Jane, Wishing by Tobi TOBIAS & illustrated by TRINA Schart HYMAN 1977 First Edition

Title: Jane, Wishing

Author: Tobi Tobias
Illustrator: Trina Schart Hyman

Description: Stated First Edition, first printing (with full number line). Illustrated boards. Ends of spine lightly bumped. Short gift inscription on ffep, else interior is clean. Dust jacket is ex-library; edge trimmed; library call on spine; tape stains on corners of flaps; in a new clear archival sleeve. Alternating color and black-and-white illustrations. [48] pages. 7.5 x 9 inches.

The second collaboration between Tobi Tobias and Trina Schart Hyman.

Jane dreams of an alternate life, of having different personal characterizes and environment, bright and lovely, but faces her rather down-to-earth and practical-minded family. A charming story of the solace of imagination.

Trina Schart Hyman (1939-2004) was an American illustrator of children's books whose work received a Caldecott Medal, three Caldecott Honors, and a Golden Kite Award.

Tobi Tobias (1938-2020) was a Brooklyn-born author of a number of children's books, but was perhaps better known for her work as a dance critic, which included 22 years as the critic for New York Magazine. Her work also appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Dance Magazine, and Arts Journal. She won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 2012.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Good

Publisher: Viking Press
Place: New York
Year: 1977

ISBN: 0670405655

Keywords: Trina Schart Hyman, children's, illustrated, picture book, imagination,