A Wrinkle In Time Old Book Cover

I feel a little bad about that because that hardcover design was the supposedly beloved original created by eventually newbery award winning author in her own right ellen raskin.

A wrinkle in time old book cover. It was designed by ellen raskin who became famous as the author of the westing game. Madeleine l engle 1918 2007 was the newbery medal winning author of more than 60 books including the much loved a wrinkle in time born in 1918 l engle grew up in new york city switzerland south carolina and massachusetts. The story follows meg murry a twelve year old girl who spends most of her days questioning the disappearance of her father and protecting her genius brother charles wallace at school. Original cover by raskin 1962 farrar straus giroux.

Published on new year s day 1962 by farrar straus giroux a wrinkle in time s original dust jacket is hard to beat. Raskin was an accomplished artist who worked on hundreds of book covers. Her father was a reporter and her mother had studied to be a pianist and their house was always full of musicians and theater people. In my defense my school library s copy did not look nearly that good.

That s why i still have the copy of a wrinkle in time that was given to me when i was twelve years old. A wrinkle in time book cover amazon. The many covers of a wrinkle in time you may have heard that this year is the 50th anniversary of madeleine l engle s science fiction classic a wrinkle in time. The most memorable books from our childhoods are those that make us feel less alone convince us that our own foibles and quirks are both as individual as a finger print and as universal as an open hand.