The Street Kids

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Octavo in black boards; dust jacket; 160 pp: illustrations; 24 cm Very Good in Good jacket; pages crisp and clean; tight binding; now in archival mylar. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780394904955

"Mr. Serendipity and an eighty-six-year-old friend find a way to bridge the generation gap after children taunt them at a strike-bound construction site" --Publisher | Herbert Danska was an American illustrator and occasional author active chiefly in the late 1960s and early 1970s, best known for his expressive, socially attuned artwork for children’s and young-adult books. His principal authorial work, The Street Kids (Knopf, 1970), depicts the tensions and solidarity within an ethnically mixed urban neighborhood, while his illustrative contributions—ranging from retellings of Oscar Wilde to other contemporary juvenile titles—show a distinctive, vigorous line that complements narratives grounded in emotion and community.