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Children's Book Week Poster by Mercer Mayer 1970

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Children's Book Week Poster by Mercer Mayer 1970

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Children's Book Week poster celebrating literacy and the pleasure of reading with a fantastical illustration, entitled This is the Age of the Book, by children's writer and illustrator Mercer Mayer (American, b. 1943), copywritten in 1970 by the CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL, INC., ink on paper, 1970; signed. Featured in Marcus, Leonard S. 75 Years of Children's Book Week Posters (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1994), 48.

Dimensions: 23"L x 16-1/2"W