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Turtle in July / by Marilyn Singer ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PS3569.I546 T87 1989
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Singer, Marilyn.
Contributor:
Pinkney, Jerry, illustrator.
Preiss, Leah Palmer, calligrapher.
Tehon, Atha.
Macmillan Publishing Company, publisher.
Collier-Macmillan Ltd., publisher.
Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Animals--Juvenile poetry.
Animals.
Months--Juvenile poetry.
Months.
Seasons--Juvenile poetry.
Seasons.
Nature--Juvenile poetry.
Nature.
Children's poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
Animals--Poetry.
Months--Poetry.
Seasons--Poetry.
American poetry.
Local Subjects:
Animals--Juvenile poetry.
Months--Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
Animals--Poetry.
Months--Poetry.
Seasons--Poetry.
American poetry.
Genre:
Children's poetry.
Dust jackets (Binding) -- 1989.
Juvenile works.
Poetry.
Penn Provenance:
Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
Tehon, Susan (donor)
Physical Description:
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Edition:
[First American edition].
Place of Publication:
New York : Macmillan Publishing Company ; London : Collier Macmillan Publishers, [©1989]
Summary:
An illustrated collection about the activities of particular animals in each month of the year.
Contents:
Bullhead in winter
January deer
Barn owl
Deer mouse
Bullhead in spring
March bear
April is a dog's dream
Myrtle warblers
Bullhead in summer
Cow
Turtle in July
Dragonfly
Bullhead in autumn
Timber rattlesnake
Canada goose
Beavers in November
Cat.
Notes:
"First American Edition."
"The text of this book is sent in 13 point meridien. The illustrations are rendered in pen and pencil with watercolor on paper ... Title calligraphy by Leah Palmer Preiss."--Title page verso.
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.
Other Format:
Online version: Singer, Marilyn. Turtle in July.
ISBN:
0027828816 :
9780027828818
OCLC:
19123010

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