Irene Jennie and the Christmas masquerade : the Johnkankus / by Irene Smalls ; illustrated by Melodye Rosales.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smalls, Irene.

Contributor:

Rosales, Melodye, illustrator.

Little, Brown and Company, publisher.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Juvenile fiction.

Slavery.

African Americans--Juvenile fiction.

African Americans.

Christmas stories.

Parades--Juvenile fiction.

Parades.

Families--Juvenile fiction.

Families.

Plantations--Juvenile fiction.

Plantations.

Enslaved persons--Juvenile fiction.

Enslaved persons.

Slavery--Fiction.

African Americans--Fiction.

Christmas--Fiction.

Genre:

Christmas stories.

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 1996.

Authors' presentation inscription (Provenance) -- Smalls -- 1996.

Easy books.

Christmas fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[32] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Place of Publication:

Boston ; New York ; Toronto ; London : Little, Brown and Company, [©1996]. (Printed in Italy)

Summary:

On a North Carolina plantation, a young slave girl's Christmas is brightened by the Johnkankus parade she witnesses as she waits for her parents to come home. In the times of slavery, young Irene Jennie hopes her parents, on loan to another plantation, will return for Christmas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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 is "Little Brown Reinforced Binding".

ISBN:

0316798789 :

9780316798785

OCLC:

28254686