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CHILDREN'S BOOKS • NON-FICTION • S — U

All entries are alphabetized by title and by series:

Please note that, due to the nature of their intended audience, many--if not the majority--of the books listed in this section have the owners' names written on the inside front cover or title page.

SAC by C.B. Colby (1961) $16.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 48 pages.
Coward-McCann, Inc. [Fourth Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Ex-libris; card pocket removed, numerous stamps.)

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr (1984) $12.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 64 pages.
Yamaguchi Shoten [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine Plus save for inscription written in pen on title page.

Satellites as a Hobby by Lloyd Mallan (1962) $16.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 48 pages.
C.S. Hammond & Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

School and Sport Edited by Marjorie Barrows (1953) SOLD
Hardcover. Illustrated. 374 pages.
The Spencer Press [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Some corner wear.)

Science by Rose Wyler (1974) $8.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 48 pages. SRP: 89¢.
Golden Press/Western Publishing Company, Inc. #6202 [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine Minus.

Science Book of Time and Space by George Ten Broeck (1963) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Harold Gerard. 64 pages.
Grosset & Dunlap [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint, but no experiment kit.

The Sea: A New Frontier Edited by Donald A. MacLean (1967) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 96 pages.
California State Department of Education [First Printing]
Book is Fine. (Mild corner wear, some rubbing.)

Sea Monsters by David Eldridge (1980) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Norman Nodel. 32 pages.
Troll Associates [First Printing]
Book is Very Good.

Sea Monsters by David Eldridge (1980) $10.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Norman Nodel. 32 pages.
Troll Associates [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Sea Monsters of Long Ago by Millicent E. Selsam (1977) $5.00
Softcover. Illustrated by John Hamberger. 32 pages.
Scholastic Books #10419 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

Search for a Living Fossil by Eleanor Clymer (July 1974) $4.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Jerry Robinson. 120 pages.
Scholastic Book Services #TX-667 [Seventh Printing]
Book is Fine.

Sequoyah: Cherokee Hero by Joanne Oppenheim (1979) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Bert Dodson. 44 pages.
Troll Associates [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine Minus. (Minor corner creasing.)

The Sesame Street Book of People and Things (1970) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 64 pages.
Preschool Press/Time-Life Books [Book Club Edition]
Book is Fine Plus.

The Sesame Street Book of Puzzlers (1970) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 64 pages.
Preschool Press/Time-Life Books [Book Club Edition]
Book is Fine.

Sharks by Ann McGovern (1976) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Murray Tinkelman. 48 pages.
Scholastic Book Services #TW-3054 [Eighth Printing]
Book is Fine.

Sing Together: A Girl Scouts Songbook (1949) $12.00
Softcover. 128 pages. SRP: 50¢.
Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Good. (Mild staining, some spine wear.)

Sky Pioneers: The Story of Wilbur and Orville Wright
by Jeanne le Monnier Gardner (1963) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Douglas Gorsline. 64 pages.
Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. [Book Club Edition]
Book is Very Fine.

Sounds: Sounds After Dark by Bill Martin Jr. (1974) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Peggy Brogan. 290 pages.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine Minus. (Minor corner blunting.)

Sounds: Sounds Around the Clock by Bill Martin Jr. (1972) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Peggy Brogan. 192 pages.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine Minus. (Nice save for foxing/discoloration of cover.)

Sounds: Sounds Around the Clock--Teacher's Edition by Bill Martin Jr. (1966) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Peggy Brogan. 156 pages.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine. (Light pen mark on lower spine, a few stamps on interior.)

Sounds: Sounds of a Hound Dog by Bill Martin Jr. (1974) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Peggy Brogan. 160 pages.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine. (Minor corner blunting.)

Sounds: Sounds of a Powwow--Teacher's Edition by Bill Martin Jr. (1970) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Peggy Brogan. 224 pages.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine.

Space Science by Heinz Haber (1967) $7.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 156 pages.
Golden Press [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

Space Shuttles by Margaret Friskey (1982) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 48 pages.
Childrens Press [Fourth Printing]
Book is Fine.

Spooky Tricks by Gerald Ames and Rose Wyler (1968) $16.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Talivaldis Stubis. 64 pages. SRP: $7.95.
Weekly Reader Books [Book Club Edition]
Book is Very Fine Minus.

Stilts by S. Carl Hirsch (1972) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Betty Fraser. 48 pages.
The Viking Press [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Ex-libris; stamps, labels, card pocket, etc.)

