Description
Near Fine dust jacket. A mylar dust jacket has been added. Near Fine binding is illustrated paper over boards, illustration of a boy looking at a toy train with red and white lettering, red and white lettering on the spine, wrap around illustration continues on back cover. The book and dust jacket have the same illustration. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. The book measures 8.5″ tall x 10.5″ wide.
About the book (from the dust jacket)
William’s family is off to his great-grandmother’s, Christmas. But William is where the entire clan is gathering for miserable: He’s afraid of Granny Blue, and he has to leave behind his beloved train set. What William doesn’t know is that on this dreaded trip he’ll encounter a soul mate, experience the adventure of his life, and discover the wonder of the mighty Santa Fe.
William H. Hooks’s irresistible fantasy conveys a the power of toy trains to capture the imagination. Rendered with special sensitivity and skill by Angela Trotta Thomas, a creator of exquisite limited-edition toy train prints, this is a book to treasure.
About the author (from the dust jacket)
WILLIAM H. HOOKS formerly director of publications for Bank Street College of Education, now devotes all of his time to writing. He is the author of over forty children’s books, including, for Macmillan, The Three Little Pigs and the Fox Association, and The Legend of the White Doe, illustrated by Dennis Nolan. The distinguished author lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
About the illustrator (from the dust jacket)
ANGELA TROTTA THOMAS is a free-lance illustrator with clients nationwide. Her paintings and prints hang in both corporate and private collections. A teacher as well as a student at Marywood College in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the artist became enamored of toy trains while writing a research paper entitled “Toy Train Art,” and is now working on a series of limited-edition toy train prints. She lives with her husband and their two children in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.
