Wonder Books

Updated 09-24-05

[4305] . Bedtime Stories. ill. Masha. Wonder Books, 1946. Hard Cover. Fair + A Wonder book #507 with no price on the cover. Spine missing, otherwise good with sharp crisp corners. Stories include Cinderella, Snow White, and Why the Sea is Salt. $5.00

[7572] . Popeye. ill. Bud Sagendorf. Wonder Books, 1965. Hard Cover. G- A .29 cent Wonder Book #667. Light dirt soiling to the cover from rubbing againist other books, former child's name in the name space, otherwise good. Popeye has to save Sweetpea and Wimpy when they go fishing and the tide takes them out to sea. $8.00

[4431] . The Wonder Book of Favorite Nursery Tales. ill. Jackie Peller and Jean Tamburine. Wonder Books, 1953. Hard Cover. G A .39 cent Wonder Book #730. Light rubbing to the spine tips and corners, otherwise good, very good inside. Includes the ever popular stories of The Three Bears and The Three Little Kittens. $10.00

[3273] . The Twelve Days of Christmas. ill. W.T. Mars. Wonder, 1956. Hard Cover. VG- A Wonder Book #651. Former owner's name on fep, otherwise good. $8.00

[4432] . The Wonder Book of Favorite Nursery Tales. ill. Jackie Peller and Jean Tamburine. Wonder Books, 1953. Hard Cover. G A .39 cent Wonder Book #730. Light rubbing to the spine tips and corners, otherwise good, very good inside. Includes the ever popular stories of The Three Bears and The Three Little Kittens. $10.00

[7578] . Mother Goose. ill. Joseph Hirsch. Price/Stern/Sloan (Wonder Books), 1983. Hard Cover. Very Good ISBN: 0843141808. A .99 Cent Wonder Book in very good condition. Contains the following Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes - Simple Simon, Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater, Hickety Pickety, Hey Diddle Diddle, Humpty Dumpty, Mary's Lamb, Hickory Dickory Dock, Baa Baa Black Sheep, A Dillar A Dollar, Wee Willie Winkie, Old Mother Hubbard, Pu**y Cat, Where Have You Been, Jack Be Nimble, Little Tommy Tucker, Jack Be Nimble, Sing a Song Sixpence, Old King Cole, This Little Pig, The Three Little Kittens, and Little Boy Blue. $5.00

[7599] Andersen, Hans Christian. Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales: Retold for Little Children. ill. James Caraway. Wonder Books: 1952. Hard Cover. Fair + A Wonder book #599. Bottom of the spine is cracked about 1 inch from the bottom, otherwise good. Contains 3 fairytales for Children; The Emperor's New Clothes, Thumbelina and The Little Mermaid. This is the edition that has the listing of other Wonderbooks available on the inside of the back cover. $2.00

[7188] Berg, Jean Horton. Baby Susan's Chicken. ill. Alison Cummings. Wonder Books, 1951. Hard Cover. Fair + A .29 cent Wonder Book #546. Spine paper covering has been cracked all the way down, covering not the spine itself, paper covering is missing a chip to the top and back, otherwise inside papes themselves are in good condition. Daddy brings home three baby chicks to his three children. The older children are glad the baby gets stuck with the chick that isn't so pretty, however, they find out that being pretty doesn't have anything to do with real life. $8.00

[4815] Bethell, Jean. A Trick on Deputy Dawg. ill. Stephen B. Kirkel and Herb Bezada. Wonder Books, 1964. Hard Cover. Fair + A .35 cent Wonder Book #830. Celio covering starting to crack near the spine, bottom back spine covering missing 1 inch, otherwise good. $15.00

[5933] Beyer, Evelyn. Who Likes Dinner?. ill. Dellwyn Cunningham. Wonder Books, 1953. Hard Cover. Fair + A Wonder book #598. Chip to the spine tip, spine has been taped with clear tape and to the seam inside as well. Bottom corners are worn with boards showing, otherwise inside pages are very good. A young boy on a farm show what different animals like to eat for dinner, then at the end what he likes to have for his own dinner. $5.00

[4430] Bienvenu-Brialmont, Louise. Peter Hatches an Egg. ill. Marcel Marlier. Wonder Books, 1962. Hard Cover. VG- A Wonder Book #772. Original store price sticker of .29 cents. Two children find a little bunny in the woods. They put him in with their chickens and Peter, the little rabbit, begins to learn about the world of chickens. Finding it too cold in the chicken coop, Peter digs himself a burrow. One day an egg rolls down into the burrow and Peter becomes a foster father. $10.00

