Mim's Christmas jam / Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pinkney, Andrea Davis.

Contributor:

D'moch, Lydia, book designer.

Pinkney, J. Brian, illustrator.

Harcourt, Inc., publisher.

South China Printing Co., printer.

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):

African Americans--Juvenile fiction.

African Americans.

Jam--Juvenile fiction.

Jam.

Families--Juvenile fiction.

Families.

Work--Juvenile fiction.

Work.

Subways--Juvenile fiction.

Subways.

Formulas, recipes, etc--Juvenile fiction.

Formulas, recipes, etc.

Christmas.

African Americans--Fiction.

Christmas--Fiction.

Family life--Fiction.

Subways--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.

Genre:

Christmas fiction.

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2001.

Authors' autographs (Provenance) -- Pinkney -- 2001.

Illustrators' autographs (Provenance) -- Pinkney -- 2001.

Christmas stories.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

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

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Place of Publication:

San Diego ; New York ; London : Harcourt, Inc., [©2001] (China : South China Printing Company, Ltd.)

Summary:

When Pap goes away to build the New York City subway in 1915, his family sends him Mother's special jam which works magic in returning him home to celebrate Christmas.

Notes:

"Gulliver books."

"First edition."

"The illustrations in this book were done with luma dyes and acrylic on scratchboard."

"The display type was set in Nutcracker."

"The text type was set in Sabon."

"Designed by Lydia D'moch"--Title page verso.

"Mim's Belly Hum Jam" recipe follows text.

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 "Reinforced trade binding".

ISBN:

0152019189

9780152019181

OCLC:

41184960

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