Collecting First Edition Children's Books

Identifying First Edition Beginner Books – Part 1

[This is the first of three posts helping with the first edition identification of the first 55 Beginner Books, starting

By nature not an overreactor, but fearing for the lead-free life of my children, their children, and children in near

Dr. Seuss and the Beginner Books Up until the mid-1950s, there was a degree of separation between illustrated educational books

Franchise Books There are a number of children’s books initially published with modest expectations, which then blossomed into franchisable pop

We started a thread on the eBay Bookseller’s Forum to identify higher value children’s books sold on eBay, with $300

A first edition copy of Madeleine L’Engle’s Newbery Medal winning book, A Wrinkle In Time, recently sold at a PBA

How Collectible Books Are Priced The current method of pricing collectible books for sale is more a learned art than

A first edition Make Way For Ducklings, Robert McCloskey’s 1942 Caldecott Medal winning book, has recently surfaced for sale. We haven’t

2008 Caldecott Medal Winner The 2008 Caldecott Medal winner is The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic) From

A New ‘Most Valuable Children’s Picturebook’ Previous to the July 2007 PBA Galleries auction, we had listed Maurice Sendak’s Where