New York is Book Country was a Manhattan street fair and literary celebration begun in 1979 and abruptly cancelled in 2003. Each year, a prominent artist or book illustrator created a poster to mark the event. Oftentimes, the artist was on hand to autograph the poster for attendees. The very first NY is BC featured two posters, one created by Edward Gorey and a second by Maurice Sendak. In subsequent years, only one was issued.

This original 21-1/4 x 17” color poster by popular children’s illustrator Lane Smith (The Stinky Cheese Man, Grandpa Green, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs) features the Statue of Liberty taking a break, soaking her feet in the river and reading a copy of The Carrot Seed. The official poster of New York is Book Country, 1994.