[126] Burgess, Thornton. How Peter Cottontail Got His Name. Wonder Books, 1976 VG-, HB. A Wonder Book. #668 Top and bottom rubbed. Corners bumped. $8.00

[7571] Burgess, Thornton W.. Little Peter Cottontail. ill. Phoebe Erickson. Wonder Books, 1956. Hard Cover. G- A .29 Cent Wonder Book #641. The spine, paper covering only, is cracked but tight about an 2 inches up on the front hinge (very common with these little books), former child's name in the name space in pencil, otherwise good. This is the pink cover with the life-like looking mother rabbit with her babies on it. Little Peter cottontail decides to venture out and explore the great world all by himself. He meets a mean old bee who tells him to mind his own business or he will sting him, a toad who makes noise and scares him and a huge thing that moos at him. It's just too much, he goes back to mother's nest to wait until he's ready to go out into the big scarey world alone. $5.00

[4437] Burgess, Thornton W.. Peter Cottontail and Reddy Fox. ill. Mary and Carl Hauge. Wonder Books, 1954. Hard Cover. G A .39 cent Wonder Book # 843. Light rubbing to the corners and edges, otherwise good. Reddy Fox believe he will have Peter Cottontail for dinner, but Peter has other ideas. $11.00

[4304] Chastain, Madye Lee. Let's Play Indian. ill. The Author. Wonder, 1950. Hard Cover. Good A Wonder book #538 with no price on the cover. Small chip to the back spine tip, otherwise good. A young girl really wants the part of an Indian in a Thanksgiving Play at school, but is given the role of Priscilla Alden. How she gets the role she wanted is the story. $10.00

[4425] D'amato, Janet and Alex. Who Goes There?. ill. The Authors. Wonder Books, 1975. Hard Cover. VG- A .49 cent Wonder Book #779. A father takes his children to the zoo during a light snow, to show them different footprints and how you can know which animals made them. $10.00

[7585] Galst, Annie. Around the World Cutout Book. ill. The Author. Wonder Books, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good A .29 cent Wonder Book #826 in very nice condition. Only the very hint of a rub to the top right cover corner tip only, otherwise the celio is like new, the corners are still sharp. Unusually good find of a book in this series with washable cover, that usually fell apart with the handling of children. Complete and uncut. Wonderful resource for the parent who wishes to make an activity book for their pre-school/kindergarten aged child. Pictures shown suggest using felt, but you could use regular paper, cardboard or any other of the readily available materials of today. $10.00

[1780] Garn, Dr. Bernard J.. A Visit to the Dentist. ill. Lucille Wallace. Wonder Books, 1959. Hard Cover. Reading Copy 1959 Reading Copy., HB. Illustrated by Lucille Wallace. This is a Wonder Book #732. Spine paper covering is cracked but tight and a child had scribbled some of the pictures in the first half of the book. $1.01

[4436] Geis, Darlene. The Rattle-Rattle Train. ill. Carl Bobertz. Wonder Books, 1957. Hard Cover. VG- A .39 cent Wonder Book #655. A small number 2 has been written on the top spine corner, light rubbing to spine tips, corners and edges, otherwise good. A little train hurries to get home before it's bedtime. $10.00

[7177] Geis, Darlene. The Rattle-Rattle Dump Truck. ill. Carl Bobertz. Wonder, 1958. Hard Cover. Reading Copy A. .29 cent Wonder Book # 656. Spine has been cracked all the way down and it now taped with clear tape, small chip out out of the top of the spine, first page and last page is taped all the way down to support the spine, 1 edgetear on the first page in the middle, otherwise good. Lovely example of the 1950's Americana. The dump truck looks to be a 1950's Chevy Truck, but the hood ornament is not clear enough to identify. Other cars from the 1950's are shown as well as a small town and residents. Nice look back into history. $20.00

[7570] Grilley, Virginia. The Bunny Sitter. ill. Nancy Meyerhoff. Wonder Books, 1963. Hard Cover. G- A .29 cent Wonder Book #774. The spine, paper covering only, on the top is cracked about 2 inches up from the bottom as these little books have a tendency to do, otherwise good. A cute story about Miss Belle Rabbit who babysits Monday- Saturday as she loves children. She has a little goat child, some poodle pups, kittens, foxes twins, and cousin bunnies to watch on different nights. On Saturdays she throughs a party for them all. Cute story and ideas how to keep children occupied while babysitting. $8.50

[3581] Gruelle, Johnny. Raggedy Ann and Marcella's First Day at School. ill. Tom Sinnickson. Wonder, 1952. Hard Cover. VG- A .35 cent Wonder Book #588. Sticker pull to front cover, spine cracked in two places, but is tight, inside is very good. A little girl named Marcella goes to school on her very first day and cannot find the answer to an addition problem. While she sleeps Raggedy Ann and the other dolls try to help her find an answer. $18.00

