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Birthday / John Steptoe.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ7.S8367 Bi 1991
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ7.S8367 Bi 1991
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Steptoe, John, 1950-1989, author, illustrator.
Contributor:
Tehon, Atha.
Henry Holt and Company, publisher.
Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Birthdays--Juvenile fiction.
Birthdays.
Black people--Juvenile fiction.
Black people.
Africa--Juvenile fiction.
Africa.
Birthdays--Fiction.
Blacks--Fiction.
Africa--Fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Penn Provenance:
Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
Tehon, Susan (donor) (Tehon Collection copy)
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1991, 1972.
Summary:
A child celebrates his eighth birthday with all the people of a fantasied African community.
Notes:
"First published in 1972 by Holt Rinehart and Winston. Reissued in 1991 by Henry Holt and Company."--first leaf recto.
Designed by Atha Tehon.
"Copyright ©1972 by John Steptoe"--first leaf recto.
Local Notes:
Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
ISBN:
0805018492
9780805018493
OCLC:
23768986

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