Hansel and Gretel

Lesser, Rika (retold by)

ISBN 10: 0396084494 / ISBN 13: 9780396084495

Published by Dodd, Mead, New York, 1984

About this Item

1st ptg., 4to picture book, cloth over pictorial boards, beautifully illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky. Fine, issued without dj but with the original acetate wrapper included, small tear to top of acetate. Caldecott Honor Book, no medal on boards or acetate, no previous owner's marks.

Seller Inventory # 25505

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hansel and Gretel
• Publisher: Dodd, Mead, New York
• Publication Date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0396084494
• ISBN 13: 9780396084495
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Zelinsky, Paul O.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Caldecott Awards

About this title

Synopsis

A poor woodcutter's children, lost in the forest, come upon a house made of bread, cakes, and candy, occupied by a wicked witch who likes to have children for dinner.

About the Author

 Rika Lesser is a poet and translator of Swedish and German literature.

Paul Zelinsky was born in Evanston, Illinois. He attended Yale University, where he took a course with Maurice Sendak, which later inspired him to pursue a career in children's books. Afterwards he received a graduate degree in painting from Tyler School of Art, in Philadelphia and Rome. Paul Zelinsky lives in New York with his wife, Deborah, and the younger of their two daughters.