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New York: Dial Books For Young Readers, 1996. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this wonderful recreation and reinterpretation of LITTLE BLACK SAMBO by a Black author and Black illustrator, with original Pinkney drawing of a tiger. Winner of five Coretta Scott King Awards, five Caldecott Honors, a Caldecott Medal (for THE LION AND THE MOUSE), and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, Jerry Pinkney was a prolific author and illustrator of children's literature, and one of the preeminent artists in the field. "Jerry used his talent as one of America's great watercolorists to tell stories in pictures [...] with the goal of moving society to a better place," said William R. Valerio, director of Woodmere Art Museum, at time of Pinkney's death in 2021. 10'' x 10.5''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($15.99) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. Unpaginated. Signed by Pinkney to title page, with original drawing of a tiger to verso of front… Read more