The Secret Pencil

Patricia Ward, ill. by Nicole Hornby

Anna found the silver pencil beside a cave one summer day when she was wandering alone along the seashore in Wales. When she tried to write, she discovered the pencil's wonderful secret.

Random House, 1959. An approved selection of Parents' Magazine's Book Club for Children. Hard cover with dust jacket, 5-5/8 x 8-1/4 inches, 277 pages.

Name inside front. Dust jacket has several edge tears. Clean and firmly bound.

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Circa: 1959
Condition: used
Size: 5-5/8 x 8-1/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Random House
Author: Patricia Ward, ill. by Nicole Hornby
Pages: 277  

Black Elephant

Virginia Francis Voight, ill. by William A. McCaffery

The lively adventures of Ebony the black elephant and his young master, Dilly, are filled with the excitement of circus life in the days of the ''rolling show'' and with information about a variety of animals - circus animals and those native to the new England area as well.

Prentice Hall, 1959. An approved selection of Parents' Magazine's Book Club for Children. Hard cover, with dust jacket, 5-1/2 x 8-1/4...
Circa: 1959
Condition: used
Size: 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Author: Virginia Francis Voight, ill. by William A. McCaffery
Pages: 182  

The Saturdays

Elizabeth Enright

The four Melendy children are tired of wasting good Saturdays doing nothing but wishing for bigger allowances and so they jump at Randy's idea for the Independent Saturday Afternoon Adventure Club.

Rinehart & Co., 1942. An approved selection of Parents' Magazine's Book Club for Children. Hard cover with dust jacket, 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches, 175 pages.

Name inside front cover. Slight shelf wear. Very good.

Under 2 lbs.
Circa: 1942
Condition: used
Size: 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Rinehart & Co.
Author: Elizabeth Enright
Pages: 175  

The Peddler's Cart

Elizabeth Coatsworth, ill. by Zhenya Gay

A story of life on the road in the 1800s.

Macmillan Company, 1956, third printing. An approved selection of Parents' Magazine's Book Club for Children. Hard cover, no dust jacket, 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches, 151 pages.

Edges of cover are faded. Lower edge tear, 3/4 inch, on page 71/72. Pencilled name inside front. Clean and firmly bound.

Under 1 lb.
Circa: 1956
Condition: used
Size: 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Macmillan Company
Author: Elizabeth Coatsworth, ill. by Zhenya Gay
Edition: 3
Pages: 151  

The River Horse

Nina Ames Frey, ill. by Renee George

Every child wants a horse, and Arana, the young Mayan Indian hero of this story, is no exception. In a little hut in a village on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala he dreams of owning a horse.

William R. Scott, Inc., 1953. Approved selection of Parents' Magazine's Book Club for Children. Hard cover with dust jacket, 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches, 150 pages.

Name inside front cover. Very little wear.

Under 1 lb.
Circa: 1953
Condition: used
Size: 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: William R. Scott Inc.
Author: Nina Ames Frey, ill. by Renee George
Pages: 150