Dance of the rain gods / written and illustrated by Julee Dickerson Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Julee Dickerson.

Contributor:

Africa World Press, Inc., 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):

Folk literature.

Thunderstorms--Juvenile literature.

Thunderstorms.

Genre:

Picture books.

Folk literature.

Juvenile works.

Folklore.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy 1-4)

Banks, Joanna (inscription) (Banks Collection copy 2)

Thompson, Julee Dickerson (autograph) (Banks Collection copy 2 and 4)

Physical Description:

[32] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton, New Jersey : Africa World Press, Inc., [1994]

Summary:

This is an African American folktale bringing us the magic behind a rainstorm. The names of the gods are derived by merely spelling the elements of a thunderstorm backwards."

Notes:

"The illustrations in this book are a combination of airbrush, laser prints, and watercolors in mixed-media collage."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1-4 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copies 1-3 are "First Printing, 1994".

Banks Collection copy 2 has dated 21st-century manuscript gift inscription ("For Joanna Thanks for beig [sic] a Rainbow! Julee 2003") on half-title leaf.

Banks Collection copy 2 has large advertising postcard for appearances by Francine Haskins to publicize her book I remember 121 in Washington, D.C., and Oakland, Calif., addressed to Joanna Banks laid in.

Banks Collection copy 4 signed "Best Wishes Julee."

ISBN:

0865432589 (cloth)

9780865432581

9780865432598

0865432597 :

OCLC:

32444524