Children's books

 

 

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Below is a sample of one of our children's books newsletters. If you aren't on our newsletter list you miss out on our book sales (to which newsletter readers get early access) and hear about our latest stock. You can sign up here. Rupert Annuals We have a small range of Rupert Bear items in stock including a number of mid-twentieth century annuals in very good condition, and lots of short stories, unused colouring books, and other smaller items. Browse Rupert Bear Plants that Eat Animals by Linna Bentley Hardback. 32pp. Landscape format: 200 by 255mm (7¾ by 10 inches). Reprint. Bodley Head Natural Science Picture Books series. Illustrated by Colin Threadgall. This is one of a beautiful series that includes Bats, Animals of the Desert, and more. One of many attractively illustrated children's books that we stock. Browse Children's Non-Fiction Children's Career Novels We have an increasing number of career novels in stock. Lots of nursing stories of course, both Cherry Ames and Sue Barton, but also books like Mary Truslove - Detective. Although heavy on the romance as well, these charming volumes show the increasing horizons for girls in the mid-twentieth century. Cherry, for example, is always off on another adventure, so much so that her stories completely changed genre in the 1970s when they were republished with mystery titles like The Clue of the Faceless Criminal (originally Cherry Ames, Camp Nurse). It is not surprising they have such a strong mystery element as Julie Tatham also wrote the Trixie Belden mystery series. Browse Children's Career Stories Ladybird and the Garden Gang We have continued to add to our Ladybird books and have many hundreds now in stock including these Garden Gang tales. I remember when these books came out as I was about the same age as their young author Jayne Fisher. I was incredibly impressed that she was published and I collected my own copies as they came out (from our local Co-op, believe it or not). You can browse the series, Ladybird 793, here. Browse all Ladybird series The Scarecrow and his Servant by Philip Pullman Hardback. 230pp. First edition, first printing. Children’s novel. Browse Children's First Editions » Alice's Puzzles Through the Looking Glass Hardback. 80 riddles and conundrums set in Lewis Carroll's weirdly brilliant and brilliantly weird world. Illustrated with Sir John Tenniel's original artwork. Grouped into levels of difficulty: "Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop." Browse Lewis Carroll » Sea-Cat and Dragon King by Angela Carter Hardback. 94pp. First edition, first printing. Rather Gothic underwater children’s story. Colour illustrated laminated boards under matching dust wrapper. Illustrated in black and white throughout by Eva Tatcheva. Browse Angela Carter volumes » The Kiss of Death by Marcus Sedgwick Hardback. 248pp. First edition, first printing. Marcus Sedgwick's tale of Venice and vampires is a captivating companion volume to the bestselling My Swordhand is Singing. Browse all first edition novels » We now have an Etsy shop which will mostly feature vintage children's and illustrated books, first editions, and vintage crime fiction. It will still usually be more economic to buy books via our own site as it is easier for us to control postage for multiple orders, but if Etsy is a channel you like to use then our shop should be well worth marking as one of your favourites.