HOPKINS, Lee Bennett. Side by Side. Poems to Read Together. Illustrated by Hilary Knight. NY: Simon and Schuster [1988]. 4to, [viii] 80pp. Color pictorial boards. Color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the artist, Hilary Knight.

First edition. This collection of poetry from such beloved authors as Langston Hughes, Lewis Carroll, Robert Frost, Kate Greenaway, Nikki Giovanni, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Edward Lear, as well as a variety of well-known nursery rhymes and songs, is endearingly illustrated by the beloved illustrator of Eloise in his characteristic style that captures the humor, joy, and playfulness of childhood.