Juvenile Humorous Stories
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Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator
by Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is a children's book by British author Roald Dahl. It is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric candymaker Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1972, and in the UK by George Allen & Unwin in 1973.
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Superfudge
by Blume, Judy
Superfudge is a children's novel by Judy Blume, published in 1980. It is the direct sequel to Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. The story is about five year old Fudge whose family has given him an increased vocabulary, and also due to that fact, knows where babies come from, and plans to be a bird when he grows up. According to his older brother, Peter, Fudge is the biggest pain ever invented, but is loved all the same.
Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator
by Dahl, Roald
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is a children's book by British author Roald Dahl. It is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric candymaker Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1972, and in the UK by George Allen & Unwin in 1973.
Curious George at the Fire Station
by Rey, H. A., And Rey, Margret
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. No Jacket Very Good. No dust jacket. very good condition, corners bent. Unknown printing. 0. 55" x 9. 30" x 7. 35". Has a red B inside front cover which has faded to inner page.
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£4.82
CHERRY AMES, CHIEF NURSE
by Wells, Helen
Grosset & Dunlap. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. Early reprint. Reddish-brown HC has moderate edge & corner wear. It has some light water marking along front edge and across back but is not wrinkled. Interior pages clean & tight, last 2 pages are slightly wrinkled. DJ has considerable edgewear and several tears/chips, watermarking/staining to rear and both flaps. Front flap shows 13 Cherry Ames titles up to Clinic Nurse and back cover shows 7 Vicki Barr titles. This is the...
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£10.93
THE FITTON FOUR-POSTER
by George Ewart Evans
Cresta House, London: Abbey Rewards. Very Good. Hardcover. No publication date (circa 1950's to early 1960's). Hardcover with illustrated boards, no jacket as issued. Hardcover very good for it's age, light wear to bottom edge, small tears bottom corners, light soiling rear cover. Pages clean and intact, age tanning to pages and inside covers, no markings, corner creasing to first page. Abbey Rewards series for girls and boys. "The story of lively boys and girls who find adventure...
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£9.67
SPOTLIGHT ON PENELOPE The Courtney Chronicles No. 1
by Dennison, Dorothy
Chicago: Moody Press. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Scarce Book. HC has light corner & spine bumping, very clean, slight spotting to one outside edge. Interior pages clean & tight, no markings, one or two earmarks. Illustrated by John Harcourt Finnie. DJ has edgewear and several chips (one large chip to top of spine) & small tears, nice & bright, light scuffing to rear, a few tiny spots, not price clipped. Young adult reading. 104 pages. SUMMARY:...
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£12.55
MAX IN AMERICA
by Whitmore, Adam
London: Hamlyn. Near Fine. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0600311538 . Very nice condition - pages are clean and unmarked. Light scuffing to cover. No jacket (as issued? ) . Max is a big marmalade cat with a fine round head, long bushy whiskers and big furry paws. He is a very handsome cat, but the problem is, he has no tail....Max sets out to find his tail, and get it back from whoever has taken it, so the other cats will be his friends. He searches all over London, where he lives, and when he...
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£5.26
THE SHIP-SHAPE SHOP
by Rodgers, Frank
London: Viking. Fine. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670845442 . Excellent condition, very light wear to corners. Pages are pristine. Colour illustrations. No jacket as issued. Salty's Junk Shop is Janet and Sams favourite shop. But snooty Mrs. Grimbly-Whyte wants it knocked down, and the Town Council agrees with her. Janet & Sam's granny comes to the rescue with a brilliant plan, and soon they are all busy creating a wonderful new shop. For very young children. By the author of The...
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£8.05
DOCTOR DWARF And Other Poems for Children
by Klein, A. M
Quarry Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919627412 . Hardcover with illustrated boards, no jacket as issued. Ex-library with usual stamps & stickers in very good condition. Light corner wear, light scuffing of cover, one scratch on back. Interior clean & unmarked other than lib stamps. Charming b/w illustrations throughout. Non-paginated. "Klein's poetry for children sings as he tells the history and recounts the legends of the Jewish tradition....
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£10.12
CHERRY ANN AND THE DRAGON HORSE
by Coatsworth, Elizabeth
New York: Macmillan. Good in Good dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library with usual stamps & stickers, jacket attached to book, back pocket. Light edgewear, light soiling & scuffing to cover. Interior pages clean & tight, other than library markings. Light tape marking inside covers. B/w illus. Juvenile fiction, ages 8 & up. The adventures of a young Chinese girl living in San Francisco. Last of the Once-Upon-A-Time-in-America series. (*shipping will be reduced to...
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£7.73
SOME OF THE KINDER PLANETS
by Wynne-Jones, Tim
Greenwood Pub Group. Very Good+. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 0888992076 . Great condition - pages clean and unmarked, age tanning to page edges & inside covers. Cover has very light edgewear. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; "Winner of the 1993 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature and the Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year for Children, Some of the Kinder Planets was Tim Wynne-Jones's first collection of short stories for young adult...
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£3.20
TIKTALA
by Shaw-MacKinnon, Margaret
Toronto: Stoddart. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0773729208 . Ex-library book, but still in very nice condition - overall wear is light, light soiling to rear of jacket. Usual ex-library type markings. Beautifully illustrated in colour. Non-paginated. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall; From Booklist: After expressing her wish to become a great soapstone carver, Tiktala, a young Inuit girl, is sent to find her spirit helper. Transformed into a harp...
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£12.10
WOOLLY FOOT'S GOOD IDEA
by Patience, Jane
England: Peter Haddock Ltd.. Near Fine. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0710503636 . Very nice condition, hardcover, no jacket (as issued? ) Light scuffing to cover, slight wear at corners. Pages all intact and clean other than previous owner's name on endpage (could be covered with a nameplate etc. ). Charming full colour illustrations on every page. An adventure story of the gnomes that live in the village at Rainbow's End. The Blacksmith's pounding was keeping the owl awake and the...
