These are special buys. Some may have a black marker line on one of the edges, because the publishers want to mark them as remainders. Some may have covers that are less than perfect. But all are wonderful reading for your family. Here are some we've not listed on other pages. Remember to state the complete price, including the -B at the end when ordering.

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FICTION AND CLASSICS

Summaries are only given for less familiar books. All are paper
and unabridged unless otherwise noted.

Anne of Avonlea L.M. Montgomery. A Watermill Classic, unabridged. MM paper. $2.13-B

Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne. A Watermill Classic. 2.13-B

Be Ever Hopeful Hannalee and Turn Homeward, Hannalee by Patricia Beatty. Troll digest-size paperback editions. Based on an actual historical incident, these books show how the Civil War affected the children who worked in the mills in the South. When the mills were destroyed, these children were moved away from their families. Hannalee is determined to get home somehow, and in the process has many adventures with both Union and Confederate soldiers. Each book is about 200 pages and is in like new condition. Get both books for only $4.93-B

Book of Dragons by E. Nesbit. A Watermill Classic. An exciting collection of stories about dragons. 2.13-B

A Boy's Will , by Erik Haugaard. Patrick defies his unloving grandfather, a smuggler of the Irish island of Valentia, by warning John Paul Jones of the American fleet about an English ambush. Grades 3 -5 reading level, 41 pages, illustrated with B/W drawings. List 4.95, now 2.53-B

Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen. Pictures by James Watling. Based on a true account, this book recreates the trip Mary Ellen Todd took with her family in 1852 from Arkansas to Oregon Territory --over two thousand miles in a covered wagon along the Oregon trail. 167 pages. Hardcover. 14.99, 5.93-B Click on Image to enlarge it.

By the Great Horn Spoon, by Sid Fleischman. Black marker line on bottom edge. Was 4.95. Now 3.53-B.

Calico Captive, by Elizabeth Speare. Hardcover. Dustjacket is rubbed. List 13.95. Now 4.53-B.

Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl. Softcover, digest size. Illustrated by Jill Bennett. Danny lives in a gypsy caravan with his best friend who never runs out of surprises -- his dad. But one of his surprises catches Danny completely off-guard! $3.99-B

Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian. Inside cover and some pages may darkened with age in margins at bottom. Set in Great Britain near the beginning of WWII. Willie, the abused child of an single mother , is evacuated to the English countryside. Mr. Tom, the kind but gruff old man who takes him in, loves him back to wholeness. But then a telegram comes that Willie must return to his mother. List, 4.50 . Now 2.93-B

The Great Escape (Upchuck and the Rotten Willy), by Bill Wallace. Told from the viewpoint of Chuck the cat (nicknamed Upchuck by his friend Rotten Willy, who is, of course, a Rottweiler). So what do these two do to amuse themselves during the summer? You'll have to read these humorous adventures to find out. Will appeal to children 9 and up who enjoy slapstick humor. Hardcover with jacket. Remainder mark. Was 14.00. Now 5.93-B

Incident at Hawk's Hill by Allan Eckert. A Newbury honor book. Six-year-old shy, lonely and lost Ben survives a summer in the wilds by forging a bond with a female badger. Black marker line on bottom edge. Age 12 and up. List 5.95. Now 3.53-B.

Incredible Journey, by Sheila Burnford. List, 3.99. Now 2.03-B.

Jar of Dreams by Yoshiko Uchida. Growing up in California during the depression, 11-year-old Rinko desperately wants to be like everyone else but is made to feel different and left out because she is Japanese . Aunt Waka, visiting from Japan, helps her and other family members to find their own strengths and fulfill their dreams. List, 3.95. Now 2.53-B.

Kate by Jean Little. Softcover, digest size. OOP. Kate thinks Emily Bloomfield is her best friend, but Kate's quest to understand her family and how she fits into it causes a communication block between them.   Kate's father is Jewish and her mother isn't, and she's not sure what she herself is. And there are also family relationships she doesn't understand, and she can't figure out why her father won't attend his worship services. But in this book, she makes a beginning, upper elementary readers will enjoy joining her on her journey to self-identity. $3.53-B

Little Lord Fauntleroy, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. A Watermill Classic. 2.13-B

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett,. A Watermill Classic, unabridged. MM paper. $2.13-B

