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A world of wonders : geographic travels in verse and rhyme / by J. Patrick Lewis ; pictures by Alison Jay.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PS3562.E9465 G4 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, J. Patrick.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geography--Juvenile poetry.
- Geography.
- Voyages and travels--Juvenile poetry.
- Voyages and travels.
- Discoveries in geography--Juvenile poetry.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Children's poetry, American.
- Geography--Poetry.
- Voyages and travels--Poetry.
- Discoveries in geography--Poetry.
- American poetry.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2002]
- Summary:
- Explores the world through unconventional poems and riddles, accompanied by illustrator Alison Jay's oil paintings. Young readers who wonder why the Red Sea is red, where they can ride a bullet train, or what the difference is between latitude and longitude will get a mini education in this witty picture book.
- Notes:
- "Designed by Lily Malcom"--t.p. verso.
- "Text set in Mrs. Eaves Roman."
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- "The art was created using Alkyd oil paint on paper with crackling varnish."
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0803725795
- 9780803725799
- OCLC:
- 45195897
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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