Inscribed first printing of this heartwarming story of neighbors slowly growing closer.
Fine in near fine jacket.
Price: $100.00
M. B. Goffstein imbued her children's books with her personality – editor Susan Barba reflects that Goffstein "found the right art form, the right structure and patterning, to distill her life experience [...] she managed to compress an entire philosophy into a single line — or two lines rather, the line of the drawing and the line of the text." Her skillful combination of story and image earned her a Caldecott Honor in 1977, among other accolades.
Read more: Betsy Bird, "Re-releasing M.B. Goffstein – An Interview with Susan Barba," School Library Journal.
First edition. New York: Harper & Row, (1979). 8.5'' x 7''. Original color pictorial boards. Original price-clipped color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white. [32] pages. Inscribed by Goffstein on front free endpaper: "To Mary's Best Friend, with all good wishes, / M.B. Goffstein." A bit of wear to jacket extremities only.
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