[This is the first of three posts helping with the first edition identification of the first 55 Beginner Books, starting
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Demon Horde of Children’s Books
By nature not an overreactor, but fearing for the lead-free life of my children, their children, and children in near
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Dr. Seuss and the Beginner Books Up until the mid-1950s, there was a degree of separation between illustrated educational books
Continue readingRudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Franchise Books There are a number of children’s books initially published with modest expectations, which then blossomed into franchisable pop
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We started a thread on the eBay Bookseller’s Forum to identify higher value children’s books sold on eBay, with $300
Continue readingFirst Edition Wrinkle In Time – $10,800
A first edition copy of Madeleine L’Engle’s Newbery Medal winning book, A Wrinkle In Time, recently sold at a PBA
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How Collectible Books Are Priced The current method of pricing collectible books for sale is more a learned art than
Continue readingFirst Edition Make Way For Ducklings
A first edition Make Way For Ducklings, Robert McCloskey’s 1942 Caldecott Medal winning book, has recently surfaced for sale. We haven’t
Continue readingALA Announces 2008 Caldecott Award Winners
2008 Caldecott Medal Winner The 2008 Caldecott Medal winner is The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic) From
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A New ‘Most Valuable Children’s Picturebook’ Previous to the July 2007 PBA Galleries auction, we had listed Maurice Sendak’s Where
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