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The Miami giant / by Arthur Yorinks ; pictures by Maurice Sendak.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ7.Y819 Mi 1995
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Yorinks, Arthur.
Contributor:
Sendak, Maurice, illustrator.
Wong, Jeanyee, 1920-2017.
Tehon, Atha.
Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Picture books for children.
Giants (Folklore)--Juvenile fiction.
Giants (Folklore).
Giants.
Humorous stories.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Giants--Fiction.
Genre:
Picture books.
Humorous stories -- Juvenile.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Humorous fiction.
Penn Provenance:
Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
Tehon, Susan (donor)
Physical Description:
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 26 cm
Edition:
[First edition].
Place of Publication:
[New York] : HarperCollins Publishers, [1995]
Summary:
When Giuseppe Giaweeni sails from Italy to look for China, he lands in Miami instead, where he discovers a lost tribe of dancing giants, one of whom he brings back to Europe.
Notes:
"Michael di Capua books."
"First Edition, 1995."
"Hand lettering by Jeanyee Wong"--t.p. 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.
ISBN:
0062050699
9780062050694
0062050680
9780062050687
OCLC:
33159826

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