The boa suitor / Cyprian Ekwensi ; illustrated by John Cottrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ekwensi, Cyprian

Contributor:

Cottrell, John (Comic book artist)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Rapid reading series ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Readers.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

viii, 56 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

[London : Thomas] Nelson [and Sons Ltd., 1966]. (London and Edinburgh : Printed by Thomas Nelson (Printers) Ltd.)

Contents:

The boa suitor.

Oliaku.

Broken pot of the wilderness.-Why the tortoise carries a mortar.

The dumb princess.-The tortoise cooks a feast.

The tortoise and the old woman.

The hungry tortoise.

Tortoise is ill.

The medicine-man.

The fish called Ukawu.

Roast ear.

The seventh wife.

Fresh palm oil.

The tortoise and the princess.

About envy.

Notes:

"First published 1966."

Local Notes:

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

Banks Collection copy has stamp of "Anacostia Neighborhood Museum ... Washington, D.C. "

OCLC:

3024649