The Secret Language

Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1962

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Early reprint. Pictures by Mary Chalmers. Octavo. 167pp. Pictorial cloth. Fine in near very good dust jacket with small tears, nicks, and a few stains. The Dedication Copy, Inscribed by Nordstrom to her editor and friend, Charlotte Zolotow: "To dearest Charlotte - a wonderful editor, author and dear friend. Ever devotedly, Ursula." The printed dedication reads simply, "To Charlotte." Nordstrom was a towering figure in children's book publishing. According to her obituary in *The Times* Nordstrom was a pioneering female publisher and editor-in-chief of juvenile books at Harper & Row from 1940 to 1973. She is credited with presiding over a transformation in children's literature in which morality tales written for adult approval gave way to works that instead appealed to children's imaginations and emotions. Among the books she published where *Charlotte's Web*, *Stuart Little*, *Goodnight Moon*, *Harold and the Purple Crayon*, *Where the Wild Things Are*, *Harriet the Spy*, *The Giving Tree*, *Where the Sidewalk Ends*, *Danny and the Dinosaur*, and *Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present* (by Maurice Sendak and Charlotte Zolotow), along with innumerable others. Charlotte Zolotow started in publishing as Nordstrom's stenographer, and with Nordstrom's encouragement became a prolific and award-winning author of over 65 books. Zolotow was an editor and publisher at Harper's celebrated children's books department. She is credited for her contributions to the Children's Liberation Movement which espoused that the rights and emotional concerns of children be recognized and treated as the equal of adults. The Dedication Copy of Nordstrom's only children's book, which included frank discussion of lesbianism and an especially important association copy.…

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Title
The Secret Language
Author
NORDSTROM, Ursula
Publisher
Harper & Row, New York
Publication year
1962
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Very Good
Signed
Signed
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Edition.
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