First edition. First printing. First thing in the morning.
Wide Awake and Other Poems by Myra Cohn Livingston — illustrated by Jacqueline Chwast — was published in 1959, early in the career of a poet who would go on to become one of America’s most beloved voices in children’s literature. This cheerful yellow hardcover, with its wild-haired child tumbling out of bed on the cover, captures exactly the energy of childhood mornings: unstoppable, joyful, slightly chaotic.
Copyright page states “First edition, © 1959 by Myra Cohn Livingston.” Interior pages are clean and cream-toned with charming black and white illustrations throughout. Cover shows edge wear and rubbing; back cover has a dark stain as shown in photos. No dust jacket. Binding solid.
A genuine first edition of an early work by a titan of American children’s poetry.
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