Growth & Development
photographs, babies, humor
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. unpaginated. Printed paper cover, black and white photographs throughout, multiple photographers. A collection of black and white humorous photographs of babies interspersed with question. A question is posed and the photograph to follow creates a funny depiction of what the baby may be thinking.....
Price: $22.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Summer Camps for Girls,Girlhood
Cleveland, Ohio: Camp Caho, c.1920. A photo-illustrated booklet promoting Camp Caho, a summer camp for girls founded in 1916 in Cherry Home, Michigan and was held on the shores of Grand Traverse Bay. Limited to twenty-five girls keen to experience "the clean peace of the woods and water, the lure.....
Price: $175.00
Teaching Resources,Lesson Planning
Chicago, Illinois: Field Enterprises, Inc., c.1949. A combination trade catalogue and lesson planning guide for teachers, advertising teaching aids sold by Field Enterprises, Inc. including filmstrips, reprints, and leaflets (including activities and parenting advice). There are two price lists and approx. 120 pp. of sample lesson plans ranging in subjects.....
Price: $425.00
Motherhood,Infant Care and Hygiene,Marketing to Mothers
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Johnson and Johnson, 1959. A guide on infant care for new mothers from Johnson and Johnson, offering special advice for taking care of a newborn infant's delicate skin. Advertises its branded baby powder, oil, cream, lotion, shampoo, and cotton buds, and gives tips for everyday hygiene.....
Price: $150.00
Child Psychology,Child Development,Parenthood,Sex Education,Parenting,The American Family,Sex and Religion
[New York, New York]: N.Y. State Dept. of Health, 1951. Featuring a smiling family in front of a church on the upper wrapper, "The Gift of Life" aims to help parents navigate the tricky waters of sex education while staying within the confines of traditional religious values. Written by two.....
Price: $200.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Infant Care,Parenting Education,Child Growth and Psychology,Public Health
United States and Canada: 1951-1965. A collection of twelve (12) items relating to infant care and parenting education, published in the United States and Canada between 1951 and c.1965. Published by both public health departments and infant food manufacturers to market their products, these guides aim to educate parents in.....
Price: $1,200.00
Psychology, Psychological Experiments, Psychology and Pedagogy
New York and Chicago: Henry Holt and Company, c.1908. Housed in the original printed envelope, this item is comprised of thirty-nine (39) individual slips of colored paper produced to be used in conjunction with Carl E. and Robert Holmes Seashore's "Elementary Experiments in Psychology" (Henry Holt, 1908). The book contains.....
Price: $150.00
Parenting, Children
United States: Little Toidey, 1924-1955. A grouping of seven (7) booklets advertising toilet training products, Little Toidey by Juvenile Wood Products, Inc., published between 1924 and 1955, marketed towards wives and mothers. It was designed to sit atop of an adult toilet. Exemplifies the evolution of the product over 30.....
Price: $550.00
Menstrual Health,Advertising in the Classroom,Female Puberty , ABAA-RBMS-2023
New York, New York: Tampax, 1959-1968. Twelve (12) printed educational leaflets furnished by Tampax for health education classrooms, with a focus on menstrual health and reproductive education. The literature is addressed to teens and pre-teens seeking answers about their changing bodies. The tone is generally positive and fact-based, with an.....
Price: $550.00
Children's Books,Learning at Home,Self-Directed Learning
Boston, Massachusetts: Carter and Hendee, 1830. No. 1 in a scarce series of books for children stereotyped by Carter and Hendee in the 1830s. The content of this issue includes an instructional and moralistic dialogue, followed by instructions for exploring basic concepts (shapes, colors, weight, water, earth). Natural history is.....
Price: $150.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Child Psychology,Ability and Ableism,Addressing Special Needs in Children,Psychology,Childhood Growth and Development
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937 [i.e.1942]. A scarce near-complete set of the revised 1937 edition of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, an intelligence test first introduced in 1905 for the purpose of measuring cognitive ability in children. It uses five weighted factors (fluid reasoning, knowledge, quantitative reasoning, visual-spatial processing and.....
Price: $500.00
Juvenile Crime,Juvenile Reform and Rehabilitation,Social Work
Raleigh, North Carolina: N.C. State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, 1923. A brief Q&A-style informational booklet for the general public, answering common questions about the Juvenile Court system in North Carolina c.1923. Features a nice but of design on the upper wrapper with the caption, "A Square Deal For.....
Price: $225.00