Baboushka and the Three Kings (Library Binding)

Ruth Robbins

ISBN 10: 039527673X / ISBN 13: 9780395276730

Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1960

About this Item

Library Binding. The Russian folktale about an old woman's endless search for the Christ child. "Baboushka, verse by Edith M. Thomas, music by Mary Clement Sanks": p. [26]-[27]. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Baboushka and the Three Kings (Library Binding)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
• Publication Date: 1960
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039527673X
• ISBN 13: 9780395276730
• Binding: Library Binding
• Illustrator: Sidjakov, Nicolas
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Winner of the 1961 Caldecott Medal 

The Russian folktale about an old woman's endless search for the Christ child.

About the Authors

Ruth Robbins is the author of Baboushka and the Three Kings and the illustrator of Wild Animals of the Far West and Stories California Indians Told. She lives with her husband, Herman Schein, and son, Steven, in Berkeley, California.

Nicolas Sidjakov began his art career in Switzerland and Paris. In 1955 he came to San Francisco where his reputation for outstanding design has grown steadily. Today he is recognized as one of America's leading young graphic artists. The Friendly Beasts, illustrated by Mr. Sidjakov, was selected as one of the ten best illustrated children's books, N. Y. Times 1957, and is included in the AIGA Children's Books 1955-1957. Mr. Sidjakov's award-winning work has been shown in the Art Directors Exhibitions of New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, and San Francisco. The artist lives with his wife and son in Sausalito, California.