tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post2554828494942588868..comments2024-03-10T16:42:34.106-04:00Comments on Collecting Children's Books: Migratory Paths of Children's BooksPeter D. Sierutahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301507180150710089noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-58002016194525737792008-06-22T00:55:00.000-04:002008-06-22T00:55:00.000-04:00Well, this book didn't immigrate, but I wish I cou...Well, this book didn't immigrate, but I wish I could find the history.<BR/>A couple of weeks ago, I was rummaging through shelves of books at the local thrift store, finding titles on my 7th grade reading lists for next year. (I teach junior high.) And I found a good copy of Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Headless Cupid, which I'd had to take off my lists because it has to be special ordered and the kids won't go through that trouble.<BR/>The next day I was marking the inner covers of all the paperbacks with my name so they'd find their way back to my classroom when kids leave them elsewhere, when I flipped open the cover of Cupid.<BR/>It was autographed to "david" by Ms. Snyder herself!!! Whoa.<BR/>I LOVE Snyder's books, and I love to collect author's autographs, so this was 50 cents well-spent (and I took it home -- it won't stay in my classroom). But I still wish I knew who on earth would give away a book autographed by a famous children's author!A Paperback Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10155962941590663738noreply@blogger.com