The Nickel-Plated Beauty, by Patricia Beatty. Set in the Washington Territory in 1886. The seven Kimball children devote themselves to earning enough money to buy their mother a new stove. Remainder mark on top edge. List, 4.95. Now 3.93-B

Rainbow Valley, by L.M. Montgomery, a Bantam MM paperback, unabridged, $2.93-B

Rilla of Ingleside , by L.M. Montgomery, a Bantam MM paperback, unabridged, $2.93-B

Thin Wood Walls by David Patneaude. Houghton and Mifflin, 2004.Hardcover with jacket. 230 pages. After the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, and America goes to war, Joe and his family, like other West Coast Japanese Americans, begin to be looked at with suspicion by their neighbors. Finally the American government orders people of Japanese heritage to move to internment camps, and Joe turns to his diary to record his thoughts and feelings as he endures life at Tule Lake War Relocation Camp. BTH-1776. $9.93-B

View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg. Hardcover with jacket. Atheneum Books, 1996. Remainder mark on bottom edge.This Newbery Medal winner  focuses on the search for identity in changing situations. The four children who are the main characters are all in the same sixth grade class and also are related to each other outside of school. Each section of the book is written from the point of view of a different child. Like a thread weaving through the book are small narrated sections which explore the feelings of Mrs. Olinsky, their teacher, who is herself in a wheelchair and trying to come to grips with her disability. The four students, Noah, Nadia, Ethan, and Julian had gradually through various means become "The Souls" and all were eventually chosen by Mrs. Olinsky to be on the Academic Bowl team for her class. The author switches from one child's story to a scene at the Academic Bowl competition, then back to the next child's story, and so on, and in the process the reader begins to know "The Souls" quite intimately, even as the plot moves into intra and inter-school academic competition. By the end The Souls and Mrs. Olinsky have helped each other grow as people. And they haver also won the academic state middle school championship. This is a book for thoughtful children, not those who crave lots of action and adventure to hold their interest. The adventure is in the inward journeys of the characters. But children who are interested in people will find all the plot they need, along with humor and suspense, and they will make the acquaintance of some delightful new friends from varied cultural backgrounds.  Cat. #0689-80993X. Was 16.00. Now 8.93-B

Wanted...Mud Blossom by Betsy Byars. A dog story laced with mystery. Reading level 4.8, for ages 8-12. List, 3.99. Now 2.53-B

White Fang by Jack London. A Watermill Classic. List, 2.95. Now, 2.13-B.

Bible Stories: Noah and the Ark illustrated by Leon Baxter, adapted by Belinda Hollyer. Hardcover, library binding, 22 pages. 2.93-B

Bible Stories: The Young Moses illustrated by Leon Baxter, adapted by Belinda Hollyer. Hardcover, library binding, 22 pages. 2.93-B

Bible Stories: David and Goliath illustrated by Leon Baxter, adapted by Belinda Hollyer. Hardcover, library binding, 22 pages. 2.93-B

Bible Game and Workbook by Jaqueline Pliskin. Hands-on Activities for ages 8 and up. Contains Bible stories (mostly form the Old Testament), crossword puzzles, word searches, trivia brainteasers, creative fun, mazes, hidden pictures, word scrambles, draw your own comics, and games. 96 pages, including answers. Was 5.95. Now 2.53-B

Bible Story Activity Book by Jaqueline Pliskin..This is a book of Bible stories from the Old Testament with activities related to those stories, for children 4-9. The Bible stories are reinforced with  word puzzles, word searches, trivias, dot to dot, mazes, hidden pictures, coloring fun and games. 96 pages, including answers. Was 5.95. Now 2.53-B

Family Treasury of Prayers: A Simon and Schuster Book for Young Readers.  Hardcover, with wrinkled jacket and remainder mark. Slightly larger than a mass market paperback. A collection of prayers dating from the Books of Psalms and the saints and church fathers right up to some written in the 20th Century. Many of from the Book of Common Prayer. They are grouped by theme: Praising God; Asking for Forgiveness; Work and Study; Family and Friends; The Needs of the World; In Time of Trouble; Prayers for Every Day. Each prayer is accompanied by a color reproduction of an art masterpiece. These are indexed and identified as to title, artist, and location -- at the end of the book. It originally sold for 16.00. These remaindered , slightly hurt copies are going for only BTH-5006. $4.93-B

