July. Illustrated by Pamela Johnson.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - A young boy in the hospital is amazed when he discovers that a group of mice are operate a miniature hospital of their own in his room at night. Illustratd throughout by Ralph Steadman. Unpaginated, square format.

New York & Los Angeles: Hyperion / Disney, (2017). SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Allie Navarro can't wait to show her best friends the app she built at CodeGirls summer camp. Click'd pairs users based on common interests and sends them on a fun (and occasionally rule-breaking) scavenger hunt to find each other. And it's a hit. By the second day of school, everyone is talking about Click'd." SIGNED on the title page. 288 pp plus 2 coding activities. ISBN: 978-1484784976.

New York: Beaufort Books, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel (her first won the Pacific Northwest Award for a junior novel) With an instinct she doesn't quite understand, fourteen year old Tally fills the roll of mother to her older sister's baby - a coming of age novel for older children which "makes a simple and universal statement about life and living, and highlights the truth that age is never a measurement for responsibility." 156 pp. ISBN: 0-825300495.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979. dj. Hardcover - The author's first novel - the story of a woman who creates a family from fruit-picker's kids abandoned or separated from their parents, and offers them love, a warm home, and freedom from travelling. Winner of the Pacific Northwest Award for a junior novel. Attractive wraparound dust jacket illustration by Les Katz. ISBN: 0-07-0619964.

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., n.d. (ca 1920). Hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories and poems - featuring children, as in the title story - or animals like Whiskers, the field mouse, or Merrilegs, the pony. Illustrated with black and white drawings. 77 pp.

New York: Lee and Low, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page, When Eloise, a young African-American girl, tells her neighbor, Rainbow Joe, how she mixes bright colors, he tells her that even though he's blind, he imagines colors in his mind and can make them sing and he shows her how he does this by taking out his old saxophone. The author's first book, illustrated with bright full-color acrylic paintings. Unpaginated. [32 p]. ISBN: 1880000938.

Glendale, CA Action Publishing (2007). The second book in the The Adventures of Dinosaur Dog series:, Banjo and Lee have to return a baby diploducus back to the age of dinosaurs. With a powerful secret weapon from their aline friends, they might have a chance of escaping the pack of meat-eating allosaur's coming after them. Illustrated. 125 pp. ISBN: 1888045523.

Bisbee, AZ: Swan Enterprises, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Stories for his grandchildren and great-grandchildren by this Arizona homesteader. SIGNED on the half title page and dated in 1994. Illustrated with drawings by Connie Asch, Chris Fasy and J. M. Daniel Taylor. 252 pp. ISBN: 0-927176-08-4.

London: A. C. Black, (1986). Hardcover first edition - Charming almost wordless book - large illustrations with brief captions at the bottom - about what happens when Billy misunderstands two construction workers (working on a high-rise) They say "stay there, we'll be down for a cuppa" and he thinks they said "come on up." Small oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-713626585.

New York: Macmillan, 1992. Hardcover first edition - Tan's first book for children, adapted from her novel "The Joy Luck Club" illustrated in full color by Gretchen Shields. SIGNED on the title page. Large format. ISBN: 0-02-788304.

New York: Macmillan, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Tan's first book for children, adapted from her novel "The Joy Luck Club" illustrated in gorgeous full color by Gretchen Shields. SIGNED by Tan on the title page. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-02-788304.

New York: Macmillan, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Tan's first book for children, adapted from her novel "The Joy Luck Club" illustrated in gorgeous full color by Gretchen Shields. SIGNED by Tan on the title page. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-02-788304.