Miz Berlin walks / Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
- Author
- Yolen, Jane
- Published
- New York : Puffin Books, 2000.
- Physical Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Additional Creators
- Cooper, Floyd, Hopkins, Lee Bennett, and Puffin Books
- Summary
- Mary Louise gradually gets to know and love her elderly neighbor lady who tells wonderful stories as she walks around the block of her Virginia home.
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 0698118456
9780698118454 - Collection
- Lee Bennett Hopkins Collection.
- Note
- Rare Books copy: (1st printing---complete sequential number line "10-1" on t.p. verso); paperback, in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers; LAID IN: review slip for original hardcover edition published by Philomel Books in 1997; manuscript return address (clipped from envelope) and manuscript letter signed (on Philomel letterhead) from Patricia Lee Gauch, editorial director of Philomel Books: "June 11, 97. Dear Lee [Lee Bennett Hopkins], Here is a copy of Miz Berlin Walks. Again, I personally thank you for some wonderful exuberant words at IRA. Warmyk, [signed] Patti Gauch. Four to Six lines, or your pleasure will be fine"; ALSO LAID IN: printout of typed letter from Hopkins in reply to request for lines from Gauch: "Dear Patti: Did we finally connect? Here's the quote: With strong poetic language and imagery, Jane Yolen tells an intergenerational story that stirs readers to the fullest. Filled with love and emotion this book is to be read and savored -- it is one you will never forget. Although Miz Berlin walks -- I urge all readers to run to this mini-masterpiece. Don't miss the experience of children's literature at it's finest."
- Source of Acquisition
- Rare Books copy: Gift of Lee Bennett Hopkins.
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