Let's Draw Bible Stories: Draw-Along Fun for Beginning Artists Paper, workbook size. Colorful instructions for using grids to assist drawing. Several pages of blank grids provided in back of book. 24 pages of instruction. BTH-4895. List price was 4.99. Now just 2.93-B

My Favorite Things to See and Share by V. Gilbert and Ronald A Beers. Hardcover, Victor Books. This is a devotional for very young children. Each page has a full-color picture, some questions about what the child sees in the picture, a short paragraph about the favorite thing that was illustrated, and some discussion questions, most of which include springboards to discussions of spiritual things. 183 pages, including a section for parents at the end which explains how to make best use of this book in cultivating a relationship with one's children.  Was 9.95. Now 6.93-B

Tomie DePaola's Book of the Old Testament, paper. 81 beautifully illustrated indexed pages. Was 8.95. Now $4.93

The Children's Book of Heroes, edited by William J. Bennett. Black remainder mark on bottom edge. Hardcover, but no dustjacket. From Bible characters to Jackie Robinson, Mother Teresa, Helen Keller, Honest Abe, to the heroes of fairy tales and mythology, the author of this book aims to give children role models worthy of the name. Oversize book, 110 pages. Was 21.00. Now $9.53-B. Click on image to enlarge it.

PICTURE BOOKS AND OTHER BOOKS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

Books may have minor flaws or remainder marks ( marker lines on edges,
slashes across UPC code, etc. ) That is why they are bargain books.

Alvah and Arvilla, by Mary Lyn Ray, illustrated by Barry Root. Harcourt Brace, hardcover. Alvah and Arvilla have lived on a New England farm for 31 years, and for 31 years Arvilla has wanted to see the Pacific Ocean. Her husband Alvah said you can't have a farm and be able to travel: the cows need to be milked and the animals feed. So-a farmer can't travel. Arvilla has her own creative solution to the problem. Was 14.95, now $6.53-B

The Ballymara Flood by Chad Stuart. A rollicking adventure about a boy (who flooded his mythical Irish town), his mother (who watches too much TV), and an overflowing bathtub. Who will save the day? The corps of engineers? The mayor? The navy? The boy, of course. A lively, rhyming story, perfect to read aloud, with hilarious illustrations. Hardcover with jacket. Originally 15.00. Now only 7.93-B

Bonny's Big Day, by James Herriot. Hardcover. The story of Farmer Simpson and his old carthorse Bonny. Was 10.95. Now $5.53-B

 Bravo, Amelia Bedelia, by Herman Parish. Illustrated by Lynn Sweat. Greenwillow, 1997. HC, no dust jacket. Remainder mark. Glossy Illustrated Boards. The big school concert is ready to start, and Amelia Bedelia has gone to pick up the conductor. But it seems he was too heavy, and the train conductor follows her into the gym. Fortunately the real conductor arrives at a run, and when Amelia is told to help him – well, you can imagine what a help she’ll be. Level 2, grades 1-3. BTH-4976. $6.93-B

Daniel's Duck, by Clyde Bulla. Paper. An I Can Read book. Current price, 3.95. Now $1.73-B

The Day of Ahmed's Secret, by Florence Parry Heide and Judith Heide Gilliland. Illustrated by Ted Lewin. Published by William Morrow, 1990. Hardcover. Ahmed, a young boy in Cairo, has a secret. It will be a friend to him all day, and tonight he will tell it to his family. But first he has work to do - delivering fuel in his cart to the city's residents. All day the reader follows Ahmed through the streets of Cairo, and listens to his conversations with other vendors and his customers, until at last he comes home and shares his wonderful secret - he has learned to write his name. $6.93-B

 

Everything from a Nail to a Coffin by Iris Van Rynbach. Hardcover with dust jacket. This true story traces the history of one store in Glastonbury, Connecticut, from the time it was built in 1874 until the last decade of the 20th Century. It tells the story of the people who owned the store, and the changes each made to it. Edwards and Henry Goodrich built it as a general store. Hattie and Sturges Turner buy it and turn it into the People's Pharmacy, complete with soda fountain. In 1920, the store is sold to a father and son, Ben and Joseph Katz, who use half of it as The Katz Soda Shop and the rest as B. Katz and Son Groceries. It is interesting to see how the community and the way goods and services were provided changed during the time frame of the book. There is a wealth of authentic detail in both words and  pictures that provide a feel for each stage of the town's growth as it evolved from a village to a suburb. $5.93-B

