Barbara in NH
02-21-2010, 07:06 PM
The following are in very good condition unless otherwise noted. Price is per item, e-mail me (sunriseschool@earthlink.net (sunriseschool@earthlink.net)) the items you are interested in and I will weigh and e-mail you back the shipping cost. I accept paypal, prefer you use the personal tab to pay, money orders & checks w/appropriate time held to clear. Insurance or delivery confirmation recommended.
The cooper kids Adventure series #7 The legend of Annie Murphy! The Cooper kids set out to solve the mystery of the Murphy mine & Annie Murphy’s ghost. Some shelf wear, $0.75
Helen Keller, Crusader for the Blind & Deaf, A Del Young Yearling. 57pgs. $ 1.25.
Beware, Princess Elizabeth, Carolyn Meyer, Scholastic. As I stepped from the barge, all strength drained from my legs, which gave way under me. Overcome by terror, I collapsed onto the stone steps, which were wet from the lapping river. I lay crumpled in the rain, unable to go another step. The warders of the Tower sent to meet me stared down at me. I gazed up at them, searching for a sympathetic face, I felt utterly w/out hope. Then one, followed by another, abruptly stepped out of the formation, cried, “God preserve Your Grace!” & knelt before me. Immediately others of the warders seized me roughly, set me upon my feet, & ordered me to enter the Tower. Pbk. Vg cond. $1.25
Horrible Histories--Awesome Egyptians -- $1. Nice. Fun way to laugh & learn about history
A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony, Alice Turner Curtis. A Story for Girls from 7-12, A novel about colonial times, originally published in 1914, includes a paper doll from the turn of the century. The plots, based upon actual happenings, feature individual heroines. Pbk in vg cond. $2.00
Skylark, Patricia MacLachlan. Signed by the author. The sequel to the Newbery Medal winner Sarah, Plain & Tall. When the drought forces Sarah to return to Maine w/Anna & Caleb, leaving Jacob behind, Anna wonders if they will ever be a family again. Ages 8-10, hdck w/dust jacket, vg cond, except dust jacket has some shelf wear & small tear at corners. $4.75.
Survival! FLOOD, #5. Mississippi, 1927. For years, Garrett & Molly have dreamed of seeing more of the world than cotton fields & the dusty poverty of their Mississippi Delta farms. They’ve been stashing away hard-earned pennies& nickels in a tin-can bank, hidden deep in the bayou. Now rising flood waters threaten the hiding place & they set out on their homemade raft to retrieve it. In each Survival! Story, young people in the face of disaster find courage & determination they never dreamed they possessed. Ages 8-12 pbk, vg cond, except slight shelf wear at edges. $1.25
Strawberry Moon, Karen English. An annual jaunt to Los Angeles to visit Imani’s great-aunt Dot provides the backdrop to another story; the year Imani’s mother was confused, displaced ten-year-old, separated from her own mother for the entire school year. Imani sees similarities between herself & her mother at that age. The excursion, unlike all the other visits to Auntie Dot’s, provides Imani w/the first step toward seeing her mother as not just a mother but a person as well. Set in the early 1950’s. Hdbk w/just jacket. Orig. $16.00, 2.75.
The Orphan Trains Trilogy, Al & Joanna Lacy, pbk, orig. $11.99, vg cond. $2.75 each. Immigrants flood into NY City by the thousands, the squalid streets home to 30,000 destitute vagrant children. Moved w/compassion for their plight seminarian Charles Loring Brace founds the Children’s Aid Society in 1853 & for the next 7 decades transports trainloads of “orphans” to farms & ranches on the American frontier. Thrust into a vast, unknown territory what will become of them.
*All My Tomorrows, 1879
*Whisper in the Wind, 1871
The Adventure of Minnie, Minnie Saves the Day, book 1, by Melodye Benson Rosales. 1933. Delightful story about a black family living in Chicago. Includes wonderfully done “How it was—if you were there” section, hdbk, vg cond, inside cover has very faint crayon mark, orig. $12.95, $2.50
Let’s Read About…Squanto. Scholastic First Briographies. Pbk. Vg cond, slight shelf wear. $1.25.
The Secret Soldier, The Story of Deborah Sampson. Scholastic, Ann McGovern. 1778, when Deborah Sampson was 18 years old, most girls her age were settling down & getting married. But Deborah had other ideas. She wanted to travel & have adventures—even if it meant joining the army & dressing like a man! Pbk, vg cond, slight shelf wear. $1.00
Reilly’s Luck, Louis L’Amour. Val Darrant was just 4-years-old the snowy night his mother abandoned him. But instead of meeting a lonely death, he met Will Reilly—a gentleman, a gambler, & a worldly, self-taught scholar. For 10 years they each were all the family the other had, traveling from dusty American boomtowns to the cieits of Europe—until the day Reilly’s luck ran out in a roar of gunfire. Pbk. Vg cond. $1.50.
Ivanhoe, Great Illustrated Classics. Hdbk in vg cond. Orig. $9.95, $2.00.
