![]() This autographed, award-winning first edition is protected in a mylar cover. Schoenherr, who failed a class in nature drawing at the Pratt Institute, would go on to win the CALDECOTT AWARD for Owl Moon, the HUGO AWARD FOR BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST (Dune), and he illustrated the NEWBERY AWARD WINNING Julie of the Wolves, to name a few! Signed first printings by this renown illustrator of his first book are quite rare. ![]() This was the illustrator, John Schoenherr's FIRST ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOK. This book is remarkable for another reason. The book is a remembrance of a year in his childhood when he raised a baby raccoon which he named Rascal. ![]() This book quickly became a bestseller and remains the author's best known title. North published his most famous work, Rascal, in 1963. (See photo.) 1964 NEWBERY HONOR, SIGNED, not personalized, by the illustrator on the title page. Rascal is a memoir about an 11 going on 12-year-old boy, the author, Sterling North, growing up in Wisconsin during World War I, the youngest of four siblings. Stated First Edition in Very Good Plus, owner's previous name on ffep and slight soiling/wear in Near Fine Minus unclipped ($3.95) dust jacket with light soiling and nearly imperceptible closed tears, and no medal. ![]()
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