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Day of delight : a Jewish Sabbath in Ethiopia / Maxine Rose Schur ; pictures by Brian Pinkney.
LIBRA - Tehon Collection PZ7.S3964 Day 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schur, Maxine.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Ethiopia--Juvenile literature.
- Jews.
- Sabbath--Juvenile literature.
- Sabbath.
- Ethnic relations.
- Ethiopia--Ethnic relations--Juvenile literature.
- Ethiopia.
- Jews--Ethiopia--Fiction.
- Sabbath--Fiction.
- Ethiopia--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [©1994]
- Summary:
- Depicts a young Ethiopian Jewish boy and his family, including their typical daily routine followed by preparation for and celebration of the Sabbath.
- Notes:
- "Designed by Nancy R. Leo"--p. [2].
- "First Edition."
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- "The full-color artwork was prepared using scratchboard, a technique that requires a white board covered with black ink. The ink is then scraped off with a sharp tool to reveal the white, which is painted over with oil pastels, oil paints, and gouache."
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Tehon Collection copy "1" printing.
- ISBN:
- 0803714130
- 9780803714137
- 0803714149
- 9780803714144
- OCLC:
- 28926778
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