Baboushka and the Three Kings

Ruth Robbins

ISBN 10: 039527673X / ISBN 13: 9780395276730

Published by HMH Books for Young Readers September 1960, 1960

About this Item

General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. THh Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Seller Inventory # 926468

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Baboushka and the Three Kings
• Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers September 1960
• Publication Date: 1960
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039527673X
• ISBN 13: 9780395276730
• Binding: Library Binding
• Illustrator: Sidjakov, Nicolas
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: First Edition
• Condition: Good - Cash
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Youth

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.