The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted and illustrated by Bernadette Watts, paper, North/South books.  BTH-2195. Was 6.95, now $4.93-B

Good King Wencelas , by John Mason Neale, with hand-painted woodcut illustrations and ornaments by Christopher Mason. Contains complete text of this famous Christmas carol and historical notes at the back. Hardcover from North/South Books.BTH-2197. Was 14.95, now $7.93-B

Guess How Much I Love You, Board book edition by Sam McBratney, illustrated by Anita Jeram. Big Nutbrown Hare and Little Nutbrown Hare try to outdo each other in showing "how much I love you." A great bedtime story . List price is 6.99. Now only 4.93-B

How Many Miles to Jacksonville? by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Bart Forbes. Hardcover, Putnam. The narrator of the story remembers and describes the excitement in his town of Jacksonville, Texas, when he was a boy and the train pulled in . It was the high point of each child's day, and the children's train-related activities are vividly portrayed in the
book's gorgeous paintings. List price is 15.95. Now $7.93-B

Mowing by Jessie Haas. Nora helps her grandfather mow the field by watching for little animals in the tall grass and warning him to circle the horses and mowing machine around them. Beautiful full-page color paintings bring the story to life. Hardcover with jacket. Was 14.00. Now 6.93-B

No One Told the Aardvark by Deborah Eaton and Susan Halter. Illustrated by Jim Spence, Charlesbridge, 1997. A little boy says sometimes he thinks it would be more fun to be an animal. Example: When his little sister say it's not polite to stick out your tongue, he thinks, "I guess no one told the aardvark. It sticks out its tongue whole twelve inches to eat termites."

He also sees advantages to being a chimapanzee, a horse (doesn't have to tie its shoes), a snail, an angelfish, a boa constrictor, a kangaroo, a hermit crab, a blue whale, an elephant, a crocodile, and a raccoon. To find out why, read the book. At the end of the book, each animal is introduced with some relevant facts. Unpaginated. BTH-5004. $4.23-B

No One Told the Aardvark -- a cheaper copy that has heavy cover creases and slightly twisted top spine end (pictured here). The damage doesn't show much here, but it's there.) BTH-5005. $2.93-B

Hunting Grandma's Treasures, by Gina Willner-Pardo. Illustrated by Walter Krudop. Clarion Books, hardcover. After Kevin's grandma dies, his extended family still has their annual vacation at Wrigley Lake. But this year everyone is sad. They miss Grandma. The seven cousins try to do everything they have done in past years when Grandma was with them - hunt crawdads,
hike to the falls, fish, and, best of all, go treasure hunting. Grandma left an envelope containing the clues with Kevin when they said their last good-bye. Grandma had been sick for a while, and everyone knew she probably wouldn't be around by summer. In the past each child had found a special present from Grandma at the end of the hunt. No one knows what to expect this year, but discover that the treasure is a grove of seven tiny trees -- one for each of them. Grandma had loved trees. This is a heartwarming story of a family dealing with grief and loss, and I highly recommend it. The paintings are somewhat impressionistic, but that fits the mood of sadness in the story. List price, 14.95. Now $6.93-B

The Iron Needle, by Amanda Harvey. Morrow, hardcover. Elizabeth is trying to stitch a birthday present for her mother, but she loses her needle. Her mother doesn't have another, and the store is also out of needles. So Elizabeth needs to go to the iron foundry at the foot of the hill and make her own needle. Young readers go with her through the entire process at the foundry and then on to the blacksmith, watching everything in a series of watercolor paintings. List price, 15.00. Now only $6.53-B

Me and My Dog by Maureen Galvani: A story book about a little girl's life with her very first pet dog. Full page color illustrations with only one line of text per page. For children 4-8. Hardcover. 4.93-B

Mona Lisa: the Secret of the Smile, by Letizia Galli. Doubleday, first edition, hardcover with jacket. The author brings out the playful side of the young Leonardo da Vinci in this picture book biography of the famous painter and inventor, culminating in the painting of the Mona Lisa masterpiece. List price, 15.95. Now 7.93-B

Nellie Bly's Monkey by Joan Blos. illustrated by Catherine Stock. Hardcover Morrow Junior Book, first edition. In 1889, Nellie Bly, a daredevil reporter, began her race with time to go around the world in 75 days. In Singapore she bought a monkey, and this story is told from the viewpoint of the monkey.,McGinty, who describes the cities visited and the reception of his mistress in those cities, as well as his own impressions. Illustrated with maps and paintings, with historical notes at beginning and end. List price, 15.00. Now, 9.53-B

Hilary Knight's The Owl and the Pussy-cat, based on the poem by Edward Lear. Paper, Aladdin Books. Was 3.95, now $2.33-B

Paul Revere's Ride, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Ted Rand. Paper. Current price, 6.99. BTH-1264. Now $3.93-B.  Click on image to enlarge it.

