Author: PIENKOWSKI, JAN
Title: Weather
Description: New York, NY: Little Simon / Simon & Schuster, 1979. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Jan Pienkowski. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This 1979 Little Simon edition follows a 1975 1st US edition published by Messner -- all editions are quite scarce now. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's embossed name stamp on the front endpaper. This is a nearly wordless book for very young readers that shows all kinds of weather. "In 1968, Pienkowski began working with children's author Joan Aiken. He won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal for their 1971 book, The Kingdom Under the Sea and other stories (Jonathan Cape) , eleven "fairy tales from Eastern Europe and Russia" retold by Aiken. That award by the Library Association recognised the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. In retrospect the librarians call it "brilliantly illustrated in a highly original and recognisable silhouette style". One year earlier he had been one of three Greenaway runners up for The Golden Bird (J. M. Dent, 1970) , written by Edith Brill. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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