Post by BooksNMore on Jun 2, 2005 11:33:01 GMT -5
I homeschooled my children and tutored other people's children and now am selling some of the books. Note that most of these books are used library books and show some wear. They're definitely legible and still in good condition and have a lot of life left in them but they are NOT new. All books come from a non-smoking environment.
Quite a few of my books are out of print/hard to find/collectible or are signed and that is noted in the description.
If you're interested in any of them, please email me at boydda@gmail.com. I accept PayPal, checks, and postal money orders. Purchases paid for with checks will not be shipped until the payment has cleared my bank. All prices include postage unless otherwise stated and all items are shipped via USPS Media Rate Mail unless you request and pay for another method. Discounts on purchase price and shipping are available for multiple purchases. Please don't send payment for any item until you receive confirmation from me that the item is still available.
Pond Life:Watching Animals Grow Up, by Herbert H Wong and Matthew F Vessel, illustrated by Harold Berson, 1970, 39 pages. Elementary. This book is a beautifully illustrated guide to a pond teaming with life. Some of the things covered are turtles, sunfish, dragonflies, mosquitos, snails, and a lot more. $3.25
An Ant Is Born, by Harald Doering and jo Mary McCormick, Sterling Nature Series, 1973, 96 pages. Elementary. Hardcover. This book covers the birth of an ant, the daily life of an ant, foraging for food, mutual feeding, ant varieties, ant "cattle", where ants live, and guests and boarders. It has black and white photos of ants in various stages of life and almost every page has a photo. $3.25
How Animals Tell Time, by Millicent E Selsam, illustrated by John Kaufman, Library Edition, 1968, 94 pages. Upper Elementary. Hardcover. Areas covered are our moving planet, man's daily clock, moon and tide rhythms, seasonal rhythms, and more. $3.25
Microbes at Work, by Millicent E Selsam, illustrated by Helen Ludwig, Library Edition, 1968, 95 pages. Upper elementary. Hardcover. The chapters are the world of microbes, discouraging the microbes, encouraging the microbes, and the living soil. There are several experiments in this book and my kids really got a kick out of them, especially the dough experiment and making cottage cheese! $3.25
Oceanography, by Jerome Williams, 1972, 79 pages. Upper elementary, junior high level. Hardcover. This book is a good introduction to oceanography and covers sea mounts, coral, the saltiness of the ocean, tsunami, tidal currents, life in the sea, animals of the sea, and much more. $3.25
Hurricanes, by William Bixby, 1979, 54 pages. Upper elementary. Hardcover with plastic jacket. This book is a very good study of hurricanes and their power of destruction. It's illustrated with B&W photos. $2.75
I Know A Weatherman, by Barbara Williams, A Community Helper Book, Signed, 1970, 47 pages. Elementary. Hardcover. Rain, lightning, thunder and more are covered in this cute book about a boy whose mother takes him to the local weather station. The boy does a weather experiment in the story and your child can do it, too. This is a very useful but fun book. $2.85
Cells The Basic Structure of Life, by Vicki Cobb, illustrated by Leonard Dank, Signed, 1970, 62 pages. Elementary. Hardcover. This book covers the discovery of cells, bacteria, algae, slime molds, reproduction in cells, and a lot more. This book is very popular with collectors and homeschoolers alike and can be the foundation of a great unit on life. $4.85
Building Construction, Industry at Work, by Melvin Berger, 1978, 66 pages. Upper Elementary. B&W photos. Hardcover. This is a good little book for social studies/community lessons. The chapters are The Planners, Structural Crafts, Finishing Crafts, Mechanical Crafts, and suggestions for further reading. $2.95
America Is Also Jewish, by Richard Goldhurst, 1972, 128 pages. Upper Elementary. Hardcover. Library discard with the usual markings. This out of print and hard to find book tells of Jews in America from the 5 Jews who sailed with Columbus to the ones who fled the Holocaust and sought shelter in the US. $6.00
Catch A Little Fox, Variations on a Folk Rhyme, by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers and illustrated by Brinton Turkle, 1970. Elementary. Hardcover. This is a great book written around the "Oh a-hunting we will go" folk rhyme with different things happening on the hunt. It begins "Oh, a-hunting we will go. A-hunting we will go. We'll catch a little fox and put him in a box and never let him go." and continues with a frog and a cat, and a lot more. Kids love the rhyming in this book. $2.25
The Siege and Fall of Troy, by Robert Graves, illustrated by C Walter Hodges, 1962, stated First Edition, 128 pages. Elementary. Hardcover. Excellent line drawings and maps. This collectible book tells the story of Troy from its founding by Prince Scamander to its fall. Some of the chapters are the foundation of troy, paris and queen helen, the greeks win the advantage, the wooden horse, Odysseus's wanderings, and more. $4.85
Gypsies, Wanderers of the World, by Bart McDowell, illustrated by Bruce Dale, 1970, 215 pages. Elementary and above. Beautiful blue hard cover with dark blue accents, front page missing, some bumping and edge wear, no dust jacket, tight binding, clean pages, no spine crease. This collectible and out of print book was put out by National Geographic Society and has the expected breathtakingly beautiful photography of NG. The photographs are worthy of display, in my opinion. $12.25
Know Your Government, by George E Ross, 1966, 72 pages. Elementary. This book is an excellent primer in how the U.S. government works. Covered are: how our government began, our constitution, the legislative branch, the executive branch, the judicial branch, our national symbols and ideals and more. At the back of the book are the Constitution and a table of Presidents with Lyndon B Johnson being the last one listed. $4.25
Earl Campbell, The Texas Tornado, by Hal Lundgren, 1982, 42 pages. Elementary. Hardcover. This collectible book tells the story of Earl Campbell from his very humble beginnings in East Texas to his position as record-setting running back for the Houston Oilers. This is an excellent book for kids interested in sports. $5.25
Thanks for your time!
