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Seven spools of thread : a Kwanzaa story / by Angela Shelf Medearis ; illustrated by Daniel Minter.
LIBRA PZ7.M51274 Sev 2000
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ7.M51274 Sev 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Medearis, Angela Shelf, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Conduct of life.
- Kwanzaa--Juvenile fiction.
- Kwanzaa.
- Ashanti (African people)--Juvenile fiction.
- Ashanti (African people).
- Ghana--Juvenile fiction.
- Ghana.
- Brothers--Juvenile fiction.
- Blacks--Juvenile fiction.
- Genre:
- Picture books.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- 7 spools of thread
- Place of Publication:
- Morton Grove, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, [2000].
- Summary:
- When they are given the seemingly impossible task of turning thread into gold, the seven Ashanti brothers put aside their differences, learn to get along, and embody the principles of Kwanzaa. Includes information on Kwanzaa, West African cloth weaving, and instructions for making a belt.
- Notes:
- "The illustrations are linoleum block prints."
- "The text face is Woodland ITC Medium."
- "The design is by Scott Piehl."
- 2001 ALA Notable Book for Children
- Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2001
- Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People for 2001, ALA Notable Children's Book, 2001.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- Banks Collection copy has "Reinforced binding".
- ISBN:
- 0807573159
- 9780807573150
- 9781415557082
- 141555708X
- 9781439511145
- 1439511144
- 9780807573167
- 0807573167
- OCLC:
- 43365775
- Online:
- Book review (H-Net)
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