What can you do with a shoe? (signed, limited edition)

On every page of this whimsically playful book, there are enchanting watercolor illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Inspired by the infectiously funny pictures and text, children will soon begin to make rhymes of their own about everyday things. Richly imaginative and wholly in tune with children’s high spirits and sense of play, What can you do with a show?, now issued in a new edition with full-color paintings, will be welcomed by young and old. It is a treasure.

“Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, an author whose ability to recreate the sensibilities of a child informed many well-loved books she wrote for young readers, died on March 1 at her home in Washington. She was 86.

Beni Montresor illustrated Mrs. de Regniers’s ”May I Bring a Friend?” (1972) and won the Caldecott Medal for the pictures that accompany the story of a boy who politely asks a king and queen for permission before bringing his animal friends along when he is asked to visit. Mrs. de Regniers’s other books included ”A Little House of Your Own” (1954), illustrated by Irene Haas, and ”Little Sister and the Month Brothers” (1975), illustrated by Margot Tomes.

”What Can You Do With a Shoe?,” an engaging conversation between two children, was illustrated by Maurice Sendak in 1955 using two colors. It was republished in 1997 with full-color illustrations by Mr. Sendak.” –NY Times, obituary for de Regniers

Mint hardcover edition NEW in slipcase and publisher’s shipping carton. SIgned by the author and illustrator. Numbered edition of 250 copies. A beautiful keepsake.

$ 325.00