A Hole is to Dig by Ruth Krauss cover, several small sketches of children playing on an aqua background

A Hole is to Dig by Ruth Krauss cover, several small sketches of children playing on an aqua background

Photographic scan of cover of A Hole is to Dig: A First Book of Definitions, Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1952. Scan of finished cover. Title and creator information printed in black serif type on gray-green background, with the title and subtitle in all capitals. Black ink illustrations of children playing is backgrounded by swaths of very pale green. Cover is outlined in decorative border.

Ruth Krauss

Hamish Hamilton

1963

Maurice Sendak

Krauss, Ruth. A Hole is to Dig. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak, Hamish Hamilton, 1963.