New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A retelling of this tale collected by the WPA's Federal Writers' Project - "You'd better believe Slappy Hooper was the world's biggest, fastest, bestest sign painter. He was bestest because no one else ever made pictures so true to life. But some folks said they were too good when the pictures started coming alive!" Illustrated in full color by Toni Goffe. INSCRIBED by Aaron Shepard on the half title page with the words "Slip! Slop! Slap!" Large format, unpaginated.. ISBN: 0-684195356.