New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1975.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American singer, actress and entertainer's first children's book, a charming allegory of a maple seedling that falls from his mother tree, befriends a discarded bottle and a log while searching for his own place in life. Boldly INSCRIBED but NOT signed by Bailey on the title page with the notation "To C-- A real Duey. " and dated in Oct 1976. Laid in is a small SIGNED photograph. Illustrated with photographs by Arnold Skolnick & Gary Azon. Winner of the Coretta Scott King award with gold award sticker on front cover of dj. Square format. 59 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1265763.