THE UGLY DUCKLING
Signed first printing of this new adaptation of the beloved Hans Christian Andersen story about the beauty of being yourself, with delightful illustrations by award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney – winner of a 2000 Caldecott Honor.
Signed first printing of this new adaptation of the beloved Hans Christian Andersen story about the beauty of being yourself, with delightful illustrations by award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney – winner of a 2000 Caldecott Honor.
First printing of the Caldecott award-winning Madeline book, in which a dog saves the day – an unusually nice copy, rare in this condition.
Original watercolor used in the Newbery Honor book, published in 1936 by Viking, with the first appearance of the famous Madeline.
First printing of the Caldecott Award winner, featuring magnificent color illustrations by Zelinsky. Caldecott award winner.
Rare first printing of this Coretta Scott King Award-winning story of a young Black heroin addict's struggles.
First printing of this charming epistolary novel that illuminates the struggles of growing up, through letters between young Leigh Botts and his favorite author.
First printing of the winner of the 1931 Newbery Medal winner, an example of Lynd Ward's more delicate brush illustrations.
Signed first printing of Cooney's adaptation of Chaucer, a modern take on the Middle Ages fable and Caldecott Award Winner.
Inscribed first printing of this easy reader autobiography of the award-winning children's book creator — which itself was a Newbery Honor.
Second printing of this Coretta Scott King Award honor-winning retelling of a West African folktale of a hunter poised to receive his comeuppance from a number of angry animals.
Signed first Dillons-illustrated edition of the Newbery Award-winning magical realism tale of a young Black girl's efforts to feed her community during the Great Depression – the final book the Dillons illustrated together before Leo's death in 2012.
Inscribed uncorrected proof of this delightful book written in an invented bug language, following a community of insects as they enjoy a growing plant – a Caldecott Honor book.
Signed first edition, first printing of this Caldecott Honor book by the author, illustrator, theatre designer, and veteran cover artist for THE NEW YORKER.
First printing of "one of the first children's books to feature South American folktales from indigenous peoples" (Library of Congress) — inscribed by multiple-Pulitzer-winner Carl Sandburg, to whom the book is dedicated.
Inscribed early printing of the Coretta Scott King Award-winning story of a young Black girl's middle-school journey to learn to love herself.
Signed limited first edition, with the original additional wood engraving signed by Gág.
Wonderful signed and finished pen-and-ink study for the illustration appearing in Gág's Caldecott Medal Honor Book, SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS.
First printing of this sweet story of an invisible dog who slowly finds his shape, a Caldecott Honor book.
First printing of the Newbery award-winner, about a 13-year-old Inuit girl lost on the tundra.
First printing of the Caldecott award winner, about French aerialist Philippe Petit's tightrope walk across the two towers of the former World Trade Center in New York City.
Inscribed third printing of this Newbery Honor book.
First printing of this charmingly minimalist story of a little old lady's day fishing.
Inscribed second printing of the first edition of this Caldecott Award winner – with an original watercolor and inscribed to Marian Young, a prominent librarian and member of the Caldecott Award selection committee.
First printing of the Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King award-winner, with jacket art by Leo and Diane Dillon.
First printing of the second Jahdu book of Harlem-based mythologies – this copy inscribed by Hamilton to Elizabeth Shub, one of the editors with whom Hamilton was working on M.C. HIGGINS, THE GREAT which would go on to win the Newbery Medal.