Bridge To Terabithia.

PATERSON, Katherine.

$7,500.00

Item Number: 135413

New York: Thomas Crowell, 1977.

First edition of the author’s first Newbery-Award winning classic novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Donna Diamond. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “For ___ ____- ‘Just close your eyes and keep your mind wide open.’ Katherine Paterson 9/3/22 *From the movie script by David Paterson.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A exceptional example, uncommon signed and inscribed.

In addition to being a Newbery Medal winner, Bridge to Terabithia was also named an ALA Notable Children's Book and has become a touchstone of children's literature. It is the basis for the 2007 film directed by Gábor Csupó from a screenplay by David L. Paterson and Jeff Stockwell, starring Josh Hutcherson, Anna Sophia Robb, Bailee Madison, Zooey Deschanel, and Robert Patrick.