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Sacred animals / by Kris Waldherr.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection BL439 .W35 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waldherr, Kris.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animals--Religious aspects--Juvenile literature.
- Animals.
- Animals--Mythology--Juvenile literature.
- Animals--Religious aspects.
- Animals--Mythology.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (inscription) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Waldherr, Kris (autograph) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : HarperCollinsPublishers, [©2001]
- Summary:
- Examines sixteen magical animals associated with the traditional elements of earth, air, water, and fire, and how they are portrayed in different cultures and religions, from the cunning fox to the raven who stole the sun.
- Contents:
- Earth: Cat; Fox; Snake; Bear
- Air: Raven; Dove; Butterfly; Bat
- Water: Dolphin; Carp; Seal; Frog
- Fire: Falcon; Dragon; Chimera; Phoenix.
- Notes:
- "Typography by Carla Weise"--t.p. verso.
- "First Edition."
- Includes "Selected Sources".
- 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.
- Tehon Collection copy inscribed "For Atha the Great" and signed by Kris Waldherr.
- Tehon Collection copy has card in envelope addressed to Atha Tehon laid in.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Waldherr, Kris. Sacred animals.
- ISBN:
- 0688163793
- 9780688163792
- 0688163807
- 9780688163808
- OCLC:
- 45320723
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