Description
Signed by Ann Petry, a contributor to the volume, the first edition of When I Was a Child, with cover illustrations by Maurice Sendak.
Octavo, 54pp. Brown paper covers, title in black on front cover. Solid text block, faint foxing to spine, otherwise fine. Inscribed by Ann Petry on the copyright page: “Happy Birthday / with love … from Ann Petry / Oct – 6 – 1993.”
This book contains a collection of poems and short stories by various children’s literature authors in honor of Francelia Butler, who pioneered the field of children’s literature as a scholarly study.