Denise
Quite a few of my books are out of print/hard to find/collectible or are signed and that is noted in the description.
If you're interested in any of them, please email me at boydda@gmail.com. I accept PayPal, checks, and postal money orders. Purchases paid for with checks will not be shipped until the payment has cleared my bank. All prices include postage unless otherwise stated and all items are shipped via USPS Media Rate Mail unless you request and pay for another method. Discounts on purchase price and shipping are available for multiple purchases. Please don't send payment for any item until you receive confirmation from me that the item is still available.
Pond Life:Watching Animals Grow Up, by Herbert H Wong and Matthew F Vessel, illustrated by Harold Berson, 1970, 39 pages. Elementary. This book is a beautifully illustrated guide to a pond teaming with life. Some of the things covered are turtles, sunfish, dragonflies, mosquitos, snails, and a lot more. $3.25
An Ant Is Born, by Harald Doering and jo Mary McCormick, Sterling Nature Series, 1973, 96 pages. Elementary. Hardcover. This book covers the birth of an ant, the daily life of an ant, foraging for food, mutual feeding, ant varieties, ant "cattle", where ants live, and guests and boarders. It has black and white photos of ants in various stages of life and almost every page has a photo. $3.25
How Animals Tell Time, by Millicent E Selsam, illustrated by John Kaufman, Library Edition, 1968, 94 pages. Upper Elementary. Hardcover. Areas covered are our moving planet, man's daily clock, moon and tide rhythms, seasonal rhythms, and more. $3.25
Microbes at Work, by Millicent E Selsam, illustrated by Helen Ludwig, Library Edition, 1968, 95 pages. Upper elementary. Hardcover. The chapters are the world of microbes, discouraging the microbes, encouraging the microbes, and the living soil. There are several experiments in this book and my kids really got a kick out of them, especially the dough experiment and making cottage cheese! $3.25
Oceanography, by Jerome Williams, 1972, 79 pages. Upper elementary, junior high level. Hardcover. This book is a good introduction to oceanography and covers sea mounts, coral, the saltiness of the ocean, tsunami, tidal currents, life in the sea, animals of the sea, and much more. $3.25
Hurricanes, by William Bixby, 1979, 54 pages. Upper elementary. Hardcover with plastic jacket. This book is a very good study of hurricanes and their power of destruction. It's illustrated with B&W photos. $2.75
I Know A Weatherman, by Barbara Williams, A Community Helper Book, Signed, 1970, 47 pages. Elementary. Hardcover. Rain, lightning, thunder and more are covered in this cute book about a boy whose mother takes him to the local weather station. The boy does a weather experiment in the story and your child can do it, too. This is a very useful but fun book. $2.85
Cells The Basic Structure of Life, by Vicki Cobb, illustrated by Leonard Dank, Signed, 1970, 62 pages. Elementary. Hardcover. This book covers the discovery of cells, bacteria, algae, slime molds, reproduction in cells, and a lot more. This book is very popular with collectors and homeschoolers alike and can be the foundation of a great unit on life. $4.85
Building Construction, Industry at Work, by Melvin Berger, 1978, 66 pages. Upper Elementary. B&W photos. Hardcover. This is a good little book for social studies/community lessons. The chapters are The Planners, Structural Crafts, Finishing Crafts, Mechanical Crafts, and suggestions for further reading. $2.95
America Is Also Jewish, by Richard Goldhurst, 1972, 128 pages. Upper Elementary. Hardcover. Library discard with the usual markings. This out of print and hard to find book tells of Jews in America from the 5 Jews who sailed with Columbus to the ones who fled the Holocaust and sought shelter in the US. $6.00
Catch A Little Fox, Variations on a Folk Rhyme, by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers and illustrated by Brinton Turkle, 1970. Elementary. Hardcover. This is a great book written around the "Oh a-hunting we will go" folk rhyme with different things happening on the hunt. It begins "Oh, a-hunting we will go. A-hunting we will go. We'll catch a little fox and put him in a box and never let him go." and continues with a frog and a cat, and a lot more. Kids love the rhyming in this book. $2.25
The Siege and Fall of Troy, by Robert Graves, illustrated by C Walter Hodges, 1962, stated First Edition, 128 pages. Elementary. Hardcover. Excellent line drawings and maps. This collectible book tells the story of Troy from its founding by Prince Scamander to its fall. Some of the chapters are the foundation of troy, paris and queen helen, the greeks win the advantage, the wooden horse, Odysseus's wanderings, and more. $4.85
Gypsies, Wanderers of the World, by Bart McDowell, illustrated by Bruce Dale, 1970, 215 pages. Elementary and above. Beautiful blue hard cover with dark blue accents, front page missing, some bumping and edge wear, no dust jacket, tight binding, clean pages, no spine crease. This collectible and out of print book was put out by National Geographic Society and has the expected breathtakingly beautiful photography of NG. The photographs are worthy of display, in my opinion. $12.25
Know Your Government, by George E Ross, 1966, 72 pages. Elementary. This book is an excellent primer in how the U.S. government works. Covered are: how our government began, our constitution, the legislative branch, the executive branch, the judicial branch, our national symbols and ideals and more. At the back of the book are the Constitution and a table of Presidents with Lyndon B Johnson being the last one listed. $4.25
Earl Campbell, The Texas Tornado, by Hal Lundgren, 1982, 42 pages. Elementary. Hardcover. This collectible book tells the story of Earl Campbell from his very humble beginnings in East Texas to his position as record-setting running back for the Houston Oilers. This is an excellent book for kids interested in sports. $5.25
Thanks for your time!
Denise