Otto in Texas

by William Pène du Bois

1956 HARDCOVER AS PICTURED - PAGES ARE IN UNREAD CONDITION (BINDING TIGHT, CLEAN, BRIGHT, NO CREASES OR TEARS) SMALL SCHOOL STAMP INSIDE FRONT & BACK COVER, PLUS A NAME WRITTEN INSIDE FRONT COVER - COVER IS PERFECT - DJ HAS SOME SCUFFS ON FRONT, MINOR EDGE WEAR, AND TINY MARK ON BACK - AMAZING FOR IT'S AGE!! - WILL SHIP IMMEDIATELY.

Hardcover

First published September 4, 1959

About the author

William Pène du Bois was an American writer and illustrator of books for young readers. He is best known for The Twenty-One Balloons, published in April 1947 by Viking Press, for which he won the 1948 Newbery Medal. As illustrator he was twice a runner-up for the Caldecott Medal.

The Twenty-One Balloons is the work by Pène du Bois that WorldCat reports most widely held in participating libraries, by a wide margin. His other most widely held works are five books written by others, which he illustrated (below), and the two Caldecott Honor picture books, which he also wrote.

From 1953 to 1960, Pène du Bois was art editor of The Paris Review, working alongside founder and editor George Plimpton.

Reviews

[Joann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dated, stereotyped, a glance at historic children's literature. Pub date 1959