1996 BARBARA COONEY *ELEANOR* Kids Eleanor Roosevelt Story 1ST Edition FINE HCDJ
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1996 BARBARA COONEY *ELEANOR* Kids Eleanor Roosevelt Story 1ST Edition FINE HCDJ. Written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney. Published by Viking, New York. Her books have been translated into 10 languages. For her contribution as a children's illustrator, Cooney was the U.S. nominee in 1994 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. Written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney. Published by Viking, New York. Copyright 1996; the one is present in the number line indicating a first edition/printing.This is a children’s biography of Eleanor Roosevelt as a child and young woman. DESCRIPTION: 40 pages 11 1/4 x 8 inches first edition hardcover with dustjacket CONDITION: This hard-cover book is in fine, like new, condition with like dust jacket. There is no wear showing and the interior is very clean. The dust jacket is complete with price intact on the front flap. From Wikipedia: Barbara Cooney (August 6, 1917 – March 10, 2000) was an American writer and illustrator of 110 children's books, published over sixty years. She received two Caldecott Medals for her work on Chanticleer and the Fox ( 1958) and Ox-Cart Man (1979), and a National Book Award for Miss Rumphius (1982). Her books have been translated into 10 languages. For her contribution as a children's illustrator, Cooney was the U.S. nominee in 1994 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. From the dust jacket description: “Don’t just stand there, Granny. Come in, please,” said her mother to the shy child waiting in the doorway. “I call her ‘Granny,’ she told her guest, “because she is so funny and old-fashioned looking.” Eleanor Roosevelt’s childhood was a curious combination of wealth and privilege, and terrible sadness and loss. Left motherless at eight, and deprived of the company of the father who adored her, she grew up in the cheerless household of her Grandma hall, lonely and ill at ease with other children. It was only upon leaving home for school in England that Eleanor began to discover in herself the qualities of intelligence, compassion, and strength that later made her a remarkable woman.
