Every child's answer book
oghams books, 1966. hardcover. A children's informational. general knowledge and facts and illustrations.
oghams books, 1966. hardcover. A children's informational. general knowledge and facts and illustrations.
Picture Lions, 1992. One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief - so his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without his supper. That night a forest begins to grow in Max's room, an ocean rushes by with a boat to take.....
Angus & Robertson, 1965. hardcover. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and colour plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over.....
Melbourne: University of Melbourne Library, 1984. Wrappers. pp xvi, 258. Wrappers. AD ref 274.
Ward, Lock & Tyler, 1870. Tony Johannot. Publisher's pictorial green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to upper board and spine (binding bright and barely rubbed, some minor flecking). Series: Beeton's Boy's Own Library. Octavo (220 x 145 mm), publisher's pictorial green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to upper.....
London: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd., 1930. Terence Cuneo. Hardback. Bound in light grey cloth. Pictorial cover with title. Pictorial spine with title. Hollow back binding. The final novel by New Zealand children's author, journalist, poet, short-story writer, and community worker, Mona Innis Tracy (1892–1959). Colour frontispiece. From the National.....
Penguin Random House Children's UK, 2015. Michael Foreman Freire Wright. paperback. When the Selfish Giant builds a high wall round his lovely garden to keep the children out, the North Wind blows, the Frost comes and the Snow dances through the trees. The Giant wonders why Spring never comes to.....
Simon and Schuster. paperback. Sacred to the Plains Indians, buffaloes provide almost all the people need to live and flourish on the Great Plains. When the buffalo cannot be found, scouts are sent to look for them... By telling about a time of hardship, Paul Goble dramatizes the central.....
World Wisdom, 2005. Through carefully chosen stories from the olden days and art that meticulously reflects traditional designs and colors, Goble provides wonderful insights into the spiritual life of the Plains Indians. His intimate knowledge of their world transports the reader into a vision of the sacred beauty and wisdom.....
World Wisdom Books, 2005. Paul Goble. First Edition. Hard cover. Through carefully chosen stories from the olden days and art that meticulously reflects traditional designs and colors, Goble provides wonderful insights into the spiritual life of the Plains Indians.
China: Simon and Schuster. paperback. A young hunter draws his bow against a buffalo cow drinking from a stream. Before he can loose his arrow, there is no buffalo -- instead, there stands a beautiful young woman, whom he knows he must marry. The hunter's people shun the Buffalo Woman.....
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers | William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2004. Paul Globe. Midwest Independent Publishers Association, Winner, Children's Picture Book (2004)Booklist, Top Ten Religion Books for Youth (2005)Catholic Library Association, Regina Medal (2006)Birds pray, trees pray, flowers pray, mountains pray, the winds and rain pray, rivers and the.....
Hamlyn Pub. Group, 1968. hardcover. "The complete story of our world. People and places- geography and resources- industry and agriculture illustrated with more that 1,000 colour photographs and maps."
London: Studio Vista, 1971. Original Cloth. pp 144. Many plates and illustrations. Very good in vg d/w. AD Ref 118.
London: Studio Vista, 1973. Original Cloth. pp 160. Many plates and illustrations. Very good in vg d/w. AD Ref 116.
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1896. Soft cover. 10 pp, coloured front stiff cover, 7 poems, 5 with coloured movable illustrations, all in working order except one with tear. Previous owner signature on inside front cover (1897). A good copy of one of Tuck's famous and delightful movable books...
hard cover. An enchanting anthology of magical fairy tales from across the Indian subcontinent.
SMK Books, 2012. paperback. A 19th-century English family - discovers a young mongoose half drowned from a flood. They revive it and decide to keep it as a pet. The young mongoose, named Rikki Tikki Tavi, finds himself confronted by two dangerous king cobras, Nag and his even more dangerous.....
Auckland University Press, 2020. hardcover. An inspirational graphic memoir written and illustrated by fast-talking PI Poet Laureate, Selina Tusitala Marsh. The journey of Mophead continues! Our best-selling children’s book by poet laureate and fast talking P.I. Selina Tusitala Marsh recounted her experience growing up Pasifika with ‘BIG hair. Not.....
Auckland University Press, 2019. main. hardcover. A moving graphic memoir of growing up Pasifika in New Zealand, written and illustrated by our fast-talking PI Poet Laureate, Selina Tusitala Marsh. Author Biography: Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh is of Samoan, Tuvaluan, English, Scottish and French descent. She was the first.....
hard cover. A wonderful collections of stories written by Abdullah for children. Children gain deep and enduring impressions of truth from these stories.
London: Blackie & Son. STACEY, W.S. Pictorial Cloth. pp 288 + adverts. Undated. Frontis, plates. Prize inscription dated 1911 to pastedown. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial to spine.
Sweet Cherry Publishing, 2019. paperback. Hopeless Heroes is a fun-filled series about Greek mythology, adventure and what it means to be a hero. Readers aged 7+ will love diving into the world of Tim Baker and his (sort of) friend Hercules. A great series to bridge the gap before the.....
London: Harper & Brothers, 1921. Louis Rhead. First Edition. Cloth. Orig. Illustrated front board. Coloured frontis and illustrations. A good clean copy. Kidnapped is the story of Davie's struggle to claim his inheritance and find his place in the world. Alan Breck Stewart who is a loyal Scotsman who helps.....
Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1966. STINCHCOMBE, Rosalind and LABONE, Raymond. Printed Wrapper. pp 9. Illustrated in green, black & white. Printed card wrappers. Classic fairy tale in Maori. Very rare.