What Little Girls Are Made Of
What Little Girls Are Made Of (Inscribed Sandra Kuck Illustrated Gift Book)
A Sandra Kuck Gift Book Celebrating the Charm and Mischief of Girlhood, with a Personal Afrikaans and English Inscription
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: What Little Girls Are Made Of: Sugar, Spice, & Everything Nice
- Publisher: Christian Art Gifts, Vereeniging, South Africa
- Publication Date: 2001
- ISBN-13: 9781868528257
- ISBN-10: 1868528251
- Edition Details: South African Christian Art Gifts edition, 2001. Inscribed by a previous owner, dated Maart 2002.
- Binding: Publisher's pictorial laminated boards illustrated with a Sandra Kuck painting, with a maroon spine panel lettered in gold.
- Physical Format: Small square hardcover gift book, with full-colour paintings on most pages.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Exterior / Boards: The illustrated laminated boards are clean and bright, square and solid, with no tears or marked wear. The maroon spine panel and its gilt lettering are intact. The corners are sharp and the edges tidy.
- Interior: The pages are clean and bright, with no foxing or staining. The binding is tight. A handwritten gift inscription appears on a pink page.
- Provenance: Handwritten gift inscription in Afrikaans with an English verse, dated Maart 2002: "Mag jy, wanneer jy jouself sien in die weerkaatsing van Rochelle, opnuut ontdek hoe spesiaal jy aanmekaar geweef is...", followed by the English verse beginning "They are the tenderest of His flowers...". Signed Ridde Thys Maxie.
- The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)
Synopsis & Historical Value
What Little Girls Are Made Of, subtitled Sugar, Spice, & Everything Nice, is a small square gift book celebrating the joys, mischief and charm of girlhood. It pairs the paintings of Sandra Kuck with a nursery rhyme and short quotations and prose, including pieces by Alan Beck, Anne Frank and Louisa May Alcott, with Scripture woven through.
Full-colour paintings appear on most pages, making it as much a picture book for adults as a reading book. It is the kind of volume given to mark a birth, a birthday or a milestone.
This South African copy carries a warm personal inscription in Afrikaans and English dated March 2002, which adds a touch of human history to an otherwise modern gift book. It will appeal to collectors of Sandra Kuck's work and of South African Christian gift publishing.
Author Profile: Sandra Kuck
Sandra Kuck, the artist whose paintings illustrate this book, was born in 1947 in East Liverpool, Ohio. She began her fine-art career in the 1970s and 1980s on Long Island after service in the Navy.
She has been named Artist of the Year eight times by the National Association of Limited Edition Dealers. Her other books include Angel Blessings, Angel Kisses, God's Little Wonders and To My Child, and her work has also appeared on plates, prints and greeting cards.
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