Stories of American Explorers and Settlers
by Sarah Dow Heard and M.W. King (1946) $8.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Edwin J. Prittie. 262 pages.
The John C. Winston Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

Stories of Great Physicians by Raymond F. Jones (1963) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Shannon Stirnweis. 212 pages.
Whitman Publishing Company #1581 [First printing]
Book is Very Good. (Some peeling of plastic coating, corner wear.)

The Story of Counting: One to Ten
by Harold D. Larsen and Harry Grove Wheat (1956) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by John Everds. 16 pagres.
Row, Peterson & Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Initials on upper right corner of front cover, mild fading.)

The Story of Daniel Boone by William Cunningham (1964) $3.00
Originally published as The Real Book About Daniel Boone.
Softcover. Illustrated by Wayne Blickenstaff. 160 pages.
Scholastic Book Services [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

The Story of Flight by Mary Lee Settle (1967) $3.00
Hadcover. Illustrated by George Evans. 92 pages.
Random House [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Some corner wear, particular at spine.)

The Story of Flight by Mary Lee Settle (1967) $4.00
Hadcover. Illustrated by George Evans. 92 pages.
Random House [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

The Story of John F. Kennedy by Earl Schenck Miers (1964) $12.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 48 pages. SRP: 69¢.
Wonder Books #6900 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

The Story of Madame Curie by Alice Thorne (October 1963) $3.00
Scholastic Book Services #TX-252 [Third Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

The Story of Winston Churchill by Earl Schenck Miers (1965) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 48 pages. SRP: 69¢.
Wonder Books #6902 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Story Telling with the Flannel Board: Book Two by Paul S. Anderson (1970) $10.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by W.S. Arms. 244 pages.
T.S. Denison & Company, Inc. [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus.

The Strange World of the Dinosaurs by F.D. Breit and F.L. Prince (1979) $12.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 96 pages.
Noodle Factory [Book Club Edition]
Book is Near Mint Minus.

Structural Reading Program: Just Think How Much
by Toni S. Gould and Kathleen Teague (1972) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 96 pages.
Random House, Inc. [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Structural Reading Program: Six and Six
by Toni S. Gould and Kathleen Teague (1972) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 96 pages.
Random House, Inc. [First Printing]
Book is Fine. (Name written in sharpie on inside front cover.)

The Sun by Isaac Asimov (1972) $16.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Alex Ebel. 32 pages.
Follett Publishing Company [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Super Bowl: Pro Football's Greatest Games by Steve Gelman (1975) $2.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 118 pages.
Scholastic Book Services #TK-3373 [Second Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Light soiling of front and back cover.)

Supermonsters by Daniel Cohen (September 1978) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 116 pages. SRP: $1.25.
Archway/Pocket Books [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Writing on inside front cover in pen, general wear.)

Syd Hoff's Nutty Noodles by Syd Hoff (1980) $5.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Syd Hoff. 64 pages.
Scholastic Books #31796 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit: Signed English by Beatrix Potter and Howard L. Roy (1975) $8.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Ralph R. Miller, Sr. 64 pages.
Gallaudet College Press [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

Tales the Totems Tell by Hugh Weatherby (1956) $8.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Hugh Weatherby. 96 pages. SRP: $2.25.
The Macmillan Company [Printing Unknown]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very Good Minus. (Edge and corner wear, cleanly repaired on interior.)

The Tall Man in the Tall Hat by Jerry Holt (1977) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Phil Smith. 16 pages.
The Economy Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

Telling Tommy About Famous Inventors by Paul Pim (1942) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Paul Pim. 92 pages.
Cupples & Leon Company [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Tempo Sports Library (circa 1980) $20.00
This boxed set includes four sports-related paperbook books:
Baseball's Hall of Fame by Ken Smith (1980)
Erving/Bird/Malone/Johnson by Bill Gutman (1980)
More Stan Fischler's Sports Stumpers by Stan Fischler (1978)
Super Sundays by Ken Rappoport (1980)
Tempo Books [Printings Unknown]
Books are Near Mint. (All are unread copies.)
Display Box is Very Fine Plus.

Ten Super Sundays: The Thrilling Story of the Super Bowl by Rick Smith (1976) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 128 pages.
Scholastic Book Services #TK3486 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

They Flew to Fame by Robert Sidney Bowen (1963) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Nel Clairemonte and Geoffrey Biggs. 212 pages.
Whitman Publishing Company #1504 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Some peeling of plastic coating, some corner wear.)

