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The talking eggs : a folktale from the American South / retold by Robert D. San Souci ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ8.1.S227 Tal 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- San Souci, Robert D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Children.
- Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Conduct of life.
- Pride and vanity--Juvenile fiction.
- Pride and vanity.
- Avarice--Juvenile fiction.
- Avarice.
- Cruelty--Juvenile fiction.
- Cruelty.
- Poverty--Juvenile fiction.
- Poverty.
- Wealth--Juvenile fiction.
- Wealth.
- Magic--Juvenile fiction.
- Magic.
- Animals--Juvenile fiction.
- Animals.
- Folklore--United States--Juvenile fiction.
- Folklore.
- Eggs--Juvenile fiction.
- Eggs.
- Folklore--United States.
- Children--Conduct of life.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Coretta Scott King Award (Illustrator) Honor book -- 1990.
- Caldecott Medal Honor book -- 1990.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Dust jackets (Binding) -- 1989.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Manufacture:
- Hong Kong : Printed by South China Printing Company (1988) Limited)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [©1989]
- Summary:
- A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.
- Notes:
- "Designed by Jane Byers Bierhorst"--t.p. verso.
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- "First Edition.".
- "The full-color artwork was prepared using pencil, colored pencils, and watercolor. It was then color-separated and reproduced as red, blue, yellow, and black halftones."
- "'The Talking Eggs' is adapted from a Creole folktale originally included in a collection of Louisiana stories by the folklorist Alcee Fortier and published late in the nineteenth century."
- Caldecott Honor Book, 1990.
- ALA Notable Book.
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Illustrator, Honor, 1990
- 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 Caldecott Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award stickers on dust jacket.
- Tehon Collection copy has Dial Library Edition sticker on dust jacket.
- Tehon Collection copy "3" printing.
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: San Souci, Robert D. Talking eggs.
- ISBN:
- 0803706197 :
- 9780803706194
- 0803706200
- 9780803706200
- OCLC:
- 18873666
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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