Best of
Juvenile

1963

Rascal


Sterling North - 1963
    Rascal is only a baby when Sterling brings him home, but soon the two are best friends, doing everything together--until the spring day when everything suddenly changes.Rascal is a heartwarming boyhood memoir that continues to find its way into the hearts of readers fifty years later. This special anniversary edition includes the book's classic illustrations restored to their original splendor, as well as a letter from the author's daughter, and material from the illustrator's personal collection."Everyone should knock off work, sit beneath the nearest tree, and enjoy Rascal from cover to cover."—Chicago Tribune

Time at the Top


Edward Ormondroyd - 1963
    It's stranger still when her uninformative note is found in the hallway of her apartment building, along with a black cat that no one has seen before. And it's strangest of all when she suddenly appears again, wearing clothes that are eighty years out of date, and tells a wild story about an old woman with a fly-away hat, an elevator that travels into the past, and a distressed family that only she can save. Who is going to believe such a tale? Certainly not her father. But Susan is determined to prove to him that it's all true. And she has other plans for him as well...Who, in fact, could believe such a tale? Even the author, who takes part in the story, has his doubts. But just as those doubts are all laid to rest, the mystery thickens once more. This time it's a double disappearance...

Child of the Silent Night: The Inspiring Story of Laura Bridgman, Both Deaf and Blind


Edith Fisher Hunter - 1963
    Also blind and deaf, she was the first to break the pattern of early nineteenth-century tradition, learning to read the alphabet and leading the way for others to be freed of their handicaps.

Spotted Boy and the Comanches


Mabel Earp Cason - 1963
    Book Specs Paper BackPublisher: PPPAPrinted: 1963Pages: 155 Table of Contents

Miss Osborne-the-Mop


Wilson Gage - 1963
    Jody discovers she has magic powers, and turns a mop into a person.

Sprockets: A Little Robot


Alexander Key - 1963
    He has many adventures and is adopted by a human family.

Sarah's Room


Doris Orgel - 1963
    Can Jen learn to keep tidy so she will be welcome in Sarah's room?

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective


Donald J. Sobol - 1963
    Try to crack the cases along with him--the answer to all the mysteries are found in the back!

Story of Mary Poppins (Read-Along)


Walt Disney Company - 1963
    Disney's best-loved, award-winning soundtrack is back! Digitally mastered with newly added bonus demo recordings and interviews, this is a must for any Disney fan.

Pioneer Germ Fighters


Navin Sullivan - 1963
    

The Elephant Book


Lennie Weinrib - 1963
    A children's joke book about elephants..."their hopes, fears, jokes and psychological problems."

Gettysburg, The Long Encampment


Jack McLaughlin - 1963
    

Runaway Riders


Bernagh Brims - 1963
    When their parents go away the crotchety old Aunt who is looking after them forbids them to go, so they decide to ignore her and set out for the show on their own, along with their friends Martin and Clare.

The ABC Book of Early Americana: A Sketchbook of Antiquities and American Firsts


Eric Sloane - 1963
    This engaging sketchbook of antiques shows the fascination that period had in the lore and beauty of the English alphabet, the pride in beautiful hand-lettering and initialing.

A Parcel of Trees


William Mayne - 1963
    It's when I haven't got anywhere to go that I get mad straight away. But if I go there for half an hour it's beautiful to come back.'Fourteen-year-old Susan is talking about her Parcel of Trees, the secret place she found and nearly lost. This is the story of how she managed to keep it, by clever detective work. a legal battle with the Railway Company, and sheer determination. But a book by William Mayne is more than just a series of interesting events. It's like being given a pair of magic spectacles and stepping right into a picture. So when Susan is helping her mother in the shop you actually smell the fresh baked bread, and when she discovers the mysterious graves you seem to feel the damp moss on the tombstones.

Best Loved Nursery Rhymes and Songs


Augusta Baker - 1963
    Very interesting illustrations, painted one color + black per page, alternating colors throughout the book Contents Includes ~ • Mother Goose Selections • Ding-Dong Bell • Frog He Would A Wooing Go • Hickory-Dickory Dock • I Saw a Ship Go Sailing By • Monday's Child is Fair of Face • There Was An Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe • Plus 136 more Nursery rhymes & Songs..

Peter Pauper's Book of Fun


Unknown - 1963
    Jokes, Riddles, Puzzles, Limericks, Quizzes