Search Results: Titles starting with I from pacaritambo books

Candlewick Press, 2012. Reissue 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Maurice Sendak color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2012 Candlewick small hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, reissue edition, first printing. Wonderful fun color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. CONTENT: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me." That's what children chant when they are being teased; it's what their parents chanted, and probably their grandparents before them. Collected in this invaluable book are the wit and wisdom of generations of schoolchildren-more than 170 selections ranging from insults and riddles to jeers and jump-rope rhymes. With Iona Opie's introduction and detailed notes and Maurice Sendak's remarkable pictures-vignettes, sequences, and full-page paintings both wickedly funny and comically sad-it offers knowledge and entertainment to all who open it. Grades 2 - 5+.

Roaring Brook Press, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Yasmine Surovec color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2013 Roaring Brook hardcover (pictorial boards) and dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Sweet color illustrations by the Author. Cats, cats, and more cats adorn the end pages. CONTENT: Love that Kitty! The most adorable picture book of the year invites the very youngest cat lovers to find Kitty in the world around them. Chloe loves kitties. She wants a cat so much that she sees Kitty everywhere she goes: at the bus stop, in her backyard, in the starry night sky, even in her dreams. From debut children's book illustrator Yasmine Surovec comes a story so adorable that if you don't already love cats you will by the time you're done reading it. In the tradition of iconic preschool books like Where's Spot?, I See Kitty uses bright, bold artwork to appeal to very young readers and charm them for generations to come.

Henry Holt, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Ilya Spirin color illustrations. CONDITION: Gently perused on shelf 2008 Henry Holt hardcover (pictorial boards - different from the DJ cover - see my scans) & DJ, first edition, first printing. There are no major problems here: just perused on shelf. Wonderful, endearing color illustrations by Ilya Spirin. Although I've never met one, I love Polar Bears. Also, there is a discussion page on climate control - so if you don't believe in that, this may not be the book for you. CONTENT: Lush, realistic watercolor illustrations, filling each double-page spread, accompany a brief text depicting a year in the life of a female polar bear and her two cubs in the Arctic. As winter approaches, the polar bear digs a nesting den where she will give birth to her cubs, which "are born deaf, blind and almost hairless. Each weighs barely a pound." In March the family leaves the den and the cubs learn survival skills before traveling to the ocean… Read More

Berkley, 2021. 1st US Paperback 16th Printing. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. No illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this book "AS NEW?" Small red remainder dot bottom edges at spine. UNREAD 2021 Berkley trade paperback, first US edition, first printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: Investigator Jessica Niemi is in a race against time to find the link between a body with strange markings that has washed up on a frigid shore in Finland and two baffling disappearances in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Witch Hunter. Six months have passed since Jessica's encounter with the mysterious serial-killing coven of witches and the death of her mentor. Her nightmares about her mother and the witchcraft that undid her have only gotten worse, but she's doing what she can to stay focused. Her homicide squad, now under new leadership, has been given a murder case and a new series of disappearances to investigate. A young woman's corpse has washed up on an icy beach,… Read More

Macmillan, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/As New. Laszlo Gal color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1988 Macmillan hardcover (maroon boards) & dust jacket, first American edition, first printing. Beautiful color illustrations by Laszlo Gal. Tiny edge wear DJ bottom edge at spine. CONTENT: A stirring picture-book rendition of the Norse myth of how Iduna's apples kept Odin and the other gods from growing old, until Thiassi, a monstrous giant in hideous bird shape, plotted to kidnap her and gain the power of the apples. After evil black insects, evolved from Thiassi's cast-off feathers, sting Iduna with their poisonous venom, she becomes alarmingly weak. This provides the opportunity for the god Loki, succumbing to treachery as a condition for saving his own life, to deliver her to Thiassi. The Everlasting Garden begins to die as winds, rain, and snow battle it. The gods themselves begin to age and decline, until they coerce Loki to rescue Iduna. The text is a… Read More

