ROBBINS, Ruth. Baboushka and the Three Kings. Illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov. Berkeley, CA: Parnassis Press [1960]. Oblong 8vo, [24]pp. Color pictorial boards. Color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations on every page. Lower edge a tad rubbed, boards a tad warped, else a clean bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (medal affixed, light rubbing to spine ends). Signed by the artist, Caldecott Medalist Nicolas Sidjakov!

 

First edition. 1961 Caldecott Medal Winner! A charming retelling of an old Russian folktale about an elderly woman’s endless search to find the Christ child.