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.
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 edition of this Newbery Award winner, in the original dust jacket.
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.
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 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.
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 first book by a Black author to win the Newbery Medal.
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.
First printing of the Newbery Honor book about a turtle's travels from the headwater of the Mississippi River to the Gulf, part of Holling's acclaimed series of geo-historical books.
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 early printing of the Newbery Award winner, set in fifteenth century Krakow and illustrated by native Polish artist Angela Pruszynska with. A Newbery Award Winner. This copy is signed by Eric Kelly.
Signed first printing of this scarce Newbery Medal winner, the story of the intersecting lives of a quiz bowl team and their teacher.
First printing of the book that helped make science fiction stories for children mainstream, a beautiful copy.
First printing of this Newbery Medal-winning portrait of life in rural Florida, touching on the hardships of the poor residents of a small town and the ongoing conflict between farmers and ranchers.