New York: Barron's Educational Series, 2004. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Susanna Lockheart. CONDITION: NEW (still in mfg's shrink-wrap) 2010 Barron's Educational books hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), no printing given. While this is still sealed, I haven't seen the workings or illustrations for myself, but if these graphics are true to the book's illustrations, they are spectacular. Color illustrations by Susanna Lockheart. CONTENT: Lockheart's big and beautiful color illustrations are filled with details that change as if by magic when this book's pages are lifted and turned. The illustrations incorporate an innovative paper-engineering technique that literally transforms each picture's details before the reader's eyes. The double-page illustrations complement the retelling of two favorite tales of magic. Aladdin is a story of high adventure and narrow escapes from an evil sorcerer. The hero is Aladdin, a boy who can fly through the air on his magic… Read More

Reader's Digest, 1997. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. As New/As New. Various artists color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1997 Reader's Digest large (& heavy) hardcover (blue marbled boards with gold foil title) and dust jacket, first edition, no printing given. Problems: blank book plate inside front cover and tiny edge wear bottom DJ edge at spine. Wonderful color illustrations and photos. CONTENT: This is an unconventional biblical dictionary in that it contains only names of things, ideas, relationships, and physical objects, such as cistern, diamond, foods, husband, kitchen, and so on, as well as abstract ideas such as insult, mercy, patience, punishment, and purification. No places or events are included, nor are personal names, except as the author of the books of the Bible, as in Joel, Book of. There are no entries for Adam, David, Jesus, or Moses. On the other hand, there are hundreds of useful and well-illustrated entries, such as alabaster, almond, altar,… Read More

San Francisco: Manic D Press, 2003. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Graham Roumieu color illustrations. CONDITION: Good to Good+ 2003 Manic D Press slim hardcover, NO DJ, first edition, assumed first printing - but not certain. There is a gift inscription on the half-title page (kind of snarky from Dad to Son). Decorated end pages. Color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: THIS IS A HOOT. Falls in the "strange-but-fun" category. BigFoot as everyman. Follow him from his hatred of Chewbacca to losing his hair and guzzling Rogaine to answering fan mail ("remember, Steve, stalking is a crime"). America's favorite crypto-zoological hominid is hilariously recast as the modern-day everyman, struggling with eating disorders, casual cannibalism, pop culture, and philosophical quandaries ("Me once believe in good. Now, no. World go s**t, just like Bigfoot screenwriting career"). A book for your very best odd friend.

Old Castle Publishing, 1994. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Barbara Stone Polar Bears - in color. CONDITION: SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON LOOSE END PAGE. DUST JACKET IS MISSING! UNREAD 1994 Old Castle Publishing very large hardcover (pictorial boards), but NO DJ and it should have none. Why oh why, dear publishers, do the smallest hands get the largest books? Oh well. Wonderful color illustrations of Polar Bears by Barbara Stone. CONTENT: In the Company of Bears; where you're always treated special and you never have to pretend because you are only seen and loved for just who you are." ?In this whimsical tale, wise and wonderful polar bears have discovered the secret of time, seeing all things exactly and precisely as they are: "To a BEAR, a kettle's a kettle. To a BEAR, a pot is a pot. Bears never call anything something that anything is not." The bears remind us of the beauty of simplicity and unhurriedness, and warn us that to reach any place worthwhile: 'You can't go by clock or by… Read More

HarperCollins, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. No Illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this book "AS NEW?" 1 lightly bumped corner and on the DJ some light edge wear top spine and a small tanned area front at edge. UNREAD 1994 HarperCollins hardcover (maroon boards) & dust jacket, first American edition (paper standards cited), first printing. No illustrations. Bilingual - English/Hindi. CONTENT: Meera, they said, was mad. She is also the symbol Mahatma Gandhi chose to inspire his modern Indian renaissance, and the archetypal female saint, whose songs of love and devotion remain an integral part of Indian life and culture. Meera was a sixteenth century Rajput princess who renounced her privileged life and royal family to live as a mendicantwandering, dancing, and singing the praises of God. A devotee of Krishna, she was part of an influential religious movement (bhakti) that rejected distinctions of caste and creed, shunned the stultifying rituals and inaccessible scripture… Read More

