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My man Blue : poems / by Nikki Grimes ; pictures by Jerome Lagarrigue.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PS3557.R489982 M96 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grimes, Nikki.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Friendship--Juvenile poetry.
- Friendship.
- Children's poetry, American.
- African Americans--Poetry.
- American poetry.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [1999]
- Summary:
- A collection of poems describes a young boy's life with his working mother as he establishes his own identity and develops a close relationship with his mother's friend, Blue.
- Notes:
- "Designed by Pamela Darcy"--t.p. verso.
- "First Edition."
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- The full-color artwork was prepared using acrylic paint on Canson paper."
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Grimes, Nikki. My man Blue.
- ISBN:
- 0803723261
- 9780803723269
- 0803723288
- 9780803723283
- OCLC:
- 39380292
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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