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IN THE BEGINNING: CREATION STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
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IN THE BEGINNING: CREATION STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD Hardcover - 1988

by Moser, Barry; Hamilton, Virginia

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San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing of this Newbery Honor-winning collection of 25 stories of beginnings, with vibrant and evocative illustrations by Barry Moser - with autograph note from Virginia Hamilton laid in. Barry Moser has illustrated over 300 titles, from beloved children's works old and new to pinnacles of English literature. He is an artist of many talents, working with paint and woodblocks, as well as the arts of printmaking and book design. Moser earned the National Book Award in 1983, and numerous other accolades over the course of his dynamic career. Virginia Hamilton's career is filled with awards for her wide-ranging works in children's books, from the Newbery Award-winning M.C. HIGGINS, THE GREAT to the Hans Christian Andersen Award, which she received only a few years after this book's publication. 10'' x 8.25''. Original red cloth-backed green boards with gilt lettering. Original unclipped ($18.95) color pictorial dust jacket, no award sticker. Illustrated in color. 162 pages, including index. Letter to "Barbara" signed by Virginia Hamilton, dated February 27, loosely laid in. Tiny bump to top corner of front board. Sharp and bright.
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  • Title IN THE BEGINNING: CREATION STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
  • Author Moser, Barry; Hamilton, Virginia
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego
  • Date 1988
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 35384
  • ISBN 9780152387402 / 0152387404
  • Weight 1.94 lbs (0.88 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.33 x 8.33 x 0.73 in (26.24 x 21.16 x 1.85 cm)
  • Ages 12 to UP years
  • Grade levels 7 - UP
  • Reading level 700
  • Library of Congress subjects Mythology, Folklore
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 88006211
  • Dewey Decimal Code 291.24

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Summary

A thought-provoking collection of twenty-five stories that reflect the wonder and glory of the origins of the world and humankind. With commentary by the author. “A must for mythology shelves.”--Booklist

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