Animals who have won our hearts / Jean Craighead George ; illustrated by Christine Herman Merrill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012.

Contributor:

Merrill, Christine Herman, illustrator.

Hoffman, Christine.

Tehon, Atha.

Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Famous animals--Juvenile literature.

Famous animals.

Animals.

Genre:

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)

Tehon, Susan (donor)

Physical Description:

vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 56 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

[New York] : HarperCollinsPublishers, [©1994]

Summary:

A collection of stories about animals who became beloved and famous, including Balto the sled dog, who found his way through a blinding snowstorm, and Koko the gorilla, who learned sign language.

Contents:

Balto: indomitable sled dog

Punxsutawney Phil: the king of Groundhog Day

The pacing white mustang: fastest horse in the West

Smokey Bear: a national symbol

Scannon: Lewis and Clark's resourceful mascot

The three gray whales: persevering captives of the ice

Sugar: cross-country traveler

Blind Tom: working hero of the railroad

Koko: smart signing gorilla

The hemlock pair: a living national emblem.

Notes:

"Typography by Christine Hoffman"--t.p. verso.

"First Edition."

"The full-color illustrations in this book were painted with oil on canvas. The black-and-white illustrations were drawn with charcoal pencil on Canson drawing paper."

Designed by Atha Tehon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-56).

Local Notes:

Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0060215437

9780060215439

0060215445

9780060215446

OCLC:

26310203