Picture Books
World Publishing Company, 1957. 1st edition in English, featuring just one signature with increasingly smaller split pages. Cover serves as title page, corners bumped; covers show minor wear, some smudges; binding tight; text clean. G+
With text selected by Helen Dean Fish from the King James Bible. First Edition, second issue with misspelling on spine corrected. Winner of the First Caldecott Award (precedes sticker). Dust jacket protected; head of spine missing 1/4"; edges worn, creased, chipped; price clipped; green cloth with gilt lettering; illustrated endpapers slightly toned; binding tight; text clean. G+/G
"Will intrigue many adult readers as well as children, particularly those familiar with Cooney's timeless picture books." -Booklist Starred Review
Legendary picture book creator Barbara Cooney once noticed that the library in her little town by the sea needed attention. A library, she knew, should be a kind of paradise. And because Barbara did whatever she set her mind to, she made it one.
Barbara Cooney set her mind to lots of things-none so dear as capturing the beauty of the world in her paintings. These paintings would form the settings for her award-winning picture books, including Chanticleer and the Fox, Ox-Cart Man, Miss Rumphius, Roxaboxen, and others.
Follow Barbara from New York to Maine, from the shores of Greece to the mountains of Appalachia, as she captures their beauty and creates some of the most magnificent books for children ever published.
A picture book biography about one of America's best-loved children's book illustrators, written by Sarah Mackenzie and illustrated by Eileen Ryan Ewen.
Step into Bella's magical world with her very special umbrella!
Have you ever loved something so much that other people thought was just ordinary? Bella LOVES her umbrella and shows us just how one girl's colorful imagination can turn an ordinary umbrella into much, much more! Join Bella on her journey as her umbrella takes her through the highs and lows of life and see why her love for her special umbrella will never go away!
Stated first edition; dust jacket protected; edges lightly worn; original price $2.50 on flap; pictorial boards; binding tight; text clean. VG/G+
When it came to imagination, Benjamin Dilley was right up there with Einstein, Steve Jobs, and whoever came up with the idea for Disneyland. There wasn't anything Benjamin couldn't imagine, except maybe an honest politician or the idea of kissing a (ugh!) girl. Well, he could have if he'd wanted to I suppose but, gee, a guy has to draw the line somewhere!
Just about anything else was subject to his delightfully developed imagination, either in full color, black and white, 3D, with sound or without. As you will learn upon reading the story, this included a hippo dressed as an army general, a goat driving a sports car and a genie in (and out of) a bottle just to name a few.
Remember the days when you could do that? I still do it all the time, but folks seem to look at me a little strangely. They tend to say things like, "A little old for that kinda stuff, aren't you, pops?"
Newbery and Caldecott Honor-winning children's author Rebecca Caudill tells the timeless and charming story of the special relationship between a girl and her doll in The Best-Loved Doll, featuring illustrations by Elliott Gilbert.
Betsy receives an invitation to a party requiring her to bring a guest--one of her dolls--for a chance to win a prize or two in several "best of" categories. But while many of her dolls are prettier to look at, wear fancier clothes, and are capable of doing things, Betsy cherishes Jennifer most of all. Her hair may be a bird's nest, she may wear drab, plain clothes, and her face may not have the most beautiful complexion, but Jennifer is Betsy's very best friend--the doll she loves the most.