Books

The adventures of a city bred cat and mouse when they go to the country in Connecticut to visit their friend, Chester Cricket. A sequel to “The Cricket in Times Square.”

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An inquisitive little rabbit named Edward and his friends Hoppy Toad and Joe Possum learn about automobiles, canoeing, roller skating, the circus and other things important to the safety and pleasure of growing animals.

Digory’s uncle sends him and his neighbor Polly to the land between the worlds and he comes back with the cruel witch Jadis. In an attempt to get rid of her they all end up in the newborn world of Narnia.

After being sent to the country “to learn to be good”, the Bastable children and their two friends form the Society of the Wouldbegoods, but continue to become involved in adventures.

Five children on holiday discover a sand fairy in a local quarry -- and it grants their wishes, with sometimes surprising results. Read online at Hathitrust.

The five children who discovered It find a Phoenix’ egg rolled up in a magic carpet and hatch it in the nursery fireplace. Read online at gutenberg.org.

The five children re-encounter the Psammead—the “It” in Five Children and It. As it no longer grants wishes to the children, however, its capacity is mainly advisory in relation to the children’s other discovery, the Amulet. Read online at Gutenberg.org.

When their father is taken away by strangers, the lives of three children are altered forever. They move with their mother to a cottage by a railway. The railway becomes their playground, and they befriend the rail workers and passengers who eventually help to reunite them with their father. Read online at archive.org.

This is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work. It tells the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, the Indian princess Tiger Lily, and the pirate, Captain Hook. Read online at archive.org.

In the second book of the Little House series, Pa takes the family and sets out for Indian Territory to stake a claim.

The Hundred and One Dalmatians, or the Great Dog Robbery is a 1956 children’s novel by Dodie Smith about the robbery of the titular family of 101 Dalmatian dogs. A sequel entitled The Starlight Barking continues from the end of the first novel.

The Southwest Wind, Esq. pays a visit to Hans, Schwartz and Gluck and things are never the same. Third and later editions have a modified frontispiece wherein the goblin has a conventional nose instead of a “hooter.” Read online at Internet Archive.

Little Michael O’Malley comes to the rescue of a small bird and receives some step-by-step instruction from a robin in the art of lacing shoes.

With illustrated endpapers showing how to tie a shoelace and a shoe to practice with at the back of the book.

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Joan of Arc is considered de Monvel’s master piece and the original Frence edition was considered a marvel of the printer’s art.  This edition was based on a copy in the Morgan Library.  It tells the story of the Maid of Orleans, from her birth in Domremy to her death at the stake at the hands of the English.  The illustrations are influenced by the medieval illuminated manuscripts

Tabby goes in search of her patchwork quilt and has many adventures before she gets home again.

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The ingenuity of ten-year-old Bottsford enables the three clownish policemen of an isolated idyllic isle to catch thieves who have been stealing the islanders’ fish and fishing nets.

The ingenuity of ten-year-old Bottsford enables the three clownish policemen of an isolated idyllic isle to catch thieves who have been stealing the islanders’ fish and fishing nets.

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A full-scale survey of children’s picturebooks of this century, examining and evaluating numerous notable books and the work of notable illustrators, from E. Boyd Smith and Wanda Gag to Maurice Sendak and Margot Zemach.

After more than 30 years, this is still the best and most indispensible reference work for the children’s literature collector or dealer. Profusely illustrated with nearly 700 illustrations in color and black & white throughout. Excellent index and notes section.

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A pleasant story of a young orphan who is taken in as a servant, strives to do well through honesty and hard work, and ultimately succeeds, inheriting his master’s dovecot and doves. Read online at Hathitrust.

This is the first in a series of about 60 books by Elinor Brent-Dyer, initially published between 1925 and 1970.