Description
The Very Good dust jacket illustrated with house in a shoe, light soiling , price clipped, minor rub wear the spine ends, spot where sticker was removed. The Very Good+ binding is light yellow cloth over boards, the book cover and dust jacket have the same illustration. Gilt lettering on spine, some bumping to spine ends. Color and black-and-white illustrations by Joseph Schindelman. Rear end paper has two areas of sticker residue. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 10.1″ tall x 7.4″ wide.
First Edition (The “1” is present in the number line)
About the book (from the dust jacket)
You have all heard of the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, but have you ever wondered what happened to her when all those children grew up? Well-let Padraic Colum tell you:
“The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe had the best broomstick in the country, and she was the best one to use it. And so the fairies took her off to brush the cobwebs off o’ the sky… .”
Still, that is only the beginning of this Gaelic tale. For left behind in the shoe were the six-a dog, a cat, a goat, a goose, a little speckled hen, and a lone pigeon-not to mention a little wren who nested on the roof and a cricket who lived on the hearth. The shoe was so empty without the Old Woman, the animals didn’t know what to do. That is why they held a meeting. It was after that they set out on their strange and difficult journey, with the goat as their leader.
This is one of Padraic Colum’s most notable tales. The whimsical, detail-filled drawings of Joseph Schindelman, combined with the musical storytelling style of Padraic Colum, and an unexpected ending make this a picture book children will cherish.
About the author (from the dust jacket)
“I was born nearly in the middle of Ireland in the town of Longford. In my grandmother’s house in the next county I heard stories before I could read them, and songs and scraps of poetry before I had to learn any at school.”
In 1914 Padraic Colum came to America and began writing his own stories for young people.
In 1961 he was awarded the Regina Medal for his “continued distinguished contribution to children’s literature,” and in 1964 he was honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Padraic Colum’s books for young readers have given countless hours of pleasure for half a century.
About the illustrator (from the dust jacket)
Joseph Schindelman was born and raised in New York and has enjoyed looking at drawings since childhood. Mr. Schindelman, who heads the promotion department of a well-known advertising agency, has won much recognition as an outstanding illustrator for children. He has over half a dozen books to his credit and recently was one of a select group of artists to be represented in C, N. Potter’s The art of Art for Children’s Books.
Now married and the father of four children, he continues to make his home in New York.
