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The king and the tortoise / by Tololwa M. Mollel ; illustrations by Kathy Blankley.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ8.1.M73 Ki 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mollel, Tololwa M. (Tololwa Marti)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Turtles--Folklore.
- Turtles.
- Tales--Cameroon.
- Tales.
- Folklore--Cameroon.
- Cameroon.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [32] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Clarion Books [a Houghton Mifflin Company imprint, ©1993].
- Summary:
- The king challenges the animals in his kingdom to prove their wisdom by making him a robe of smoke, but only the tortoise is able to satisfy him.
- Notes:
- Folktale from Cameroon.
- Illustrations have borders in traditional Cameroon designs.
- 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 "1" printing.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Mollel, Tololwa M. (Tololwa Marti). King and the tortoise.
- ISBN:
- 0395644801 :
- 9780395644805
- OCLC:
- 25675275
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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