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.
Scarce first printing of this Newbery Honor, a set of nine biographical vignettes about the itinerant apple planter of US legend.
Signed first printing of this classic fairy tale that Trina Schart Hyman had wanted to illustrate "ever since she was a little girl" (jacket), which earned a 1984 Caldecott Honor.
Signed first printing of the story of how clever Hershel outwits a band of goblins that have set up camp in a synagogue, the recipient of a 1990 Caldecott Honor.
Signed first printing of this collection of 12 poems by John Updike, one for each month of the year, with charming illustrations for each – winner of a 2000 Caldecott Honor.
Inscribed first printing of this Newbery Medal-winning story about a hunter, a mermaid, and the family they build on a deserted island.
Signed first printing of this scarce Newbery Medal winner, the story of the intersecting lives of a quiz bowl team and their teacher.
First edition of this Caldecott Honor book, the story of a little orphaned fish who demonstrates that there is power in numbers.
Signed first printing of this story about growing up in the segregated US South and the importance of belonging, winner of the 2002 Coretta Scott King Award.
Signed later printing of this story of a girl who wants to dance with the wind – winner of a 1989 Caldecott Honor and the 1989 Coretta Scott King Award.
First printing of this Newbery Honor-winning collection of 25 stories of beginnings, with vibrant and evocative illustrations by Barry Moser – with autograph note from Virginia Hamilton laid in.
Inscribed early printing of this Newbery Honor-winning collection of 25 stories of beginnings, with vibrant and evocative illustrations by Barry Moser.
First printing of this Newbery Medal-winning novel, in the first issue jacket (without the award sticker), a coming of age tale set on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
First printing of this Newbery Medal-winning novel, warmly inscribed to fellow author Barbara Elleman.
First printing of this Newbery Medal-winning story of childhood set in a tiny Texas town, following 10-year-old Lucky as she seeks a "higher power" after hearing the phrase while listening in to an AA meeting.
Signed first printing of this collection of original spooky stories set in the American South, the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award and a Newbery Honor.
Signed first printing of this picture book biography of the King of Ragtime, the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award and a Newbery Honor.
Signed first printing of this Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honor-winning adaptation of a West Indian folktale full of "romance, intrigue, and incomparable courage" (jacket), with rich illustrations by Brian Pinkney.
Signed first printing of this folktale of South Carolina featuring help from a mermaid, winner of the Coretta Scott King award.
Scarce first printing of this Newbery Honor-winning work by the author of THE YEARLING, a magical realism tale of a young Black girl's efforts to feed her community during the Great Depression.
Signed first printing of this "touching, heartfelt portrayal" (jacket) of Harriet Tubman's childhood, and how what she learned as a little girl helped her as a hero of the Underground Railroad – winner of the 1997 Coretta Scott King Award.
Signed first printing of this collection of off-kilter fairy tales that won a 1993 Caldecott Honor, with an original drawing of the titular STINKY CHEESE MAN.
Signed first printing of this dreamlike Caldecott Honor-winning tale of baby kidnapping and a sisterly rescue – one of the inspirations for Jim Henson's LABYRINTH.
First printing of this memoir of Hungarian Jewish childhood in the lead-up to WWII, detailing the author's family's forced move to a Ghetto and eventually to Auschwitz.
First printing of this Newbery Medal-winning tale of time travel, mystery, and friendship in 1970s New York.