The fire children : a West African folk tale / retold by Eric Maddern ; pictures by Frané Lessac.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maddern, Eric, author.

Contributor:

Lessac, Frané, illustrator.

Frances Lincoln Children's Books, publisher.

Publishers Group West, distributor.

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):

Folklore--Africa, West.

Folklore.

Creation--Folklore.

Creation.

Race--Folklore.

Race.

West Africa.

Genre:

Folklore.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Prince George's County Memorial Library (former owner) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[32] pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Distribution:

[Berkeley] : Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West.

Place of Publication:

London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, [2006]

Summary:

A retelling of the West African tale about the creation of the world and all its different peoples.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: 1993. "First published in the USA in paperback in 2006"--Page [2].

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has barcode of Prince George's County Memorial Library System on page [4] of cover.

ISBN:

1845075145 : PAP

9781845075149 : PAP

OCLC:

567092130