Wheel on the Chimney
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1954. Tibor GERGELY. [JUVENILE] [WOMAN AUTHOR] Tibor GERGELY, illustrator. Bruce Bliven, Jr. and Roberta Rauch, Executors of the Estate of Margaret Wise Brown, text copyright.
First edition. A Caldecott Honor Book for 1955. 4to (11 ¼” x 7 ¾”); [30]pp; tan linen over board, a vignette of a stork in flight printed in black and orange on the front, lettering in orange on spine; gift inscription in neat ink on ffep; color pictorial title page; 14 full-page color illustrations; unclipped color pictorial dj picturing nesting storks on the front and a pointed green tree with small nesting black birds on the rear, a price of $3.00 on the front flap, light chipping to edges and rubbing of spine, 1” closed tear to top spine rear panel; fine in very good plus dj. Item #2279
The author, Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952), was an American children’s author. Her early work as a teacher and her approach to children’s education emphasized the real world and influenced her writing. Published posthumously, this book on the life of storks educated young children on their habits, migration, and habitat. A farmer’s kindness assists the nesting storks by placing a wheel on his chimney.
Bold, colorful illustrations by the Hungarian American artist, Tibor Gergely (1900-1978), bring the story of the storks to life.
Price: $225.00