Recent Arrivals from Cattermole 20th Century Children's Books

NY, 1954, 1st, Harper & Bros. Cloth spine, Pictorial boards, 10¼" x 7½", 32 pages, DW ($2.00). A lovely picturebook: the Cat Club treats Jenny to a picnic in Washington Square Park. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

NY, 1959, 1st, Random. Cloth spine, pictorial boards, 7" x 17½", c. 42 pages, no DW. 3 Little Horses meet the King's family and enjoy their stay, except for school lessons. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

NY, 1968, 1st, World. Cloth, 10¾" x 8¼", 48 pages, no DW. Bound to open at the top, with each page a double top-and-bottom spread, and embellished with some of Young's best work. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

NY, 1991, 1st, Clarion. Glossy pictorial boards, 11½" x 9½", c. 32 pages, DW. Illustrated w/ color cut-paper. A Mayan story about a boy who challenges the Rain God. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

NY, 1979, Schocken reprint. Boards, 8½" x 11½" , c. 30 pages, DW. Within the pictures are clues to hidden treasure. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

NY, 1983, 1sr, Dial. Glossy pictorial boards, 9" x 11", c. 32 pages, no DW. When Hazel and her beloved doll are set upon by bullies, Hazel's mother intervenes in a surprising way. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

NY, 1971, 2nd, McGraw-Hill. Cloth, 7½" x 11", 83 pages, no DW. Facsimile reproduction in color of drawings and poems by children at Theresienstadt (Terezín) Concentration Camp. 1942-1944. While this has been reprinted, we much prefer this original printed in Czechoslovakia with soft paper and gentle colors. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

NY, 1974, repr, Harper. Cloth, 7" x 9", 172 pages, DW. Funny and profound modern rhymes for modern kids. Silverstein started as a cartoonist, and brings that spare, economical style to his books. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

NY, 1954, reprint, Random. Glossy pictorial boards, 8¼" x 11¼", c. 60 pages, no DW. Horton encounters some weird Kangaroos. (Bader 377). Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

NY, 1983, 9th ptg, Lothrop. Glossy pcitorial boards, 9" x 11", c. 32 pages. No DW. Math concepts of large numbers. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

Paris, 1960, Casterman. Glossy pictorial boards, 9" x 12¾", 60 pages.. Sasek (1916-) a native of Prague, left Czechoslovakia in 1946. He has produced a line of children's "Baedeckers" all colorfully illus. in watercolor and packed with interesting facts. This in French for the young student. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

NY, 2012, 3rd, Harper. Half cloth, 6x8, 244p, DW. Dispatches from the front lines of the new Girlie-Girl culture. The author is not a Disney fan. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

AIGA. Cambridge MA, 1992, 1st, Candlewick. Bds, 5½x7½, 160p, DW. This collection of rhymes for school-age children is the Opie's first book, here reprinted with wonderful color illustrations. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

(Caldecott Honor). NY, 1938, modern reprint, Smithmark. Cloth, 12" x 11", 30 pages, DW. A new puppy encounters sibling rivalry. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

Mantova, 1960, 2008, Corraini. Pictorial box, 6½" x 6¾", c. 24p. 26 linear and curved elements to make up any letter of the alphabet or whatever the imagination suggests. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

(Carnegie Medal). London, 1991, 1st, Pavillion. Cloth, 9x11, 143 pages, DW. Illust w/ 20 full-page color plates by Michael Foreman. Arthur saves an 11-year-old in modern times and winds up relating the vivid history of the Round Table and Merlin Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

(Yiddish, Little Boy, Little tongue, Bold Man). Original published in Russia in 1918. Mt. Kisco NY, 1919, 1986, Moyer Bell. Boards, 8¼" x 10¼", 32 pages, DW. When winter brings only cold rain, a boy goes out to seek the longed-for snow. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

NY, 1966, 1st., McGraw-Hill. Illus. by Charles Geer. Cloth, 5" x 8", 126 pages. DW($2.75). An adventure discovering the lives of past neighbors of Square Toe County. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

(AIGA) Boston, 1980, 1st, HMCo. Cloth, 9¼" x 12¼", 80p, DW. This conceit will fire everyone's imagination. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.

NY, 1948, 1st, HBJ. Cloth, 5½" x 8", 262 pages, DW ($2.50). Illustrated by Wesley Dennis. Exciting story of a girl who trains polo ponies, and plays an excellent game as well. Not ex-library, no internal marks, clean and tight.