This listing is for a

DOUBLE SIGNED 

2006 US 1st Edition/1st Printing of

THE JOURNEY

by the CALDECOTT award winning author 

Illustrator DAVID SMALL

& 

Author SARAH STEWART!!

Condition is as follows: Fine in a Near Fine Jacket - This book is NEW & UNREAD.  Book has sharp corners with no lean and tight binding and is COMPLETELY UNREAD.  DJ has a bit of shelf wear on top right corner and head and tail of spine - it is not price clipped, is NOT a Bookclub.  Overall is Crisp and Bright. This is very giftable...

This is a 2001 FSG Farrar Straus Giroux US First Edition/First Printing - it has a complete numberline with the numbers 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 which is the correct indicator for a first printing for this title.   

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ABOUT THE BOOK

The Journey

A new heroine to win readers' hearts, joining the ranks of Lydia Grace Finch and Elizabeth Brown

Sunday

Dear Diary

The luckiest girl on this good earth is writing to you tonight -- my birthday -- made perfect a few minutes ago by the present of a lace handkerchief. Mother had even hidden a tiny cake in her suitcase! I've never been higher than Aunt Clara's porch, or farther than Yooder's General Store, but this week my dream is coming true. I'm finally in a big city! And more, I've escaped the farm and chores! After spending the morning quietly in our room, Mother, her friend Maggie, and I went to the top of one of the tallest buildings in the world. How can I ever thank Aunt Clara for giving me her place on this trip? Well, I'm sure to find a gift for her by the end of the week. But for now, perhaps I'll dream of Aunt Clara and home.

Until tomorrow,
my silent friend,
good night.
Hannah

Beginning in the dark hours of morning, an Amish girl, along with two adult companions, sets off for the big city for the first time. The reader receives nightly reports through young Hannah's diary, in which, with tireless awe, she relates the significant events of the day. Each experience is decidedly new to Hannah -- a trip to the top of a skyscraper, a visit to the aquarium -- yet in each she finds some universal element that reminds her of home. Though she loves the city, a trip to the art museum on the final day of her visit clinches Hannah's longing for family and familiarity; fortunately, the bus is ready to take her back to the place she loves most.

Sarah Stewart's text has the authentic ring of a smart girl's private thoughts, and David Small's pictures are magnificent.

Editorial Reviews

David Small

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

David Small (born February 12, 1945) is an American writer and illustrator who is best known for children's picture books. 

His books have been awarded a Caldecott Medal and two Caldecott Honors, among other recognition.

Biography

David Small was born in Detroit, Michigan. He began drawing at the age of two years, and health problems that kept him home for much of his childhood, also led to his developing his drawing skills. He attended Cass Technical High School and wrote plays throughout his teenage years.

At age 21, he switched to art. He earned a bachelor of fine arts degree at Wayne State University and a master of fine arts degree at Yale University. Small taught art for many years on the college level, ran a film series, and made satirical sketches for campus newspapers. His first book, Eulalie and the Hopping Head, which he wrote and illustrated, was published in 1981.

^{Small earned a 1997 Caldecott Honor and The Christopher Medal for The Gardener, with Sarah Stewart, his wife. She also received the 2007 Michigan Author Award.}

In 2001 Small won the Caldecott Medal for So You Want to Be President?, combining political cartooning with children's book illustration. He received a second Caldecott Honor in 2013 for illustrating Toni Buzzeo's One Cool Friend. Small's drawings have appeared in the New Yorker and the New York Times. On July 15, 2014, he was announced as a finalist for the 2015 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature.

David Small and his wife Sarah Stewart make their home in an historic manor house in Mendon, Michigan.

WORKS (as Writer and Illustrator)

Eulalie and the Hopping Head (Macmillan, 1982) - named a School LIbrary Journal Best Book of the Year

Imogene's Antlers (Crown Publishers, 1985)

Paper John (Farrar, Straus and Giroux [FSG], 1987)

Ruby Mae Has Something to Say (Crown, 1992)

Hoover's Bride (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1995)

Fenwick's Suit (FSG, 1996)

George Washington's Cows (FSG, 1997)

Stitches (W.W. Norton, 2009)

Home After Dark (Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2018)

As illustrator with Sarah Stewart[Small has illustrated several books written by Sarah Stewart and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG).

• The Money Tree (FSG, 1994)
• The Library (FSG, 1995)
• The Gardener (FSG, 1997) – Caldecott Honor Book
• The Journey (FSG, 2001)
• The Friend (FSG, 2004)
• The Quiet Place (FSG, 2012)

As illustrator with other writers[Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift (William Morrow & Co., 1983)

The Dragon Who Lived Downstairs, Burr Tillstrom (William Morrow & Co., 1984)

Company's Coming, written by Arthur Yorinks (Knopf, 1988)

A Surfeit of Similes, Norton Juster (William Morrow & Co., 1989)

Petey's Bedtime Story, Beverly Cleary (HarperCollins, 1993)

The Christmas Crocodile, Bonnie Becker (Huckabuck Family: And How They Raised Popcorn in Nebraska and Quit and Came Back, Carl Sandburg, (FSG, 1999) – one of the 1923 Rootabaga Stories, OCLC So You Want to Be President?, Judith St. George (Penguin Philomel, 2000) – winner of the 2001 Caldecott Medal

Company's Going, Arthur Yorinks (Hyperion Books for Children, 2001)

The Mouse and His Child, Russell Hoban (Arthur A. Levine Books, 2001)

So You Want to Be an Inventor?, Judith St. George (Philomel, 2002)

The Essential Worldwide Monster Guide, Linda Ashman (Simon & Schuster, 2003)

So You Want to Be an Explorer?, Judith St. George (Philomel, 2005)

My Senator and Me: A Dog's Eye View of Washington, D.C., Ted Kennedy (Scholastic Books, 2006)

Once Upon a Banana, Jennifer Armstrong (Simon & Schuster, 2006)

When Dinosaurs Came with Everything, Elise Broach (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007)

That Book Woman, Heather Henson (Atheneum, 2008)

The Underneath, Kathi Appelt (Atheneum, 2008)

One Cool Friend, Toni Buzzeo (Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012) – Caldecott Honor Book