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The moon of the owls / by Jean Craighead George ; illustrated by Wendell Minor.
LIBRA - Tehon Collection QL795.B57 G38 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012.
- Series:
- George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012. Thirteen moons (HarperCollins)
- The Thirteen moons
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Owls--Juvenile literature.
- Owls.
- Great horned owl--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains--Juvenile literature.
- Great horned owl.
- Great horned owls.
- Owl.
- Animals.
- Night.
- New York (State)--Catskill Mountains.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (inscription) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Minor, Wendell (autograph) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 47 pages, 1 unnumbered page : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- New edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : HarperCollinsPublishers, [©1993]
- Summary:
- A great horned owl's stirrings to mate carry him across a forest in January in the Catskill Mountains, where he observes the nocturnal activities of other animals.
- Notes:
- "Typography by Al Cetta"--t.p. verso.
- "New Edition."
- "The illustrations in this book were painted with gouache and watercolor on number 80, cold-press finish, bainbridge board."
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 45) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Tehon Collection copy inscribed "To Atha!" by Wendell Minor 8.24.93.
- ISBN:
- 0060201924
- 9780060201920
- 0060201932
- 9780060201937
- OCLC:
- 23357459
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