"Prince Bertram the Bad" written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel, Weekly Reader Children's Book Club Edition, published by Harper & Row, New York, 1963.

Illustrated hard boards [some wear: see photos]; large format: 8.1/4" x 11"; unpaginated, 32 pages, fully illustrated, some wear, very good condition.

"A wonderful tale of a very bad little Prince who put spiders in soup, pulled up the roses in the royal garden and broke all of his toys. If that wasn’t bad enough, he loved to shoot pebbles at townsfolk with his peashooter! As each year passed, he grew naughtier and more unkind . . . until the day a witch cast a spell on him for his bad behavior. Will Bertram learn to be kind and eventually break the curse?" [a private review]

"Prince Bertram The Bad is an easy book to understand and the illustrations on each page does an amazing job of telling the story without the words. The details in each picture are fascinating and the color choice sets the tone."

Arnold Lobel (1933-1987) was the award-winning author and illustrator of many beloved children's books, including the classic I Can Read books about Frog and Toad, and the Caldecott Medal winning Fables.

US: Priority (c.2-4 days) --------- $12.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-4 weeks) -- $28.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-5 weeks) --- $42.50