Books on Film: The Top 20 Most Valuable Children’s Books
I grew up collecting sports cards (basketball, baseball, hockey). I used to love looking at the monthly price guides that would come out, looking up my most valuable cards to see how rich I would become when I sold them (total lifetime money earned from my card collection: $-728.57).
I think that’s why I find rare books so fascinating. This video looks at 20 of the most valuable (featuring an early Sendak I’d never seen before).
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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