Three Young Rats and Other Rhymes

by James Johnson Sweeney

The 2nd edition, one of 3000 copies bound in red cloth with white spine lettering. Illustrated by Calder. Book about Fine, bright, clean. DJ is VG with tiny chips at the corners and one at the top edge of the front panel.

Hardcover

First published July 1, 1978

About the author

James Johnson Sweeney (May 30, 1900 – April 14, 1986) was an American art historian and museum curator

Sweeney was a curator for the Museum of Modern Art in New York from 1935 to 1946, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, from 1952 to 1960 and Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from 1961 to 1967.

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

the poetry is 5 stars, the art no as many stars, reminds me of sendak

[Cara Patel · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn’t recognize this author initially, but I realized he wrote many famous poems I learned as a kid. Despite that, most of the poems didn’t resonate with me except for a few well-known ones. So, overall, this just didn’t work for me.