LITTLE CHIP OF WILLOW HILL

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1958. 1st edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. A Very Good copy in Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo., bound in illustrated paper boards, in similarly illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket, priced at $3.00, has very light edge wear, but is otherwise very bright and sharp. The boards have edge wear, and some tears along the spine's joints. A Very Good copy in a very attractive and fresh dust jacket, which has been protected in a mylar sleeve. Berta Hoerner Hader (August 1, 1890 - February 6, 1976) and Elmer Stanley Hader (September 7, 1889 - September 7, 1973) were an American couple who jointly illustrated more than 70 children's books, about half of which they also wrote. They won the annual Caldecott Medal for The Big Snow (1948), recognizing the year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". They received the Caldecott Honor Book Award for Cock-a-doodle-doo in 1940 and The Mighty Hunter in 1944.