First Edition Identification Guide: Beginner Books Now Published! For those with an interest, my First Edition Identification Guide: Beginner Books is available as hardcover POD on Amazon. The retail price is $59.95, Amazon is selling for $48.69. The manufacturing costs are $30 for the 288 page hardcover, containing over 300 photos and images. This is … Read more
First Edition Identification Guide: Caldecott Medals Now Published! For those with an interest, my ‘First Edition Identification Guide: Caldecott Medals’ is available as hardcover POD on Amazon. The retail price is $59.95 – I apologize for the price, however the manufacturing cost is nearly $30 from KDP to color print 252 pages in hardcover format. … Read more
Search For The First Forty Caldecott Medal Books I recently performed a search for first editions of the first forty Caldecott Medal books (covering the award years 1938-thru-1978) to determine the number of books currently being offered for sale. The search was identical to an internet search I completed a couple of years ago, and … Read more
The Cat In The Hat: First & Later Editions Identification The Cat In The Hat, written & illustrated by Theodor Seuss Geisel Random House, 1957 This article is to help Dr. Seuss booksellers and collectors to identify the various printings of The Cat In The Hat from its initial first printing in 1957 through its … Read more
Every year at it’s mid-Winter Conference the American Library Association presents the Caldecott Award “to the artist of the most distinguished American picturebook for children.” In addition to the Medal award, several Caldecott Honor awards are presented to the runner-ups in the category. The awards were announced this past Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. The day … Read more
Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification The Man Who Walked Between Two Towers, written & illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein; Roaring Brook Press, 2003 2004 Caldecott Medal Winner Children’s Picturebook Price Guide Value: $70 Fine The Man Who Walked Between Two Towers In 1974 Philippe Petit walked across a high wire between the two World Trade Center … Read more
Searching For The First Fifty Newbery Medal Books Beginning in 1922 the Newbery Medal has been awarded annually by the American Library Association "to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." The Newbery Medal is a writer's analog to the Caldecott Medal, which is awarded by the ALA to the … Read more
Every year at it's mid-Winter Conference the American Library Association presents the Caldecott Award "to the artist of the most distinguished American picturebook for children." In addition to the Medal award, several Honor awards are presented to the runner-ups in the category. The awards were announced this past Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. The day of … Read more
Searching For The First Forty Caldecott Medal Books I recently performed a search for first editions of the first forty Caldecott Medal books (covering the award years 1938-thru-1978) to determine the number of books currently being offered for sale. The search was identical to an internet search I completed a couple of years ago, and … Read more
First Edition Identification Points – Very Hungry Caterpillar The Very Hungry Caterpillar, A Seriously Rare Edition A first edition of Eric Carle’s 1969 The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a very difficult book to find. Prior to 2013, in twenty years of collecting children’s picturebooks, I had never seen a first edition copy for sale. Sadly, … Read more