CHILDREN OF THE NORTHLIGHTS
Written by Ingri D'Aulaire; Edgar Parin D'Aulaire. Illustrated by Edgar Parin D'Aulaire.
Stock no. 1831086
Published by The Viking Press. Circa 1972. Very good condition.

Inspired directly by a remarkable journey the d’Aulaires took to northern Europe and their time spent among the Sami, Children of the Northlights is a brightly illustrated portrait and celebration of the Sami people, culture, and snow-covered landscapes of the frozen north, from two of the twentieth century’s greatest storytellers. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations, colour pictorial endpapers. 37 pages. A few marks to boards. Top of spine bumped. Name in ink to top of front endpaper. A few scattered grubby marks and foxspots to contents.

FOXIE THE SINGING DOG
Written by Ingri D'Aulaire; Edgar Parin D'Aulaire. Illustrated by Edgar Parin D'Aulaire.
Stock no. 1831083
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition.

One day Foxie's owner's pranks go too far when he lures his dog out onto the busy city streets with a tasty bone and loses her. Foxie is soon rescued by a roly-poly circus-animal trainer who spots her flair for singing and adds her to his act, alongside a piano-playing cat and a strutting rooster. Oblong format. Pictorial cloth boards. Library binding. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Boards faded. Corners lightly rubbed and worn. Contents clean. Despite the fading, this is a lovely book.