[3211] Haber, Shel and Jan. The Animal's Vacation. ill. The Authors. Wonder, 1964. Hard Cover. Fair A .29 cent Wonder Book #839. Two 1 inch pieces of the back spine is missing, otherwise good. The animals in the zoo go on a two month vacation to their former homes. $5.00

[4517] Harvey Cartoon Studios. Casper the Friendly Ghost in Ghostland. ill. Harvey Cartoon Studios. Wonder Books, 1987. Paperback. VG A thin softcover Wonder book featuring the Casper the Friendly Ghost. $5.00

[5498] Harvey Cartoon Studios. Casper the Friendly Ghost and Wendy the Good Little Witch. ill. Harvey Cartoon Studios. Wonder Books, 1963. Hard Cover. G- A .39 cent Wonder Book #805. Boards bowed a bit, front endpaper pastedown missing the border, otherwise good. $5.00

[4427] Harvey Cartoon Studios. Baby Huey. ill. Harvey Cartoon Studios. Wonder Books, 1971. Hard Cover. VG- Slight rubbing to the spine tips, otherwise good. Poor Baby Huey Duck is so clumsy, he almost ruins the Winter Carnival. He saves his friend ducks' day when he poses as a snowman for a contest. $20.00

[7343] Hawes, Baldwin. Calling All Cowboys (A Wonder Book). ill. The Author. Wonder Books, 1950. Hard Cover. Poor A Wonder Book. Spine has been taped all the way down, small piece of the inner paper covering on the top hinge is missing, inside has a small name on the title page, otherwise inside and story pages are good. $4.00

[3213] Jason, Leon. Gandy Goose. ill. Ruth Ruhman. Wonder, 1957. Hard Cover. G- A .29 cent Wonder book #695. Tips of spine chipped, otherwise good. Gandy Goose goes out west to visit Sourpuss and meets the Indians! $15.00

[2201] Knight, Eric. Lassie Come-Home. Wonder Books, 1953 VG, HB, Illustrated by Anne Marie Drutzu. This is a Wonder book #639. Very nice condition. An abridged version of this famous collie story for small children. $15.00

[3276] Koehler, Cynthia Iliff and Alvin Koehler. The Wonder Book of Trees. ill. The Authors. Wonder, 1974. Hard Cover. Very Good A .49 cent Wonder book #827. A wonder book for children to introduce them to the various species of trees, from seedlings, to full grown, to leaves and flowers. Each tree is named to make recognition easier. $10.00

[3277] Koehler, Cynthia Iliff and Alvin Koehler. The Wonder Book of Cottontails and Other Rabbits. ill. The Authors. Wonder, 1965. Hard Cover. VG- A .39 cent Wonder book #852. Small chip to top of the spine, otherwise good. A wonder book for children full of pictures and facts on various varieties of Cottontail rabbits. $10.00

[2200] Martin, Marcia. Black Beauty. Wonder Books, 1952 G-, HB, Illustrated by Marcia Martin. This is a Wonder Book #595. Small chip to the spine, first two pages have a small patch of soil on the bottom blank page, otherwise very good. $8.00

[4839] Martin, Marcia . Peter Pan. ill. Beatrice Derwinski. Wonder Books, 1952. Hard Cover. G- A .35 cent wonder book #597. Corners and spine tips rubbed a bit, otherwise good. Inside very good. $8.00

[5449] Martin, Marcia. Tom Corbett: A Trip to the Moon. ill. Frank Vaughn. Wonder Books, 1953. Hard Cover. Fair A Wonder Book #713. The spine has been taped and the covers are bumped and rubbed, otherwise good. An interesting look at space travel before it was yet possible. $10.00

[127] Moore, Clement. The Night Before Christmas. Wonder Books, 1980 VG+, HB. Illustrated by Sergio Leone. A Wonder Book. $10.00

[5864] Peters, Lisa. The Wonder Book of Cowboys. ill. Frank Vaughn. Wonder, 1956. Hard Cover. Poor Reading Copy A .29 cent Wonder Book. Spine covering missing, spine taped with clear tape, former owner's name on the fep, small edgetear to the top of the title page, otherwise good reading copy. $1.01

[4433] Potter, Miriam Clark. Nine Rabbits and Another. ill. Rachel Taft Dixon. Wonder Books, 1957. Hard Cover. VG- A .39 cent Wonder Book #845. Light rubbing to the spine tips and corners, edgetear to middle of one page, last to pages slightly wrinkled from the book being closed incorrectly. An elderly, aging rabbit appears at the door of a home a rabbit family who has 7 children. He asks to stay the night, but there is no room. Finally, they find him a place infront of the fire. When they get up they are surprised by what he has left for them and who he really was. $12.00

