What a truly cool world / by Julius Lester ; illustrated by Joe Cepeda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lester, Julius, 1939-2018.

Contributor:

Cepeda, Joe, illustrator.

Kostiw, Marijka, designer.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creation--Juvenile fiction.

Creation.

God--Juvenile fiction.

God.

Angels--Juvenile fiction.

Angels.

Creation--Fiction.

God--Fiction.

Angels--Fiction.

African Americans--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Scholastic Press, [1999].

Summary:

Discovering that making a world takes a lot of work, God calls on his secretary Bruce and the angel Shaniqua to help him create bushes, grass, flowers, and butterflies.

Notes:

"First edition, February 1999."

"The display type was hand lettered by Jon Cepeda."

"The text type was set in Smile and Party."

"The illustrations in this book were painted in oil."

"Book design by Marijka Kostiw."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy has "Reinforced binding".

ISBN:

0590864688

OCLC:

35068232