Arthur The Seeing Stone, Kevin Crossley-Holland. Reviewers have said—“Deep scholarship, high imagination & great gifts of storytelling have gone into this, I was spellbound.” “Wonderfully complex characters are distinct & engaging, but most of all I fell in love w/a big-eared boy in a rabbitskin cap who could see what might be the future, what might be the past, or what might be both, in a shining stone.” New, pbk. $1.50.
The Adventures of King Arthur & His Knights-Of Swords & Sorcers, by Margaret Hodges & Margery Evernden. In the version, written esp. for young readers, the story is as fresh & strong as ever. Stories of high drama—of loyality & betrayal, of friendship & enmity—are here woven together into a seamless whole, an authentic introduction to an undying legend of the English-speaking world. Hdbk w/dust jacket, vg cond. Some shelf wear to dust jacket. Orig. $14.95, $3.75
The Wanderer, Sharon Creech, Newberry Medal Winner. 13 year old Sophie hears the sea calling, promising adventure & a chance for discovery as she sets sail for England w/her 3 uncles & 2 cousins. Sophie’s couosin Cody isn’t sure he has the strength to prove himself to the crew & to his father. Through Sophie’s & Cody’s travel logs, we hear stories of the past & the daily challenges of surviving at sea. Vg cond. Orig. $6.99. $1.75.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963, Christopher Paul Curtis, Newbery Honor book, Coretta Scott King Honor Book, ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny & his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Mamma & Dad decide it’s time to visit Grandma, Dad comes home w/the amazing Ultra-Glide, & the Watsons set out on a trip like no other. They’re goint to Birmingham toward one of the darkest moments in America’s history, pbk, $1.75.
Custer Fighter of the Plains, by Shannon Garst, c. 1944, hdbk vg cond $2.50
The Last Warpath, Will Henry. A new fictional treatment of the 40 year struggle for Cheyenne survival, by the author of The Gates of the Mountains. Based on authentic sources. Hdbk w/dust jacket. Vg cond. $1.50.
The Darkness & The Dawn, Thomas B. Costain. This historical fiction takes place in the time of Attila the Hun & includes him, his powerful barbarian army, his wives, sons, generals & his fantastic court, Honoria, Pope Leo, Nicolan & others. It is filled w/suspense from beginning to end. It includes an international horse race, a spectacular trial in the most unusual of courts, & one of the decisive battles of all time. C. 1959, hdbk w/dust jacket, vg cond, dust jacket worn w/a few rips. $2.50
Mummies in the Morning, Magic Tree House, #3. vg cond. $1.25
Magic Tree House, Summer of the Sea Serpent, A Merlin Mission, #31. hdbk w/dust jacket, vg cond. Slight wear to dust jacket. Orig. $11.95, $3.50.
See my other posts to consolidate purchases & save on shipping, also check my free list--& please request some.
The cooper kids Adventure series #7 The legend of Annie Murphy! The Cooper kids set out to solve the mystery of the Murphy mine & Annie Murphy’s ghost. Some shelf wear, $0.75
Helen Keller, Crusader for the Blind & Deaf, A Del Young Yearling. 57pgs. $ 1.25.
Beware, Princess Elizabeth, Carolyn Meyer, Scholastic. As I stepped from the barge, all strength drained from my legs, which gave way under me. Overcome by terror, I collapsed onto the stone steps, which were wet from the lapping river. I lay crumpled in the rain, unable to go another step. The warders of the Tower sent to meet me stared down at me. I gazed up at them, searching for a sympathetic face, I felt utterly w/out hope. Then one, followed by another, abruptly stepped out of the formation, cried, “God preserve Your Grace!” & knelt before me. Immediately others of the warders seized me roughly, set me upon my feet, & ordered me to enter the Tower. Pbk. Vg cond. $1.25
Horrible Histories--Awesome Egyptians -- $1. Nice. Fun way to laugh & learn about history
A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony, Alice Turner Curtis. A Story for Girls from 7-12, A novel about colonial times, originally published in 1914, includes a paper doll from the turn of the century. The plots, based upon actual happenings, feature individual heroines. Pbk in vg cond. $2.00
Skylark, Patricia MacLachlan. Signed by the author. The sequel to the Newbery Medal winner Sarah, Plain & Tall. When the drought forces Sarah to return to Maine w/Anna & Caleb, leaving Jacob behind, Anna wonders if they will ever be a family again. Ages 8-10, hdck w/dust jacket, vg cond, except dust jacket has some shelf wear & small tear at corners. $4.75.
Survival! FLOOD, #5. Mississippi, 1927. For years, Garrett & Molly have dreamed of seeing more of the world than cotton fields & the dusty poverty of their Mississippi Delta farms. They’ve been stashing away hard-earned pennies& nickels in a tin-can bank, hidden deep in the bayou. Now rising flood waters threaten the hiding place & they set out on their homemade raft to retrieve it. In each Survival! Story, young people in the face of disaster find courage & determination they never dreamed they possessed. Ages 8-12 pbk, vg cond, except slight shelf wear at edges. $1.25
Strawberry Moon, Karen English. An annual jaunt to Los Angeles to visit Imani’s great-aunt Dot provides the backdrop to another story; the year Imani’s mother was confused, displaced ten-year-old, separated from her own mother for the entire school year. Imani sees similarities between herself & her mother at that age. The excursion, unlike all the other visits to Auntie Dot’s, provides Imani w/the first step toward seeing her mother as not just a mother but a person as well. Set in the early 1950’s. Hdbk w/just jacket. Orig. $16.00, 2.75.
