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Petrouchka : the story of the ballet / retold by Vivian Werner ; illustrated by John Collier.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ8.1.W487 Pe 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Werner, Vivian L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Petrushka--Juvenile fiction.
- Stravinsky, Igor.
- Ballets--Stories, plots, etc--Juvenile fiction.
- Ballets.
- Folklore.
- Festivals.
- Jealousy.
- Magicians.
- Soul.
- Sensitivity (Personality trait).
- Unrequited love.
- Ballerinas.
- Clowns.
- Puppets.
- Russia.
- Puppets--Juvenile fiction.
- Clowns--Juvenile fiction.
- Ballerinas--Juvenile fiction.
- Unrequited love--Juvenile fiction.
- Sensitivity (Personality trait)--Juvenile fiction.
- Soul--Juvenile fiction.
- Dance--Juvenile fiction.
- Dance.
- Magic--Juvenile fiction.
- Magic.
- Magicians--Juvenile fiction.
- Jealousy--Juvenile fiction.
- Bullying--Juvenile fiction.
- Bullying.
- Festivals--Juvenile fiction.
- Death--Juvenile fiction.
- Death.
- Folklore--Russia.
- Romance fiction.
- Drama.
- Saint Petersburg (Russia).
- Ballets--Stories, plots, etc.
- Petrushka (Stravinsky, Igor).
- Ballet.
- Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg.
- Genre:
- Stories, plots, etc.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Folk tales -- 1992.
- Dust jackets (Binding) -- 1992.
- Plot summaries.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 30 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Viking, [1992]
- Summary:
- Retells the story of the Stravinsky ballet, in which the puppet Petrouchka earns a real human soul.
- Notes:
- "A Byron Preiss book"--Colophon.
- "First published in 1992 by Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc."
- "Book design by Alex Jay/Studio J. Title lettering and initial capitals by Anthony Bloch. Editor: Gillian Bucky. Assistant editor: Kathy Huck."--Colophon.
- "The illustrations for this book were done in pastels and gouache on Arches hot pressed watercolor paper."
- 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:
- 0670836079
- 9780670836079
- OCLC:
- 25163845
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