Children's Literature

Browse our delightful selection of vintage children's literature and nostalgic storybooks at Latent Hart. Discover classic illustrated tales and whimsical reads handpicked for young readers and vintage collectors.

Vintage 1967 softcover Golden Nature Guide book titled Zoo Animals with illustrated leopard cover.

1967 Zoo Animals Golden Nature Guide Softcover Book

Vintage 1972 hardcover children book The Cat and the Mouse by Kathy Mandry and Joe Toto with cat illustration

1972 The Cat And The Mouse And The Cat by Kathy Mandry Hardcover Book

Vintage 1974 softcover children book The Witch's Vacation by Norman Bridwell with beach illustration

1974 The Witch's Vacation Norman Bridwell Softcover Book

Vintage 1969 hardcover children book The Practical Princess by Jay Williams with whimsical artwork

1969 The Practical Princess Jay Williams Hardcover Book

Vintage 1970 mustard yellow hardcover children book The House That Jack Built with graphic wheelbarrow illustration

1970 The House That Jack Built Rodney Peppe Hardcover Children's Book

Vintage 1980 hardcover children book Henry's Awful Mistake by Robert Quackenbush with duck illustration

Vintage Henry's Awful Mistake Robert Quackenbush Hardcover Childrens Book

Vintage 1984 hardcover edition of My Best Book of Rhymes featuring illustrated children characters on a cream background.

1984 My Best Book of Rhymes Alan Blackwood Grahame Johnstone Hardcover Book

Vintage 1946 first edition hardcover book Fun with Puzzles by Joseph Leeming on a plain background.

Vintage 1946 Fun With Puzzles First Edition by Joseph Leeming Hardcover Book

Vintage 1967 hardcover children's book Will I Have a Friend? by Miriam Cohen on a plain background.

Vintage 1967 Will I Have A Friend Hardcover Childrens Book

1969 vintage The Mouse and the Elephant hardcover book cover featuring a large purple elephant in a green jungle.

1969 The Mouse and the Elephant Barbara K Walker Hardcover Book

Hardcover copy of the 1998 children's holiday book A Silent Night for Peef by Tom Hegg.

1990s A Silent Night for Peef Signed Tom Hegg Childrens Book

1959 vintage Simple Simon hardcover book cover by Tony Palazzo featuring an illustrated circus monkey climbing a tree.

1959 Simple Simon Tony Palazzo Hardcover Book First Edition

Vintage 1967 children book cover for The Goose That Was a Watchdog with a white goose flying at a boot on a yellow background

1967 The Goose That Was a Watchdog Wilma Pitchford Hays Hardcover Book

1990 Crow and Weasel hardcover book by Barry Lopez with illustrations by Tom Pohrt.

1990 Crow and Weasel by Barry Lopez Hardcover Book

Vintage hardcover interactive book Revolving Pictures with antique moving illustrations by Ernest Nister.

Vintage Revolving Pictures Ernest Nister Interactive Book

Vintage 1985 hardcover interactive book Playtime Surprises with antique changing pictures by Ernest Nister.

Vintage 1985 Playtime Surprises Ernest Nister Interactive Book

Vintage 1952 hardcover book Mystery of the Broken Bridge by Margaret Friskey with blue illustrated cover.

Vintage 1952 Mystery of the Broken Bridge Margaret Friskey Hardcover Book

Vintage 1922 hardcover book Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear by Laura Rountree Smith with illustrated cover.

1922 Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Laura Rountree Smith Hardcover Book

Vintage 1966 hardcover book The Three Royal Monkeys by Walter de la Mare featuring a bright blue cover and black and red illustration.

1966 The Three Royal Monkeys Walter de la Mare Hardcover Book

Vintage first edition hardcover of The Next Place by Warren Hanson with an autographed copy sticker on the front cover.

1997 The Next Place Book Warren Hanson Hardcover Book Signed

Vintage textured blue hardcover edition of The Wolf of Lambs Lane by Mary McNeer with a black wolf illustration on the cover.

1967 The Wolf of Lambs Lane Mary McNeer Hardcover Book

Vintage bright blue hardcover edition of Runaway Rhymes by Alice Higgins with gold lettering on the front cover.

1931 Runaway Rhymes Book Alice Higgins Hardcover Book

1938 Eight Fairy Tales hardcover book edited by Watty Piper with an orange cloth cover showing a line art Peter Pan figure.

1930s Eight Fairy Tales Book Watty Piper Hardcover Book

1921 From The Tower Window My Bookhouse hardcover book featuring a medieval illustration on a dark cover with gold text.

1921 From The Tower Window Book Olive Beaupre Miller Hardcover Book

1995 hardcover children's book titled The Jester Has Lost His Jingle by David Saltzman showing a colorful castle scene.

Vintage The Jester Has Lost His Jingle Book David Saltzman Hardcover Book