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The Dial book of animal tales from around the world / retold by Naomi Adler ; illustrated by Amanda Hall.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ8.1.A24 Di 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adler, Naomi.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animals--Folklore.
- Animals.
- Tales.
- Folklore.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 80 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Other Title:
- Animal tales from around the world
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [1996]
- Summary:
- Presents nine animal folktales from around the world.
- Contents:
- Grandmother spider (Native American)
- The rabbit in the moon (Indian)
- The dragon and the cockerel (Chinese)
- The greedy frog (Australian)
- The musicians of Bremen (German)
- Never trust a pelican (Thai)
- The monkey's heart (African)
- Sedna and King Gull (Canadian)
- Magic in the rain forest (Brazilian).
- Notes:
- "First Edition."
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- "The art for this book was rendered in watercolor and crayon."
- "The text for 'Grandmother Spider' has been adapted from Alida Gersie and Nancy King's 'Storymaking in Education and Therapy,' published by Jessica Kingskley Publishers, London."
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0803720637
- 9780803720633
- OCLC:
- 33817784
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