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Bear Circus / William Pène du Bois.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ10.3.D854 Bc
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pène du Bois, William, 1916-1993.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Koala--Juvenile fiction.
- Koala.
- Circus--Juvenile fiction.
- Circus.
- Work--Juvenile fiction.
- Work.
- Grasshoppers--Juvenile fiction.
- Grasshoppers.
- Kangaroos--Juvenile fiction.
- Kangaroos.
- Koalas--Fiction.
- Circus--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Dust jackets (Binding) -- 1971.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 48 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Other Title:
- Bears of Koala Park and William Pène du Bois present Bear Circus for our friends the Kangaroos
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking Press, 1971.
- Summary:
- The kangaroo and the real teddy bear are two animals who live side by side. The kangaroo is good at hopping across the land. The real teddy bear climbs well, straight up and down. The kangaroo is special, and the real teddy bear is special. This is a story about true friendship. It takes the koala bears seven years to learn to use the circus equipment they find and to put together an act.
- Notes:
- "First published in 1971 by The Viking Press, Inc."
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Tehon Collection copy is "2" printing.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Du Bois, William Pène, 1916-1993. Bear Circus.
- ISBN:
- 0670150738
- 9780670150731
- OCLC:
- 173318
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