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Bintou's braids / by Sylviane A. Diouf ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans.

LIBRA - Rare PZ7 .D6218Bi 2000 Banks copy 2
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ7.D6218 Bi 2001
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Diouf, Sylviane A. (Sylviane Anna), 1952- author.
Contributor:
Evans, Shane, illustrator.
Chronicle Books (Firm), publisher.
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):
Children's stories.
Self-acceptance--Pictorial works--Juvenile fiction.
Self-acceptance.
Braids (Hairdressing)--Pictorial works--Juvenile fiction.
Braids (Hairdressing).
Hair--Pictorial works--Juvenile fiction.
Hair.
Manners and customs.
Africa, West--Social life and customs--Pictorial works--Juvenile fiction.
Africa, West.
Braids (Hairdressing)--Fiction.
Hair--Fiction.
Africa, West--Fiction.
West Africa.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Illustrated works.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Place of Publication:
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2001]
Summary:
When Bintou, a little girl living in West Africa, finally gets her wish for braids, she discovers that what she dreamed for has been hers all along.
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Kislak Center copy 2 has handmade doll with a resemblance to Bintou, along with two doves, one in red felt; the other, yellow felt. Volume is also accompanied by a typescript sheet describing the dolls associated with the books of Joanna Banks; and pattern for creating dolls.
Banks Collection copies have original dust jacket retained.
ISBN:
0811825140
9780811825146
0811846296
9780811846295
OCLC:
42961016

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