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The black snowman / by Phil Mendez ; illustrated by Carole Byard.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ7.M52535 Bl 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mendez, Phil, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
- African Americans.
- Snowmen--Juvenile fiction.
- Snowmen.
- Self-acceptance--Juvenile fiction.
- Self-acceptance.
- African Americans--Fiction.
- Snowmen--Fiction.
- Self-acceptance--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Scholastic Inc., [1989]
- Summary:
- Through the powers of a magical kente, a black snowman comes to life and helps young Jacob discover the beauty of his black heritage as well as his own self-worth.
- Notes:
- "Scholastic Hardcover".
- "First Scholastic printing, October 1989"--Verso of title leaf.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0590405527
- 9780590405522
- 0590448730
- 9780590448734
- 0590405535
- 9780590405539
- 0756982677
- 9780756982676
- 0833550373
- 9780833550378
- OCLC:
- 15316803
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