Tomie dePaola's (de Paola) Book of Bible Stories SIGNED 1990 First Edition

Title: Tomie dePaola's Book of Bible Stories

Author: Tomie dePaola [de Paola]

Description: Inscribed by dePaola on the illustrated flyleaf. First Putnam edition, first printing (with full number line). Illustrated glossy boards. Front bottom fore-corner bumped. Frontispiece shows slight pull-away near top part of gutter (due to a binder's overglue). Pages clean. Dust jacket shows very slight wear at tail of spine; not price clipped. DJ in archival sleeve. 127 pp. 11.5 x 9 inches.

Illustrated selections from the New International Version (NIV), from both the New and Old Testaments, presenting significant people going from Adam, Abraham, and Moses to Jesus, Peter and and John. Among the stories included are Noah and the flood, Jonah's encounter with the whale, and the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Thomas "Tomie" dePaola (1934-2020) was a much lauded American writer and illustrator of children's books. He was educated at the Pratt Institute and the California College of Arts and Crafts and had a career that spanned more than half a century. In 2011, he received the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his lifetime contribution to American children's literature.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons / Zondervan
Place: New York
Year: 1990


ISBN: 0399216901

Keywords: children's, illustrated, picture book,