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Bronzeville boys and girls / by Gwendolyn Brooks ; illustrated by Faith Ringgold.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PS3503.R7244 B73 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American children--Juvenile poetry.
- African American children.
- Children's poetry, American.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Echo verse.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 41 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Newly illustrated edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Amistad : HarperCollins Publishers, [2007]
- Summary:
- A collection of poems that celebrate the joy, beauty, imagination, and freedom of childhood.
- Contents:
- Mexie and Bridie
- Val
- Timmy and Tawanda
- Narcissa
- Andre
- Keziah
- Charles
- Cynthia in the snow
- John, who is poor
- Paulette
- Rudolph is tired of the city
- Eppie
- Ella
- Dave
- Luther and Breck
- Michael is afraid of the storm
- Eldora, who is rich
- Beulah at church
- Skipper
- Robert, who is often a stranger to himself
- Lyle
- Nora
- Mirthine at the party
- Maurice
- De Koven
- Gertrude
- Marie Lucille
- Cheryl's mootsie
- Jim
- Eunice in the evening
- Vern
- Otto
- Tommy
- Admiration of Willie
- About Bronzeville boys and girls.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0060295058
- 9780060295059
- 0060295066
- 9780060295066
- 9780064437721
- 0064437728
- OCLC:
- 63125938
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