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DAHL, Roald. Matilda.London : 1988
First edition of Dahl's last major book. Matilda won the Children's Book Award in 1989. It formed the basis for both the 1996 film directed by Danny DeVito and the successful 2010 stage musical by the Royal Shakespeare Company. A film adaptation of the musical was released in December 2022, starring Alisha Weir and Emma Thompson.Learn More
PULLMAN, Philip. His Dark Materials.London : 1995-1997-2000
First editions, each signed by the author on the title pages. Pullman's epic fantasy trilogy is one of the finest works of children's literature of the 20th century. In 2001, The Amber Spyglass became the first children's book to win the Whitbread Book of the Year award, and in 2003 the trilogy came third in the BBC's Big Read Survey.Learn More
HANDFORTH, Thomas. Mei Li.New York : 1938
First edition, signed by the author on the first blank. Mei Li won the Caldecott Medal for 1939 and is an early example of a US children's book with an Asian main character. This copy has the bookplate of Julia F. Carter (1884-1980), the first full-time children's librarian at the New York Public Library. Carter was on the Caldecott selection...Learn More
BRIGGS, Raymond. The Snowman.London : 1978
First edition of this beloved children's classic, inscribed by the author on the title page: "For Cristina, with best wishes, Raymond Briggs, 1984". The Snowman was the runner-up for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in the UK in 1978 and won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in the US in 1979.
It was inspired by what Briggs called "a...Learn More
DAHL, Roald. The Witches.London : 1983
Uncorrected proof of the first edition, signed by Quentin Blake on title page. The novel went on to win the Whitbread Award for Children's Novel in 1983 and has inspired numerous adaptations, including a stage play, a dramatization by BBC Radio, a 1990 film starring Anjelica Huston and Rowan Atkinson, and an opera by Marcus Paus and Ole Paus.Learn More
BROWNE, Anthony. Gorilla.London : 1983
First edition of the artist's breakthrough picture book telling of Hannah and her adventures with a gorilla. The work won the Kate Greenaway Medal for 1983 and was also named as one of the top ten titles to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the medal in 2007. The first edition is scarce.Learn More
LOWRY, Lois. The Giver.Boston : 1993
First edition, inscribed by the author on the title page, "for Kerry, Louis Lowry, 1996". It won the Newbery Medal in 1994 and was the basis for the 2014 film starring Meryl Streep.
The Giver is required reading in school for many American children, but it is also one of the American Library Association's most challenged books.Learn More
O'BRIEN, Robert C. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh.New York : 1971
First edition of this classic children's story of field mice and laboratory rats, a parable for the choice between a life attuned with nature and a destructive technological society. It won the 1972 Newbery Award and was adapted for the animated film The Secret of Nimh (1982).Learn More
L'ENGLE, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time.[New York] : 1962
First edition of the author's beloved and frequently banned science-fantasy classic. A Wrinkle in Time won the Sequoyah Book Award, the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and the most coveted children's literature award: the Newbery Medal. The jacket is in the first state, without the Newbery Medal sticker that was affixed to later copies.
The book...Learn More
DUVOISIN, Roger. A small archive of Christmas greetings cards and other correspondence.Gladstone, NJ : 1970s
An attractive collection of correspondence from the Swiss-born American writer and illustrator Roger Duvoisin (1900-1980) and his wife Louise (Loulou) Fatio to their friends, Helen and Max. Roger Duvoisin won the 1948 Caldecott Medal for White Snow, Bright Snow, written by Alvin Tresselt (D. Lothrop Co., 1947). He and his wife created together the...Learn More
ESTES, Eleanor. Ginger Pye.New York : 1951
First edition, first printing. The 1952 Newbery Medal winner for excellence in American children's literature. A heart warming story of two children and the puppy they love.Learn More
