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Jump at the sun treasury : an African American picture book collection.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ5 .J8895 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Literary collections.
- African Americans.
- American literature--African American authors.
- American literature.
- Children's literature, American.
- Genre:
- Stories in rhyme.
- Literary collections.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 205 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, ©2001.
- Summary:
- A collection of picture books about the African American experience offers verses on hands, an introduction to prayer, a horror tale, stories about a Baltimore peddler and a family Fourth of July, and biographies of Willie Mays and Alvin Ailey.
- Contents:
- These hands / by Hope Lynne Price; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- Can I pray with my eyes open? / by Susan Taylor Brown; illustrated by Garin Baker
- Say hey! A song of Willie Mays / by Peter Mandel; illustrated by Don Tate
- A big, spooky house / by Donna Washington; illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers
- Granddaddy's street songs / by Monalisa DeGross; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
- Alvin Ailey / by Andrea Davis Pinkney; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
- Celebration! / by Jane Resh Thomas; illustrated by Raul Colón.
- Notes:
- Seven picture books previously published 1993-2000.
- "First Edition."
- 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 has embossed stamp "JB Library of Joanna Banks" on title page.
- Contains:
- Price, Hope Lynne. These hands.
- Taylor-Brown, Susan. Can I pray with my eyes open?
- Mandel, Peter, 1957- Say hey! A song of Willie Mays.
- Washington, Donna L., 1967- Big, spooky house.
- Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Alvin Ailey.
- Thomas, Jane Resh. Celebration!
- ISBN:
- 0786807547
- 9780786807543
- OCLC:
- 50041784
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