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Children's book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 101 Collections and/or Records:

The Circus in the Mist / Munari, Bruno., 2006

 Item
Identifier: CC-46573-49302
Scope and Contents

This is the fifth edition of the book first published in 1968. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

The Fables of La Fontaine / Chagall, Marc., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-32908-34524
Scope and Contents

This book reproduces Chagall's original 43 gouaches for illustrating the fables by Jean La Fontaine. Although there were 100 fables and gouaches by Chagall, 57 were lost or destroyed in the years after their creation in 1926 - 1927. The exhibition was held in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Ceret and the Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall in Nice in 1995. The fables ae laid out in a concrete poetic style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

The Kitten's Ride / curry, jw., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-19790-20177
Scope and Contents

curry's book published by Utopic Furnace Press was appropriated from a chapter in a children's book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

The Teachings: Drawn from African-American Spirituals / Robinson, Aminah Brenda Lynn., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-33549-35199
Scope and Contents

Robinson illustrates each of 25 spirituals with a semi-realisic drawing in ink, graphite and crayon that is reproduced in color in this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

The Telephone / Smith, William Jay ; Chukovsky, Kornei ; Lent, Blair., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-42597-44613
Scope and Contents

Willian Jay Smith adapted the nonsense poems of Chukovsky into English from the Russian. The book is illustrated by Blair Lent. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

The Tree that Nobody Loved / Kaiser, Joyce Kosh., 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-36227-38014
Scope and Contents

Joyce Kosh at age 16 years wrote this book in 1951 and printed it in 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

the umbrellas of mr parapluie and other stories / Morris, Stephen., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-52148-73267
Scope and Contents

The line drawings and cover were done by John Sweet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Tibet through the Red Box / Sis, Peter., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-31321-32797
Scope and Contents

This book reproduces Peter Sis' father handwritten diary. His father was lost in Tibet during a filming expedition of construction of the world's highest highway. The diary was kept in a red box. The story is told with imaginative text and graphic images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

We Are All Different / Goldring, Rebecca., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-29671-31046
Scope and Contents

Rebecca Goldring, age seven years, is the grand-daughter of Ruth and Marvin Sackner.This is her first published book. This book was illustrated by Esther Hoffman and Molly Grover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Who Needs Donuts? / Stamaty, Mark Alan., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-40993-42972
Scope and Contents

This is a very sophisticated children's book in terms of the extensively detailed reproductions of Stamaty's graphite drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Who Needs Donuts? / Stamaty, Mark Alan., 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-41627-43617
Scope and Contents

This is a reprint of a very sophisticated children's book in terms of the extensively detailed reproductions of Stamaty's graphite drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Wonder Book Fun / Rawle, Graham., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-49306-70348
Scope and Contents

This is one of the strangest books you will ever encounter: a surreal excursion into the lost world of picture puzzles. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Words & Calligraphy for Children / Cataldo, John W. ; Apollinaire G ; Carroll L., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-33023-34644
Scope and Contents

This book illustrates the text and image works of school children. It is an instructional guide for teachers of art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Yingl Tsingl Khvat / Lissitzky, El ; Leib, Mani ; Jeffrey Shandler, translator., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-30070-31465
Scope and Contents

This is a translation of the first edition of the book published by Yidischer Folksfarlag in Kiev/Petersburg Russia in 1918/1919. The story deals with Yingl Tsingl, a very small person like Tom thomb who is pluckly and daring (Khvat). Chafing from the endless, rainy fall weather, he manages to bring a welcome winter to the Shtetl. This first edition lacks the contructivistic title page in the 2nd edition published in Warsaw in 1922. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986