The 21 Balloons

New York: Yearling, 1971.

Price: $18.00

Fifth edition. Good. Browning, very creased and rubbed. Sticker on spine. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Item #194799

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William Pene Du Bois
birth name: William Pene Du Bois
born: 5/9/1916
died: 2/5/1993

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Biography

American author and illustrator of children's books noted for his comic coterie of peculiar characters. In 1948 he was awarded the Newbery Medal for The Twenty-One Balloons (1947). Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore