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New York.: The Viking Press., 1964. 13th printing since 1934.. Hard cover. Good in very good dust jacket. Book covers have white spotting. Binding tight.. Katchamakoff, Atanas (Illustrated by).. 1 Light blue cloth over boards. Colorful jacket art. 6 p. l., 5-176 p., [8] leaves of plates. 24 cm. B&W Illustrations. Map. Audience: Children/juvenile. Youth fiction about a Bulgarian peasant boy growing up in a house filled with plenty: food, work, play, seasonal festivals. It's a farming family, and Dobry was expected to grow into managing the farm; but he dreams of becoming a sculptor. His artist-philosopher-farmer-storyteller grandfather supports his dream. "Breadmaking" in courtyard wood-fired oven excerpt, back jacket. Extraordinary artwork in grayscale. John Newbery Medal winner, 1935. Jacket: "Ages 10 to 15".