Berkley/Penguin, 2021. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. No illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this AS NEW? Remainder mark bottom edges at spine. Otherwise, "new." UNREAD 2021 Berkley trade paperback, first PB edition, first printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: An audacious novel of feminine rage about one of the most prolific female serial killers in American history--and the men who drove her to it. They whisper about her in Chicago. Men come to her with their hopes, their dreams--their fortunes. But no one sees them leave. No one sees them at all after they come to call on the Widow of La Porte. The good people of Indiana may have their suspicions, but if those fools knew what she'd given up, what was taken from her, how she'd suffered, surely they'd understand. Belle Gunness learned a long time ago that a woman has to make her own way in this world. That's all it is. A bloody means to an end. A glorious enterprise meant to raise her from the bleak,… Read More

Random House, 2017. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. CONDITION: LIKE NEW 2017 Random House hardcover (beige boards) and dust jacket, first edition, second printing. Round stamp remainder dot bottom edges at spine. CONTENT: Before the Corleones, before the Lannisters, there were the Borgias - one of history's notorious families. It is 1502 and Rodrigo Borgia, a self-confessed womanizer and master of political corruption, is now on the papal throne as Alexander VI. His daughter Lucrezia, aged twenty-two-already three times married and a pawn in her father's plans-is discovering her own power. And then there is his son Cesare Borgia, brilliant, ruthless, and increasingly unstable; it is his relationship with Machiavelli that gives the Florentine diplomat a master class in the dark arts of power and politics. What Machiavelli learns will go on to inform his great work of modern politics, The Prince. But while the pope rails against old age and his son's increasingly erratic behavior, it is… Read More

Viking, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2018 Viking hardcover (white boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover - all white books need protection), first edition, first printing. PROBLEM: Small remainder dot bottom edges at spine. CONTENT: The New Orleans mayor who removed the Confederate statues confronts the racism that shapes us and argues for white America to reckon with its past. A passionate, personal, urgent book from the man who sparked a national debate. "There is a difference between remembrance of history and reverence for it." When Mitch Landrieu addressed the people of New Orleans in May 2017 about his decision to take down four Confederate monuments, including the statue of Robert E. Lee, he struck a nerve nationally, and his speech has now been heard or seen by millions across the country. In his first book, Mayor Landrieu discusses his personal journey on race as well as the path he took to making the decision to remove the… Read More

USA: Franklin Watts, 1998. 1st American Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Mark Bergin. CONDITION: NEW 1998 Franklin Watts paperback, 1st American edition, 1st printing. Wonderful, historically accurate color illustrations by mark Bergin. Covers Sun Maiden's House and Temple of the Sun, as well. CONTENT: Take a birds-eye tour of the ancient Incan empire. Then zoom in for a closer look of how ancient Incans lived. Part graphic history and part travel guide, this book offers a unique perspective on what life was really like in an ancient Incan town - a different slant on the study of cultures of the past. With lucid, well-written texts and colorful drawings concentrating on the design and function of a major town - a 15th-century Inca town using Cuzco, Peru. Clever "Time-Traveler's Guides" offer advice on shopping, how to pack, festivals, modes of travel, etc. "Guided Tours" of the important sites wrap up these studies. Excellent for either libraries or home schooling. Wonderful… Read More

Wisdom Tales, 2016. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. As New/New. Heidi M. Rasch color illustrations; Adapted by Michael Oren Fitzgerald. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2016 Wisdom Tales hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, assumed first printing. Problem: The first few pages were trapped behind the front DJ flap during the printing process causing what I call a "tug" or light loosening of the binding. Not bad, but there. Lasting to about page 5. No major problems. Great color illustrations by Heidi M. Rasch. Adapted by Michael Oren Fitzgerald. Foreword by Charles Trimble. CONTENT: Indian Boyhood recalls Eastman's earliest childhood memories. He was born in a buffalo hide tipi in western Minnesota, and raised in the traditional Dakota Sioux manner until he was fifteen years old. He was then transplanted into the "white man's" world. Educated at Dartmouth College, he went on to become a medical doctor, renowned author, field secretary for the YMCA, and a spokesman for… Read More

