Cricket: The story of a little circus pony 1939 by Berta & Elmer Hader

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Title: Cricket: The story of a little circus pony

Author: Berta and Elmer Hader

Description: Second printing (February 1939). Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine and a color illustrated paste-on title block. Fraying at spine ends and corners; boards show speckled soiling. Illustrated endpapers. Front inner hinge cracked. Several pages show soiling. Rear endpaper has a perforated stamp affixed to it. 8 color plates (including frontispiece) plus many b/w page illustrations. 160 pp. 8.5 x 6.5 inches.

The story of Cricket, a Shetland pony, told in a few phases: first with Captain John's circus where Cricket gets befriended and protected by "Mom," the leader of the elephants; then, when cold season comes around, Captain John moves Cricket to performing as a bucking pony in theatre shows, and finally Cricket enjoys a pleasant life on a farm with children, his friends, and their make-believe Big Barnyard Circus. Berta Hader (1890-1976) and Elmer Hader (1889-1973) were a Caldecott Medal-winning American couple who jointly illustrated and wrote children's books.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Jacket Condition: None

Publisher: Macmillan Company
Place: New York
Year: 1939

Language: English

Keywords: children's, illustrated, Shetland, ponies, pony, farms, circus,

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