WHO WILL PLAY WITH ME?
Written by Mary Brooks. Illustrated by Mary Brooks.
Stock no. 1831065
Published by Golden Pleasure Books Ltd.. Circa 1963. Almost very good condition.

Dapply the baby jaguar is looking for someone to play with... Pictureland Series No. 4. Pictorial paper boards. Full page colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Base of spine is split to front edge, worn with torn paper backstrip. Cup ring mark to front board, Biro marks to rear board, boards a little scuffed. Text block browned. Pencil mark crossed out with pen to top of front pastedown, '2/6' written in small text to top corner of title page. Else contents generally clean.

SANTA'S SECRET
Written by Gregoire Solotareff.
Stock no. 1831064
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st UK 1989. Very good condition.

One day, Noel was walking in the forest when he found a huge red sack... Discover Santa's secret in this witty and inventive Christmas story. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0575046872. Top & tail of spine and corners worn. Boards a little scuffed, a little grubby, front board slightly discoloured at edges. Contents clean.

JOE CARPENTER & SON: AN ENGLISH NATIVITY
Written by Graham Clarke. Illustrated by Graham Clarke.
Stock no. 1831063
Published by Phaidon. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A wonderfully humorous and moving version of the Nativity Story, packed with Christmas delight. The events of Jesus' birth unfold in vivid verse and pictures, which recount the familiar story through the experiences of the inhabitants of an English village in the mists of Graham Clarke's 'anachronological' time scale. Can be performed as a play, read aloud or simply enjoyed as a picture book fror its own sake. Oblong format. Purple cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations, some fold out pages. 54 pages. ISBN: 0714826766. Lower corners of boards are bumped. Boards are otherwise clean. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut and faded to spine and top spine edge.

THE BUTTERFLY
Written by Angela Sheehan. Illustrated by Maurice Pledger.
Stock no. 1831061
Published by Galley Press. Circa 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Eye-View Library. A portrayal of the butterfly with outstanding illustrations to help children appreciate the wonders of nature. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0861368436. A very nice copy.

DAKTARI ANNUAL
Written by J.L. Morrissey; J.H. Pavey; M. Broadley; Ken Denham; J.W. Elliott. Illustrated by Edgar Hodges; T. Nolan; D. Brian.
Stock no. 1831057
Published by World Distributors Ltd.. 1965. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. First story is "Fame Comes To Clarence". Light wear to lower corners of boards, boards are lightly scuffed. Last page (rear pastedown) is unstuck from rear board in the lower corner. Contents are generally clean.

BLEEP AND BOOSTER
Written by Tim. Illustrated by Tim.
Stock no. 1831056
Published by Purnell. 1965. Good condition.

As seen on Blue Peter BBC TV. Story is 'Into Outer Space', the first story of Bleep and Booster. Blue glazed pictorial boards showing Bleep an Booster floating in space. Colour pictures throughout. 5 puzzle pages to centre of book. Unpaginated. Boards are worn at top & tail of spine and corners, creased, blue biro tracing the title to front page. Sewn binding is coming undone so contents are detaching from boards. Some puzzles completed in pencil. Contents have a few marks. A nice reading copy which will probably detach from the covers at some point (stitching unravelling).

KALLEE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by F.G. Turnbull. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1831055
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of nature stories. Brown cloth boards, blue title to spine. B/w text illustrations. viii and 210 pages. Faint damp to front board. Slight discolouration to top & tail of spine. A few marks to top edge of rear board and a thin band of fading. Endpapers and text block browned. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily rubbed at edges and worn to corners, lightly faded to spine, a few small edge-chips, a little scuffed.

THE LOST POTHOLE
Written by Showell Styles. Illustrated by C.W. Bacon.
Stock no. 1831054
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1961. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Young Anthony Carter didn't expect to become involved in a dangerous pot-holing rescue and treasure hunt when he joined his friends on the rain-sodden Yorkshire Moors... Children's Book Blub Edition. Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations based on the author's sketches. 136 pages. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Boards clean. Foxing to top edge of text block with some bleeding to very top of page margins (minor). Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, lightly faded to spine, and lightly browned with minor scuffing to rear panel.

THE CROSSING OF INGO
Written by Helen Dunmore.
Stock no. 1831053
Published by HarperCollins Childrens Books. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Sapphire, Conor and their Mer friends Faro and Elvira are ready to make the Crossing of Ingo – a long and dangerous journey that only the strongest young Mer are called upon to make. No human being has ever attempted this thrilling voyage to the bottom of the world. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 367 pages. ISBN: 9780007270255. A lovely copy.

BOY GIANT: SON OF GULLIVER
Written by Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1831052
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

War has forced Omar and his mother to leave their home in Afghanistan and venture across the sea to Europe. When their boat sinks, and Omar finds himself alone, with no hope of rescue, it seems as if his story has come to an end. But it is only just beginning. Because in the end, a little hope makes a big difference…Orange boards with metallic blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. 275 pages. ISBN: 9780008347918. Top & tail of spine have light shelf-wear. Top corner crease to one page. Else boards and contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper have a few minor marks.

OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley.
Stock no. 1831030
Published by Faber & Faber. 1959. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

a collection of whimsical light poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology. Cream cloth with red title to spine and picture of two cats dancing to front cover. Colour illustrations, 50 pages. Ninth impression. Some foxspots to cloth boards. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Blue ink smudges to page 37 and facing illustration (Macavity: The Mystery Cat) - not too bad. Else contents are clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and browned, worn at top & tail of spine with slight loss.

BIGGLES' SECRET ASSIGNMENTS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Studio Stead.
Stock no. 1330895
Published by Prion Ltd.. 1st thus 2009. Fine condition.

Four more of our flying hero's classic adventures: Biggles' Second Case; Biggles Breaks the Silence; Biggles Gets His Men and Biggles Follows On. 654 pages. B/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff cardwraps. ISBN: 9781853757440.