So many carefully thought out details enhance and add richness to this beautiful work. Horowitz & Sons. The endpapers are Multicolor Textured Pueblo Gray by Lindenmeyr Paper Corporation. The book is printed on Moistrite Matte and bound in G.S.B. The last page offers an explanation of Mayer's illustration process, from sketch to final. It identifies the text as Alphatype Weiss by Haber Typographers, Inc., handlettering by Julie Quan. The hardcover book is also a beautifully crafted object. Mainly though, I love the supernatural creatures she encounters, and the way they guide her. The heroine is steady and enduring, and pays for her foolishness with hard work and perseverance. I have since discovered his classic fairy tales: Beauty and the Beast, and Sleeping Beauty, both are beautiful but this is my favorite. I only knew Mercer Mayer from the delightful Little Critter books, and didn't realize this was also his work until I was much older.
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