Nice edition of A Hole is to Dig: A First Book of First Definitions by Ruth Krauss and Maurice Sendak.
Written by Ruth Krauss. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. First edition, second printing, 1964 - 1970. Harper & Row, Publishers.
"Mashed potatoes are to give everybody enough
A face is so you can make faces.
A face is something to have on the front of your head.
Dogs are to kiss people.
Hands are to hold.
A hand is to hold up when you want your turn.
A hole is to dig."
A Hole is to Dig: A First Book of First Definitions, originally published in 1952, was the first collaboration of Ruth Krauss and Maurice Sendak.
Sendak said of Ruth Krauss (1901 - 1993): "Ruth broke rules and invented new ones, and her respect for the natural ferocity of children bloomed in to poetry that was utterly faithful to what was true in their lives".
Other Krauss-Sendak books:
A Hole Is to Dig: A First Book of First Definitions (1952)
A Very Special House (1953)
I'll Be You and You Be Me (1954)
Charlotte and the White Horse (1955)
I Want to Paint my Bathroom Blue (1956)
The Birthday Party (1957)
Somebody Else's Nut Tree and Other Tales for Children (1958)
Open House for Butterflies (1960).
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Condition*: Near Fine/Very Good. Dust jacket: Slight soiling on back; small closed tears at head and tail of spine; price-clipped. Second printing issue points: Color change of jacket, cover boards, and cloth spine; 30-70 date code on front flap; "Grrrr" on page 23; Harper & Row, Publishers no longer at the bottom.
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