Dover Publications, 1990. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. B&W drawings by the Author (Suitable for coloring). CONDITION & CONTENT: 2 NEW coloring books from Dover. Some people may see this as just a coloring book to keep kids busy, but Dover's entire series of coloring books are historically correct and a sort of a "sneaky" way to educate kids when they least expect it. INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA Coloring Book by Peter F. Copeland. 1990 Dover paperback (stapled wraps), first edition, assumed first printing. B&W drawings suitable for coloring. This book contains 38 carefully researched, accurately drawn illustrations of the aboriginal inhabitants of North America, ranging from the SEminole of Florida to the Chilkat of Alaska. Other tribes represented include the Pequot, Mohawk, Iroquois, Seneca, Crow, Cree, Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Huron, Comanche, Hopi, and more. NORTHWEST COAST INDIANS Coloring Book by David Rickman. NEW 1984 Dover paperback (stapled wraps), first… Read More

Texas: Texas State Historical Commission/Office State Archaeologist, 1983. Soft cover. New. William Reeves - B&W illustrations. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1983 Texas Historical Commission/Office of the State Archaeologist soft cover (stapled wraps), no printing given. Tanning to page edges. Detailed William Reeves B&W illustrations. Content: This is a clever way to get Texas children interested in their "Indian" past and in archaeology. It takes us from Paleo-Pioneers through how Texas is preserving it's archaeological past. Quite good, IMHO. Grades 4 - up.

Post Hill Press, 2017. Reprint Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. B&W charts - very few. CONDITION: NEW c. 2017 Post Hill Press trade paperback, reprint edition, no printing given. Just a very few B&W charts throughout. As we all considered during the FDA-Alzheimer's disease debacle of a couple of years ago, there may be big problems with the FDA. CONTENT: Winner of Maverick of The Year Award and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, and featured by WSJ, Fortune and Bloomberg TV for his battle to defeat unlawful actions by the FDA, Dr. Joseph V. Gulfo provides a first-hand riveting account of an against-all odds fight that demonstrates what it takes to advance breakthrough medical products that truly benefit patients. Having been responsible for the development and FDA approval of three innovative cancer products, he provides the reader with ringside seats to the struggles that entrepreneurs of biotech and medtech companies must fight to successfully bring ideas to… Read More

Dutton Children's Books, 2016. 1st Edition 10th Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Hatel Aly B&W illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2016 Dutton Children's Books hardcover (green boards with "Holy Dog" embossed on front board) and dust jacket, first edition, 10th printing. Newberry Honor Book. DJ front panel embossed title in gold foil with gold foil accents. Problem: red remainder dot bottom edges. All else perfect. CONTENT: 1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children. Their adventures take them on a chase through France: they are taken captive by knights, sit alongside a king, and save the land from a farting dragon. On the run to escape prejudice and persecution and save precious and holy texts from being burned, their quest drives them forward to a final showdown at Mont Saint-Michel, where all will come to question if these children can perform the miracles of saints. Join William, an oblate on a mission… Read More

Voyager Books, 2002. 1st Paperback Edition 6th Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Douglas Florian color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2002 Voyager Books large paperback, first paperback edition, 6th printing. Color illustrations by the Author, Douglas Florian. CONTENT: The silly, imaginative verses about whirligig beetles and waterbugs (almost) match the exquisite pictures in playfulness and wit. The result is downright stunning. "Mosquitoes are thin./Mosquitoes are rude./They feast on your skin/For take-out food." Children will delight in the playful language and hilarious illustrations while they learn about twenty-one insects that will bug or beguile them. From swooping dragonflies and twirling whirligig beetles to marching army ants and feasting mosquitoes, here is one pest infestation you'll welcome into your home! Ages 7+. So much fun.