Collecting Childrens Picturebooks

First Edition Identification

The Biggest House In The World; written and illustrated by Leo Lionni; Pantheon; 1968

Children’s Picturebook Price Guide Value - $140 VG+

Essential Identifying Point – DJ

Front dust jacket flap price is “$3.95”.  Back DJ flap lists three books, each followed by reviews:  Swimmy, Tico And The Golden Wings, and Frederick. Back dust jacket does not include LCCN.

Essential Identifying Point – Book

Front board is yellow-green with embossed image of snail.  Back board is yellow-green, blank.

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First Edition Identification

Fish Is Fish; written and illustrated by Leo Lionni; Pantheon; 1970

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $130 Fine

[Note:  We inadvertently omitted this book in 2006-2007 price guide.]

Essential Identifying Point – DJ

Front dust jacket flap price is “$3.95”.  Back DJ flap lists six books, each followed by one review:  Swimmy, Tico and the Golden Wings, Frederick, The Biggest House in the World, The Alphabet Tree, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse.  Back dust jacket includes SBN “394-80440-6” in bottom right.

[Note:  SBN began in 1965, ISBN in 1972.]

Essential Identifying Point – Book

Front and back boards are solid lime green, with no images.

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First Edition Identification

Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse; written and illustrated by Leo Lionni; Pantheon; 1969

1970 Caldecott Honor

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $220 VG+

Essential Identifying Point – DJ

Front dust jacket flap price is “$3.95”.  Back DJ flap lists five books, each followed by one review:  Swimmy, Tico and the Golden Wings, Frederick, The Biggest House in the World, and The Alphabet Tree.  Back dust jacket is absent the LCCN.

Essential Identifying Point – Book

Front and back boards are red; front board has small frontal image of Alexander and Wind-Up mouse; back board is solid red.

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Frederick; written and illustrated by Leo Lionni; Pantheon; 1967

1968 Caldecott Honor

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $260 VG+

Essential Identifying Point – DJ
Dust jacket flap price is “$3.50”.  Back DJ flap has short Lionni bio, followed by “Swimmy”, with two reviews, then Tico And The Golden Wings, with three reviews. Back dust jacket is absent the LCCN.

Essential Identifying Point – Book

Front and back boards are white; front boards has small frontal image of Frederick; back boards has small back image of Frederick.  Seven lines on copyright page, as follows:

© Copyright, 1967, by Leo Lionni
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright
Conventions, Published in New York by Pantheon Books, a division of
Random House, Inc., and simultaneously in Toronto, Canada, by
Random House of Canada Limited.
Manufactured in the United States of America.
Library of Congress catalog card number:  AC 66-10355

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First Edition Identification

Tico And The Golden Wings; written and illustrated by Leo Lionni; Pantheon; 1964

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $160 VG+

Essential Identifying Point – DJ
Front dust jacket flap price is “$3.50”.  Back DJ flap has short Lionni bio, followed by “Swimmy”, then six reviews.  Back dust jacket is absent the LCCN.

Essential Identifying Point – Book

Front and back image same as dust jacket, with green cloth spine.  The LCCN is on copyright page.

Linda and Stan Zielinski, authors of the Children's Picturebook Price Guide, are "serious collectors having fun with fun books."

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First Edition Identification

Swimmy; written and illustrated by Leo Lionni; Pantheon; 1963

1964 Caldecott Honor

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $300

Essential Identifying Point – DJ
Dust jacket flap price is “$3.50” and back dust jacket is absent the Standard Book Number (SBN).

Second state book has same dj price, however has 9 digit SBN on DJ back.

Essential Identifying Point – Book

Front and back cover image same as dust jacket, and with green cloth spine.  No SBN on copyright page.

Linda and Stan Zielinski, authors of the Children's Picturebook Price Guide, are "serious collectors having fun with fun books."

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