The Orphan Trains Trilogy, Al & Joanna Lacy, pbk, orig. $11.99, vg cond. $2.75 each. Immigrants flood into NY City by the thousands, the squalid streets home to 30,000 destitute vagrant children. Moved w/compassion for their plight seminarian Charles Loring Brace founds the Children’s Aid Society in 1853 & for the next 7 decades transports trainloads of “orphans” to farms & ranches on the American frontier. Thrust into a vast, unknown territory what will become of them.
*All My Tomorrows, 1879
*Whisper in the Wind, 1871
The Adventure of Minnie, Minnie Saves the Day, book 1, by Melodye Benson Rosales. 1933. Delightful story about a black family living in Chicago. Includes wonderfully done “How it was—if you were there” section, hdbk, vg cond, inside cover has very faint crayon mark, orig. $12.95, $2.50
Let’s Read About…Squanto. Scholastic First Briographies. Pbk. Vg cond, slight shelf wear. $1.25.
The Secret Soldier, The Story of Deborah Sampson. Scholastic, Ann McGovern. 1778, when Deborah Sampson was 18 years old, most girls her age were settling down & getting married. But Deborah had other ideas. She wanted to travel & have adventures—even if it meant joining the army & dressing like a man! Pbk, vg cond, slight shelf wear. $1.00
Reilly’s Luck, Louis L’Amour. Val Darrant was just 4-years-old the snowy night his mother abandoned him. But instead of meeting a lonely death, he met Will Reilly—a gentleman, a gambler, & a worldly, self-taught scholar. For 10 years they each were all the family the other had, traveling from dusty American boomtowns to the cieits of Europe—until the day Reilly’s luck ran out in a roar of gunfire. Pbk. Vg cond. $1.50.
Ivanhoe, Great Illustrated Classics. Hdbk in vg cond. Orig. $9.95, $2.00.
Arthur The Seeing Stone, Kevin Crossley-Holland. Reviewers have said—“Deep scholarship, high imagination & great gifts of storytelling have gone into this, I was spellbound.” “Wonderfully complex characters are distinct & engaging, but most of all I fell in love w/a big-eared boy in a rabbitskin cap who could see what might be the future, what might be the past, or what might be both, in a shining stone.” New, pbk. $1.50.
The Adventures of King Arthur & His Knights-Of Swords & Sorcers, by Margaret Hodges & Margery Evernden. In the version, written esp. for young readers, the story is as fresh & strong as ever. Stories of high drama—of loyality & betrayal, of friendship & enmity—are here woven together into a seamless whole, an authentic introduction to an undying legend of the English-speaking world. Hdbk w/dust jacket, vg cond. Some shelf wear to dust jacket. Orig. $14.95, $3.75
The Wanderer, Sharon Creech, Newberry Medal Winner. 13 year old Sophie hears the sea calling, promising adventure & a chance for discovery as she sets sail for England w/her 3 uncles & 2 cousins. Sophie’s couosin Cody isn’t sure he has the strength to prove himself to the crew & to his father. Through Sophie’s & Cody’s travel logs, we hear stories of the past & the daily challenges of surviving at sea. Vg cond. Orig. $6.99. $1.75.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963, Christopher Paul Curtis, Newbery Honor book, Coretta Scott King Honor Book, ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny & his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Mamma & Dad decide it’s time to visit Grandma, Dad comes home w/the amazing Ultra-Glide, & the Watsons set out on a trip like no other. They’re goint to Birmingham toward one of the darkest moments in America’s history, pbk, $1.75.
Custer Fighter of the Plains, by Shannon Garst, c. 1944, hdbk vg cond $2.50
The Last Warpath, Will Henry. A new fictional treatment of the 40 year struggle for Cheyenne survival, by the author of The Gates of the Mountains. Based on authentic sources. Hdbk w/dust jacket. Vg cond. $1.50.
The Darkness & The Dawn, Thomas B. Costain. This historical fiction takes place in the time of Attila the Hun & includes him, his powerful barbarian army, his wives, sons, generals & his fantastic court, Honoria, Pope Leo, Nicolan & others. It is filled w/suspense from beginning to end. It includes an international horse race, a spectacular trial in the most unusual of courts, & one of the decisive battles of all time. C. 1959, hdbk w/dust jacket, vg cond, dust jacket worn w/a few rips. $2.50
Mummies in the Morning, Magic Tree House, #3. vg cond. $1.25
Magic Tree House, Summer of the Sea Serpent, A Merlin Mission, #31. hdbk w/dust jacket, vg cond. Slight wear to dust jacket. Orig. $11.95, $3.50.
See my other posts to consolidate purchases & save on shipping, also check my free list--& please request some.