[3269] Scott, Ann. December is for Christmas. ill. Alcy Kendrick. Wonder, 1961. Hard Cover. Very Good A Wonder book #276 in very good condition. A charming little story about a little bunny who can read and whose adult family members don't think reading is very important, until Jeremy bunny finds a child's essay on Christmas. $20.00

[7529] Steiner, Charlotte. The Little Train that Saved the Day. ill. The Author. Wonder Books, 1952. Hard Cover. G- A Wonder Book #571. Spine celio is peeling leaving the ends of the spine rubbed, former child's name on the front endpaper in the name section, otherwise good. A freight train goes on a circuit everyday and collects freight from the country to ship out to other places, but never carries any passengers until one day a passenger train breaks down and it makes an exception. A nice look at the early 1940s and the way frieght used to be picked up by the railroads. $5.00

[3272] Sutton, Felix. Mighty Mouse and the Scarecrow. ill. Chad. Wonder, 1954. Hard Cover. VG- A Wonder Book #678. Light crack to the celio on the back bottom spine, otherwise very nice condition. Mighty Mouse comes to save the day in a cornfield. $15.00

[3212] Walters, Marguerite. Looks Who's Here!. ill. Gloria Gaulke. Wonder, 1964. Hard Cover. G- A .29 cent Wonder Book #834. One inch of the spine paper covering is missing from the bottom front, otherwise good. A look at which animals live in a tree, a hole, water, a barn, and which may live in a house with you. $5.00

[6914] Walters, Marguerite. Count the Baby Animals. ill. Virginia Plummer. Wonder Books, 1958. Hard Cover. VG- A .39 cent Wonder Book #702. Light rubbing to the back cover (color only), former owner's name on the name plate, otherwise good. Cute counting book where children can count the baby animals inside. $5.00

[6817] Waring, Barbara. Popeye's Big Surprise. ill. Bud Sagendorf. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Wonder Books, 1983. Hard Cover. G- ISBN: 0-8431-4128-X. A Wonder book. Price tag marked out, small crease to back bottom spine, otherwise good. Olive Oyl, Wimpy, and Sweetpea work all summer on redoing Popeye's old boat so he can go fishing. The only problem is that they put it together in the basement and it won't go through the door. That is no hard task for Popeye with Spinach on hand. $5.00

[5501] Waring, Barbara. The Wonder Book of Kittens. ill. Cynthia Iliff Koehler. Wonder Books, 1963. Hard Cover. Fair + A .39 cent Wonder Book #786. Corners are bumped and rubbed, boards are slightly bowed, small tear to title page, otherwise good. The life-cycle of the cat and some facts about breeds are presented in a simple way for children to understand. $5.00

[4465] Wilde, Irma. The Fixit Man. ill. George Wilde. Wonder Books, 1952. Hard Cover. Poor Reading Copy A .25 cent Wonder book #756. Spine covering poor with chips and 1.5 inches of the paper covering missing, taped with clear tape, otherwise good inside. Mr. Aloysius Christopher James Jinks, the fixit man, traveled from place to place with his horse and wagon fixin whatever needed mendin'. $1.25

[6781] Wilde, Irma. The Giraffe Who Went to School. ill. The Author. Wonder Books, 1951. Hard Cover. Reading Copy A .39 cent Wonder Book #551. The spine is chipped, missing 2 inches at the top of the bottom edge, corners are bumped, former owners name on the name spot, title page has a closed tear, otherwise good. A giraffe named Alice wants so much to go to the private girls school down the street from the zoo. The four little girls there seem to have so much fun. One day she follows the girls to school, much like Mary's Little Lamb, with comicial, but loveable results. $1.01

[3275] Woolley, Catherine. The Little Car That Wanted a Garage. ill. Edward Meshekoff. Wonder, 1974. Hard Cover. Very Good A .49 cent Wonder Book #573. A little car sits in a car lot and wants to be bought. He's not perfect, and gets passed by a lot. Will he ever find a home? $10.00

[4426] Wynne, Milton. Once There Was a House. ill. Ruth Wood. Wonder Books, 1974. Hard Cover. G- A .49 cent Wonder Book #842. Small moon shaped crack to the top back spine tip, otherwise good. An old house is lonely and sick. She moves herself off her foundation to go to the doctor to get well, but finds she is still still lonely even after she is cured. See what makes her happy once again. $11.50

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