King Island Christmas SIGNED Jean Rogers & Rie Munoz ~ Alaska Children's Story

Title: King Island Christmas

Author: Jean Rogers / illustrated by Rie Munoz

Description: Signed by Jean Rogers and Rie Munoz on title page. First edition, second printing. Near fine in a near fine jacket. A couple pages faintly thumbed. Dust jacket has a faint scratch on its rear panel; front flap unpriced; in an archival mylar sleeve. [32] pages.

King Island Christmas is about a village’s struggle to overcome a winter storm and bring a priest ashore to celebrate the holiday. The story is based on the experiences of Rogers’ longtime friend, Juneau artist Rie Munoz, who lived on King Island in the Bering Sea in 1952. It was later adapted into a musical.

Jean Rogers (1919-2013) was a longtime resident of Juneau and an author of children's books, of which King Island Christmas is the best known. Rie Munoz (1921-2015), another longtime resident of Juneau and one of Alaska's most beloved artists, has had her work featured in over 400 galleries across the United States and Canada. The story stems from the time when both she and her husband had taken teaching posts on King Island in the early 1950s.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Publisher: Greenwillow Books [a division of William Morrow & Company]
Place: New York
Year: 1985

Keywords: children's, children's stories, Alaska, Juneau, Eskimos, Christmas story, Christmas, fiction,