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The boy who drew cats : a Japanese folktale / retold by Arthur A. Levine ; paintings by Frédéric Clément.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ8.1.L437 Bo 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levine, Arthur A., 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--Japan.
- Folklore.
- Japan.
- Cats--Folklore.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dial Books, [©1994]
- Summary:
- An artistic young boy's love for drawing cats gets him into trouble and leads him to a mysterious experience. Based on a Japanese legend.
- Notes:
- "Typography by Amelia Lau Carling"--Colophon.
- "Calligraphy by Sonoko Hashimoto."
- "First Edition."
- "The art for each painting was done in acrylics, then color-separated and reproduced in blue, red, yellow, and black halftones. The calligraphy for the Japanese characters was done with brush and black ink on rice paper."
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Tehon Collection copy has gold "Dial Library Edition" sticker on dust jacket.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Levine, Arthur A., 1962- Boy who drew cats.
- ISBN:
- 0803711727
- 9780803711723
- 0803711735
- 9780803711730
- OCLC:
- 25163803
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