They Met Danger by Captain Gordon D. Shirreffs (1960) $6.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by William L. Marsh. 212 pages.
Whitman Publishing Company #1511 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus. (Light wear to upper corners of spine, otherwise nice.)

They Turned to Stone by Julian May (1965) $2.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Jean Zallinger. 32 pages.
Scholastic Book Services #TJ-1201 [Tenth Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Thinking Ahead in Science Lot of Eight (1965) $8.00
Softcover. Illustrated by James Caraway. 32 pages.
American Book Company [First Printing]
Books are Very Good to Very Good Plus. (Ex-libris; stamps, writing and card pockets.)

This Hallowed Ground by Bruce Catton (1962) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 192 pages.
Doubleday & Company [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Thor Heyerdahl: Viking Scientist by Wyatt Blassingame (1979) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 96 pages.
Weekly Reader Books [Book Club Edition]
Book is Very Fine.

Time by William M.Hutchinson (1959) $8.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 28 pages.
Maxton Publishers, Inc. [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus. (Mild corner wear.)

Time and Timepieces (1970) $8.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 64 pages.
MacDonald Educational/B.P.C. Publishing, Ltd. UK [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.

Timothy's Tunes for Tiny Tots by Adeline McCall (1943) $24.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Anna Breune. 80 pages. SRP: $3.95.
The Boston Music Company [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Transport 7-41-R by T. Degens (January 1977) $3.00
Softcover. 160 pages. SRP: 95¢.
Dell Publishing #9003 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

Treat Shop Edited by Leland B. Jacobs and Eleanor M. Johnson (1954) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 264 pages.
Charles E. Merrill Books [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Some warping, edge wear.)

Tricky Questions to Fool Your Friends by Rosalind van Gelder (November 1968) $3.00
Originally published as Monkeys Have Tails.
Softcover. Illustrated by Boche Kaplan. 48 pages. SRP: 50¢.
Scholastic Book Services #TW-1367 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Trolls of Norway by Arthur Stavig (1972) $12.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 48 pages.
Ellis Robinson Publishing [Revised Edition]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Trolls of Norway by Arthur Stavig (May 1971) $24.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 48 pages.
Note: Inscribed by author on title page "To Debbie, Danny and Diane,
With best wishes, og gode onsker fra--Arthur (Grandpa) Stavig."
Ellis Robinson Publishing [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Trucks by E.C. Reichert (1959) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by George Wilde. SRP: 35¢.
Rand McNally & Company #8687 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Edge and corner wear.)

The True Book of Moon, Sun and Stars by John Lewellen (1954) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Lois Fisher. 52 pages.
Childrens Press [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

The True Book of Our Post Office and Its Helpers
by O. Irene Sevrey Miner (1955) $6.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Irene Miner and Mary Salem. 52 pages.
Childrens Press, Inc. [Third Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Ex-libris; card pocket inside front cover,
pen marks on back cover, otherwise nice.)

Turn to the Sea by Athelstan Spilhaus (1962) $5.00
"Whitman Learn About Book" Volume 11.
Hardcover. Illustrated by Bill H. Armstrong. 60 pages.
Whitman Publishing Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Nice save for corner wear, particularly along spine.)

TV Comedians by Gary Poole (1979) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 160 pages. SRP: $1.95.
Tempo Books [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

TV Superstars Scrapbook by Ronald Lackmann and Steven Otfinoski (1984) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 52 pages.
Weekly Reader Books [Book Club Edition]
Book is Very Fine.

TV's First Family by Louis Solomon (April 1973) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 112 pages.
Scholastic Book Services #TK-2297 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

UFO Encounters by Rita Gelman and Marcia Seligson (1978) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 80 pages.
Scholastic Book Services #TX-4292 [Second Printing]
Book is Fine.

The Underwater World of the Coral Reef by Ann McGovern (1976) $5.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 40 pages.
Scholastic Books #TJ-2334 [Second Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

The Unfinished March by Carol F. Drisko and Edgar A. Toppin (1967) $16.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Tracy Sugarman. 118 pages.
Zenith Books/Doubleday & Company, Inc. [First Printing]
Book is Fine. (Ex-libris; a few stamps, card on inside front cover, otherwise like new.)

UNICEF's Festival Book by Judith Spiegelman (1966) $3.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Audrey Preissler. 28 pages. SRP: $2.00.
United States Committee for UNICEF [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine.

The United States in World War I by Don Lawson (December 1971) $2.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 152 pages. SRP: 60¢.
Scholastic Book Services [Fifth Printing]
Book is Fine.


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