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The singing fir tree : a Swiss folktale / retold by Marti Stone ; illustrated by Barry Root.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ8.1.S8596 Si 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stone, Marti.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--Switzerland--Juvenile literature.
- Folklore.
- Folklore--Switzerland.
- Switzerland.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Manufacture:
- Hong Kong : Printed by South China Printing Co. (1988) Ltd.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [©1992]
- Summary:
- In his quest to find the perfect wood for his masterpiece, a woodcarver tries to cut down the town's beloved singing fir tree.
- Notes:
- "A Whitebird book."
- "Book design by Gunta Alexander"--t.p. verso.
- "The text is set in Administer."
- "First Impression."
- 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.
- ISBN:
- 0399222073
- 9780399222078
- OCLC:
- 26932348
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