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The sweet and sour animal book / Langston Hughes ; illustrations by students from the Harlem School of the Arts ; introduction by Ben Vereen ; afterword by George P. Cunningham.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PS3515.U274 S94 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
- Series:
- Iona and Peter Opie library of children's literature
- The Iona and Peter Opie library of children's literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animals--Juvenile poetry.
- Animals.
- Children's poetry, American.
- Children's art.
- Animals--Poetry.
- American poetry.
- Genre:
- Nature poetry.
- Juvenile works.
- Poetry.
- Easy books.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [48] unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 21 x 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [1994].
- Summary:
- Twenty-six short poems introduce animals for each letter of the alphabet, from Ape to Zebra.
- Notes:
- "Color photography: Henry Groskinsky. Black-and-white photography: Ira N Toff."
- American Library Association Notable Children's Book 1995
- 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: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Sweet and sour animal book.
- ISBN:
- 019509185X
- 9780195091854
- 0195120302
- 9780195120301
- OCLC:
- 30036439
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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