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The knee-high man and other tales / Julius Lester ; pictures by Ralph Pinto.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ8.1.L434 Kn 1985
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lester, Julius, 1939-2018, author.
- Series:
- Puffin pied piper.
- Puffin Pied Piper
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Folklore.
- African Americans.
- Folklore--United States.
- Folklore.
- Tales--United States.
- Tales.
- Folk literature, American.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 28, [4] pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1985.
- Summary:
- Retells six tales from African American folk literature.
- Contents:
- What is the trouble?
- Why dogs hate cats
- Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Bear
- Why the waves have whitecaps
- Farmer and the snake
- Knee-high man
- Note about the stories.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 0140548106
- 9780140548105
- OCLC:
- 41001221
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