Search Results: Titles starting with U from Books of Wonder

YASHIMA, Taro. Umbrella. NY: The Viking Press [1958]. Green cloth decoratively stamped in pale yellow. Color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations on nearly every page. Light rubbing to lower edge and spine ends, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (minute wear at spine ends and corners, no medal affixed). Signed by the author/artist, Caldecott Medalist Taro Yashima, in both English and Japanese characters and with one 4½-inch and one one-inch watercolor drawings.
First edition. 1959 Caldecott Medal Winner! Momo can't wait to use the red boots and umbrella she received on her birthday. All she needs now is a rainy day! Soft illustrations portray a thoughtful story about patience and growing independence.

ALEXANDER, Kwame. The Undefeated. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Boston: Versify [2019]. Oblong 4to, [40]pp. Color pictorial boards. Light blue endpapers; color illustrations on nearly every page. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket (no medal affixed). Signed by the author, Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander, and with a bookplate signed by the artist, Caldecott Medalist Kadir Nelson, laid-in.
First edition. 2020 Caldecott Medal Winner and 2020 Newbery Honor Book! This gorgeously illustrated poem is a love letter to Black life in America. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes. The text is peppered with references to the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and others, offering deeper insights into the accomplishments of the past, while bringing stark attention to the endurance and spirit of those surviving and thriving in the present.

ROBINSON, Alan James. Unicorns Horn. N.c.: Cheloniidae Press, 1984. A 12.5" x 18" broadside with prose printed in blue and black in two columns on cream-colored handmade paper. 5" x 7" wood engraving printed in black at head of second column. Laid into a 16" x 21.5" light blue matte (slight edge wear, would not be visible if framed). Signed by the artist, Alan James Robinson.
An anonymously written 17th century broadside extolling the virtues of a drink created from the horn of a Unicorn to cure any maladies. This signed print features an engraving of a unicorn by artist Alan James Robinson, who is best known for his engravings and illustrations of animals and fish and his fine press books produced by the Cheloniidae Press.

SNYDER, Zilpha Keatley. Until the Celebration. Illustrated by Alton Raible. NY: Atheneum, 1977. Maroon cloth with spine stamped in silver and front cover in blind. Red endpapers; 8 full-page b&w illustrations. Slight rubbing to upper spine end, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (spine panel a tad rubbed at either end, slightest faint – barely visible – scratches near top of rear panel). Signed by the author, three-time Newbery Honor author Zilpha Keatley Snyder.
First edition. The final book in the Green Sky series. Raamo, Pomma, and Teera have succeeded and united the people – both those from above and those below. The truth has won out. But why does winning feel so much like losing? Old habits and ideas die hard. The societies above and below the forests' roots have discovered something new: Knowing the truth is easy, but living with the truth is hard. Resistance groups are growing, and violence threatens to poison the promise of peace. Can Raamo, Pomma, and Teera unite… Read More

McALLISTER, M[argaret] I. Urchin of the Riding Stars. The Mistmantle Chronicles. [London] Bloomsbury [2005]. 8vo, 333pp. Color pictorial boards. Blue endpapers; half-tone illustrated title page and chapter headings. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
First edition. The first book in M.I. McAllister's The Mistmantle Chronicles trilogy. An epic fantasy set in a world of talking squirrels, otters, and moles, with echoes of Watership Down, Duncton Wood, and even
Wind in the Willows.

ALDIN, Cecil. Us. Poughkeepsie, NY: Artists and Writers Guild [1935]. 8vo, [44]pp. Color pictorial paper wrappers. 6 full-page three-color illustrations and numerous b&w illustrations. Light worn at edges, some light wear to covers, else a clean, tight copy without dust jacket as issued.
First US edition. A charming story of a young girl and her dog, a little black Scotch Terrier puppy named Smut, as they go about their lives, encountering other dogs, policemen, and even horses. Cecil Aldin was a British artist best known for his paintings and sketches of animals and rural life, all of which is magnificently captured in this delightful tale.