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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.
- 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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