Published by Sweet Earth Flying Press, El Paso, TX, 2009
ISBN 10: 097909870X ISBN 13: 9780979098703
Seller: Books by White/Walnut Valley Books, Winfield, KS, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Antonio Castro (illustrator). 1st Edition. Sweet Earth Flying Press, El Paso, TX. 2009. Hardcover. Published November 2009- First Sweet Earth Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. DJ: New. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board.109 pp 8vo. This book is a tale that explores issues that were close to the hearts of the authors. It speaks about the beauty of youth and innocence, about the contrasts as well as the common ground between the cultures of the USA and of Mexico, that meet in the American southwest and about some of the deeper meanings of life itself. This beautiful story will enchant and inform children even as it gives a fresh appreciation of the literary magic of Hughes and Bontemps. A clean pristine copy.