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Brothers of the knight / Debbie Allen ; pictures by Kadir Nelson.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ8.A4167 Br 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Debbie, 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fairy tales--Parodies, imitations, etc--Juvenile literature.
- Fairy tales.
- Folklore--Parodies, imitations, etc--Juvenile literature.
- Folklore.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Juvenile literature.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.).
- Folklore--Germany.
- New York (State)--New York--Harlem.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Parodies, imitations, etc.
- Fiction.
- Parodies (Literature)
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Tehon, Susan (donor) (Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [1999]
- Summary:
- In this contemporary retelling of the fairy tale "Twelve Dancing Princesses," an African-American reverend in Harlem endeavors to discover why the shoes of his twelve sons are worn to pieces every morning.
- Notes:
- "Designed by Pamela Darcy"--Colophon.
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- "The each full-color painting, a pencil drawing was created, which was photocopies. Oil paints were then applied to the photocopy."--Colophon.
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2: dust jackets retained.
- Banks Collection copy has illegible autograph dated 5 June 2004 on title leaf.
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0803724888
- 9780803724884
- OCLC:
- 40510486
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