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Angels / drawings by Jan Spivey Gilchrist ; poems by Eloise Greenfield.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PS3557.R39416 A84 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenfield, Eloise
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American children--Juvenile poetry.
- African American children.
- Children's poetry, American.
- Angels--Juvenile poetry.
- Angels.
- African Americans--Poetry.
- Angels--Poetry.
- American poetry.
- Donna Harsh Collection.
- Afro-American author.
- Afro- American illustrator.
- Afro-American setting.
- Local Subjects:
- Donna Harsh Collection.
- Afro-American author.
- Afro- American illustrator.
- Afro-American setting.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [32] unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Jump at the Sun Hyperion books for Children, [©1998].
- Summary:
- A collection of poems which show angels guiding, comforting, and protecting Afro-American children during milestones in their lives as well as in the course of everyday activities.
- Contents:
- Angels
- Daniel in snow
- Soft
- Song for two
- Angel for Donna
- I bring laughter
- Flowers
- For babies
- An angel for my friend
- Big sister
- Witness
- My angel
- Soon
- Kamali's angel
- Angel in the free house
- Angel of knowledge
- Aangels (Reprise)
- Notes:
- "First Edition."
- "The drawings for this book were prepared in pencil."
- "This book is set in 14-point Bembo."
- National Council of Teachers of English Award for Poetry for Children.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Greenfield, Eloise. Angels.
- ISBN:
- 0786823909
- 9780786823901
- 0786804424
- 9780786804429
- OCLC:
- 38976240
- Online:
- Additional Information at Google Books
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