Edited Ann Durell (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Designed by: Bierhorst, Jane Byers (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very Good dust jacket has one very small tear on one corner and staining at the top edge. The Very Good binding is beige paper over boards, Illustration by Maurice Sendak on front, black lettering, black lettering on the spine, rear cover lists the authors and illustrators of the book in black lettering, slight bumping to spine corners with some staining on the top edge. The binding is tight and pages are clean. About the book: (from the dust jacket and book) This very special volume was created by more than thirty of the best known and loved authors and illustrators of children's books. Filled with stories, pictures, poems, and even a song, it is a book about many kinds of peace. Peace among peoplc living in different lands-but also among next-door neighbors. Harmony among people of different races--and among sisters and brothers Understanding among those separated by their beliefs--and those separated by generations It is a book for young people a to enjoy, to think about and to share. Some of its contents are funny and fanciful. Others are serious and moving. All celebrate peace and the hope that there will he a peaceful world for every child to inherit. About the authors and illustrators: (from the dust jacket and book) The authors and illustrators of this book (listed below) have generously given of their time, energy, and talent to help promote the cause of peace. The royalties normally due them, and income from the publisher's sale of the book, will be donated to the following organizations, so they may continue to work for a Peaceful world, Amnesty International, The Carter Center's Conflict Resolution Program, Greenpeace, The Lion and the Lamb Peace Arts Center, SANE/FREEZE. This book was written by: (from the dust jacket and book) Lloyd Alexander; Natalie Babbitt; John Bierhorst; Jean Fritz; Jean Craighcad George; Thacher Hurd; Steven Kellogg; Myra Cohn Livingston; Lois Lowry; Milton Meltzer; Katherine Paterson; Marilyn Sachs; Yoshiko Uchida; Mildred Pitts Walter; Nancy Willard; Charlotte Zolotow. ILLUSTRATED BY: (from the dust jacket and book) Jon Agec; Thomas B. Allen; Barbara Cooney; Diane and Lco Dillon; Leonard Everett Fisher; Thacher Hurd; Trina Schart Hyman; Steven Kellogg; Jerry Pinkney; Ted Rand; Allen Say; Maurice Sendak; Ben Shecter; Marc Simont; Teri Sloat; Paul O. Zelinsky; Dirk Zimmer.

Stated First edition with a 1 present in the number line; small 4to.; glossy pictorial boards, hardcover; 136 pages; color illustrations; A collection by the following Authors: Aliki, Jim Arnosky, Natalie Babbitt, John Bierhorst, Lynne Cherry, Pam Conrad, Tomie dePaola, , Jean Craighead George, Ruth Heller, Tana Hoban, H. M. Hoover, X. J. Kennedy, Karla Kuskin, Myra Cohn Livingston, Lois Lowry, Patricia MacLachlan, David McPhail, Milton Meltzer, Jack Prelutsky, Laurence Pringle, Anne Rockwell, Joanne Ryder, Marilyn Sachs, Seymour Simon, William Sleator, Stephanie S. Tolan, Rosemary Wells, Jane Yolen; very good in a dust jacket with 2 small stains and 2 scratches on back jacket.