Newbery Medal Book Illustrators Created a web page of the eighty-one Newbery award winning books with cover art or pictures from one of the illustrators covered in the Children’s Picturebook Price Guide. To our knowledge, this is the first time such a cross-list has been published. See table at: Newbery Awards With Illustrations The table … Read more
I’ve documented 23 issues of Redbook Magazine from the 1950’s which contain Dr. Seuss stories. Each of these were original stories (except Grinch?), not reprints like the Seuss stories in Children’s Digest, and therefore likely have collectible value. At this time, these issues are relatively inexpensive to acquire. No. Pgs Date Title 01 4 … Read more
I have about 60 eBay searches saved which I execute twice per week, and another 40 that I execute once per week. ‘Search title and description’ is ticked on all searches, and most of them are performed at the ‘Book’ category level. The gist of the more frequent searches is something like the following: (seuss,suess) … Read more
We’ve been asked several times for our background regarding the legitimacy of the first edition identification points for books posted on this blog. We can’t speak from authority, only experience. So, some background info. In all cases we own the first edition book we are posting. The photographs on the blog are from books we … Read more
Since the early 1990’s, the collective independent book store population has undergone a significant upheaval, through the advent of the large chains, then followed by the emergence of Amazon and the internet. Still, the financially strong have survived and reached a symbiotic balance between themselves, Amazon, and the Barnes and Nobles of the world. The … Read more
From A copy of Poo Poo And The Dragons, written by C.S. Forestor and illustrated by Robert Lawson, sold on eBay for $752 on May 22, 2006 (eBay Item#7030268919): From the item description: "This is a first edition, signed and inscribed by author C. S. Forester, illustrated by Robert Lawson. "Raisa Rogozina, best wishes from C. … Read more
We are striving to establish this book as the definitive guide to collecting children’s picturebooks, with the intention of publishing a new edition annually. If people knew how much first edition picturebooks were worth, then perhaps more people would enter the hobby. This would bring a greater number of collectible books to market, and would … Read more