Destiny's gift / by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley ; illustrated by Adjoa J. Burrowes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tarpley, Natasha Anastasia, 1971- author.

Contributor:

Burrowes, Adjoa J., 1957- illustrator.

Neuhaus, David, book designer.

Lee & Low Books, 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):

Bookstores--Juvenile fiction.

Bookstores.

Community life--Juvenile fiction.

Community life.

African Americans--Juvenile fiction.

African Americans.

Bookstores--Fiction.

Community life--Fiction.

African Americans--Fiction.

Genre:

Picture books.

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copies)

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2004]

Summary:

Destiny's favorite place in the world is Mrs. Wade's bookstore, so when she finds out it may close she stirs the community to help out, then works on a special gift of her own to encourage Mrs. Wade.

Notes:

"Text copyright ©2004 by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley"--verso of title page.

"Illustrations copyright ©2004 by Adoja J. Burrowes"--verso of title page.

"Book design by David Neuhaus/NeuStudio. Book production by The Kids at Our House"--verso of title page.

"The text is set in Prosperall. The illustrations are rendered in cut paper collage, watercolor, and acrylic. Manufactured in China"--verso of title page.

Local Notes:

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

Banks Collection copies: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

1584301562

9781584301561

160060644X

9781600606441

9780329785956

0329785958

OCLC:

52302020

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