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£7.25
CHERRY AMES VETERANS' NURSE
by Wells, Helen
Grosset & Dunlap. Good in Good dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. May be a first or early printing as front flap has only plot summary & no list of titles; back flap has plot summary for The Vicki Barr series & several titles from that series.. DJ has light edgewear and a few small chips. It does have some substantial water marking which is most noticeable on the back of DJ, inside of DJ and on the front flap and back corner. It can be noticed a little on jacket front, and top edge is...
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£12.10
THE GIRLS' BUDGET
by Various Authors
London: Blackie & Son. Very Good. 1927. Hardcover. Pictorial boards, no dustjacket, 1920's. Undated, however another copy of the same book was observed with a 1927 inscription. Book is very good for it's age. Cover has moderate edgewear and corner wear/bumping, light soiling to cover and page edges, age tanning and spotting. Binding is sound and pages are clean & tight, a few rough edges on top edge and soiling. Numerous b/w illustrations, with coloured frontispiece by W. E....
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£13.76
Mary Poppins in the Park
by Mary Shepard; P. L. Travers
Harcourt Children's Books, 2000. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.03
NOTHING DEFINITE YETI
by Stevenson, Richard
Victoria, B. C.: Ekstasis Editions. Very Good+. 1999. First Edition. Softcover. 1896860540 . Humorous poetry for young people. Ex-library book, but still in excellent condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Pages clean and intact, overall wear minimal. Hilarious b/w illustrations throughout. Enjoyable by all ages. "This book is utter nonsense. Delightful nonsense...Read one of two of these poems to a rowdy group of nine-year olds and you'll have their rapt...
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£8.05
MASTER RABBIT LEAVES HOME Oak Tree Tales
by King, Dorothea
Manchester: Children's Leisure Products. Fine with no dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0709405960 . Hardcover with illustrated boards, no jacket as issued, excellent condition. Clean and unmarked, a little scuffing to rear cover. Charming illustrations by the author. Master Rabbit gets into so much trouble with the other animals with his antics that he decides he better move away and build a new burrow. This becomes very dangerous when he runs into an angry mole and is almost eaten...
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£8.05
THE MONKEES IN WHO'S GOT THE BUTTON?
by Johnston, William
Whitman. Very Good. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. No Jacket as issued. Light edgewear to cover, a little moreso to corners, corner bumping, a little soiling outer edges. Interior pages clean & unmarked. Paper split at spine inside front cover. Light age tanning to page edges. Illustrated. Hey, Hey it's ....another groovy mystery from the fabulous foursome! [249-noto] ; 8vo .
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£8.50
TWINKLE 2001
by Various Authors
London: D. C. Thomason. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0851167330 . Only very light wear to covers. Very small inscription inside front cover. Three pages have pen scribbles on them. Interior otherwise clean & tight. Profusely illustrated in colour. "Welcome to Twinkle 2001 - Look out for super stories - Santa's Little Helper, Blackberry Surprise, Dandy Lion, Witch Winkle, Elfie, Silly Milly, Cuddles & Co. , the Blobs and others. You'll find puzzles, games and things...
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£6.92
ALICE YAZZIE'S YEAR
by Maher, Ramona
Toronto: Tricycle Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 1582460809 . Ex-library book, but still in very nice condition - overall wear is very light. Gorgeous illustrations throughout. Usual ex-library markings, including laminated cover and front and spine sticker. ; ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; From Booklist: Gr. 3-6. "The snow slowed the world, the Navajo world, " begins this picture book for older readers, originally published...
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£8.86
LAVENDER'S BLUE A Book of Nursery Rhymes
by Lines, Kathleen (compiled by)
London: Oxford University Press. Very Good+. 1989. Softcover. 0192722085 . Cover has light edge and corner wear, light soiling outer edge of pages, small inscription on first page. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Charming b/w and colour illustrations throughout. 180 pages. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Book was first published in 1954. Kathleen Lines' delightful selection of traditional nursery rhymes and games quickly became a fixture in many a nursery. Several generations have delighted...
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£16.15
GOIN' COCONUTS
by Crume, Vic
Laurel Leaf / Dell. Very Good. 1978. First Edition. Softcover. 0440929334 . Cover has light edgewear, light creasing and one tiny edge tear. Pages clean and intact, with no markings. Starring Donny & Marie Osmond, with b/w photos from the film. The talented duo find all sorts of trouble when they arrive in Hawaii for a big concert.... [70-osl] ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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£2.39
A TOUCH OF HEAVEN
by Smitten, Ann
Centax Books. Near Fine. 1997. First Edition. Softcover. 1895292816 . Signed/inscribed by author inside front cover: "To___, Keep reading, Ann Smitten". Centax Books, 1997, 1st edition. Excellent condition, clean and tight, a little wear to cover corners. A charming story of a brother's love for this younger sister. A stroll to the park proves to be a delightful adventure, with a novice angel. [osl-77]; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Author .
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£8.86
TCHAIKOVSKY DISCOVERS AMERICA
by Kalman, Esther
Lester Publishing. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 1895555825 . Excellent condition. Hardcover clean, tight and unmarked. Jacket has light scuffing, a few light scraches to rear and one small edge tear. Full page colour illustrations. "A charming tale told in diary form by a wealthy young girl of Russian descent. She is named Eugenia after Tchaikovsky's opera, Eugene Onegin, which her parents adore. They take her to see the composer conduct a performance of...
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£8.86
101 School Jokes
by Lisa Eisenberg; Katy Hall
Scholastic, Incorporated, 1987. Mass Market Paperback. As New. Disclaimer:An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact; pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£4.85