Jenny Reen and the Jack Muh Lantern / written by Irene Smalls ; illustrated by Keinyo White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smalls, Irene.

Contributor:

Lockard, Jon, illustrator.

Bobco, Ann, designer.

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

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Juvenile fiction.

Slavery.

African Americans--Juvenile fiction.

African Americans.

Halloween--Juvenile fiction.

Halloween.

Slavery--Fiction.

African Americans--Fiction.

Halloween--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[32] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Place of Publication:

New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers [an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 1996].

Summary:

Sister Louisa, who cares for Jenny Reen while her parents work in the field, warns the young slave girl about a monster, known from long-told tales, who comes out on Halloween.

Notes:

"Book design by Ann Bobco."

"The text of this book is set in Journal Bold."

"The illustrations are rendered in oil."

"First Edition"

"This story is based on African-American folktales and oral histories."

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

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

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0689318758 :

9780689318757

OCLC:

30400029