Penny in the Road, by Katharine Precek, illustrated by Patricia Cullen-Clark. Macmillan, hardcover with jacket, first edition. In the year 1913, as a boy walks down a country road in Pennsylvania, he spots a penny in the bottom of muddy puddle - a 1793 penny. During much of the book the boy wonders about the boy who lost the penny, what he might have been wearing, where he might have been going, what he ate, what he played with the other children at school - when he went to school.. After the local
grocer offers to trade him a  new jackknife that all the boys at school have been wanting, for the penny, the boy, who grew up to write this book, decides to keep it, and it becomes a family heirloom. He later shared it, along with a story,  with his children and grandchildren.   7.93

Putting the World to Sleep by Shelly Moore Thomas. Illustrated by Bonnie Christensen. Houghton Mifflin, hardcover, first edition. Slight imperfections. An illustrated lullaby poem which begins "The moon climbs over the mountain each night, putting the world to sleep. The crickets start singing farewell to the day, as the moon climbs over the mountain each night, putting the world to sleep. " Each stanza adds another detail to the picture, until a little girl in bed finally falls asleep. Naturally, this is a great bedtime story. List price, 13.95. Now 5.53-B

Silent Night illustrated by Susan Jeffers. Paper. Was 4.99, now $1.93-B

The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen retold by Robert Mathias, illustrated by Robin Lawrie. Hardcover, Silver Burdett., 76 pages. Only $5.93-B

Thin Wood Walls by David Patneaude. Houghton and Mifflin, 2004.Hardcover with jacket. 230 pages. After the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, and America goes to war, Joe and his family, like other West Coast Japanese Americans, begin to be looked at with suspicion by their neighbors. Finally the American government orders people of Japanese heritage to move to internment camps, and Joe turns to his diary to record his thoughts and feelings as he endures life at Tule Lake War Relocation Camp. BTH-1776. $9.93-B

Three Cheers for Tacky, by Helen Lester. Another adventure of Tacky the penguin, "the Odd Bird." Paperback. Was 4.95. Now $2.53-B

Train to Somewhere, by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Ronald Himler. Clarion, hardcover. Jacket may have a slight imperfection maybe a small tear. Marianne's mother leaves her at the orphanage, promising to come back for her after making a new life in the West. But now Marianne is heading west herself on a train with 14 other orphans. Marianne is sure her mother will show up at one of the stations along the way. Stop after stop has gone by with no sign of either her mother or any interest from anyone else in adopting shy, plain Marianne. Now the train pulls into the last stop - a place called Somewhere. A heart-warming story of the Orphan
Train. List price, 14.95 Now only 7.53-B

The Wagon Tony Johnston, paintings by James E. Ransome. Hardcover, Tambourine Books, 1996. A slave boy voices his sorrow and anger with his life of slavery, and his hope to someday be free of it. He is twelve when Mr. Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, and he and his family are finally free to leave in the wagon his father built and was in charge of when they were slaves. A wonderful literature tie-in with studies of slavery, the Civil War, and Abraham Lincoln. Original price was 17.00. Now just 7.53-B

Waiting for Amos, by Monica Kulling, illustrated by Vicky Lowe. Bradbury Press, hardcover with jacket, first edition, slight damage to jacket. Although the other animals think he is wasting his time, Homer the frog continues to wait on a large gray-brown rock for his friend Amos, just as Amos had instructed him. A great book on keeping promises with some great paintings of frogs and similar creatures thrown in. List price is 13.95. Now only 4.93-B

Zella, Zack and Zodiac by Bill Peet. Hardcover, illustrated boards, but no jacket. Zella the zebra helps Zack the ostrich when he is young and helpless and when he grows up Zack returns the favor by saving Zella's young offspring from a lion. $6.93-B


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