Ashanti to Zulu : African traditions / Margaret Musgrove ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Musgrove, Margaret, author.

Contributor:

Dillon, Leo, illustrator.

Dillon, Diane, illustrator.

Tehon, Atha, designer.

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

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

Series:

Pied Piper book.

A Pied Piper book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Africa--Juvenile literature.

Ethnology.

Rules and ceremonies--Juvenile literature.

Rules and ceremonies.

Ethnology--Africa.

Africa--Social life and customs.

Alphabet.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[32] unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm

Edition:

[1st Pied Piper print.]

Place of Publication:

New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [1980, c1976]. (Hong Kong : Printed by Wing King Tong Company Ltd.)

Summary:

Explains some traditions and customs of 26 African tribes beginning with letters from A to Z.

Notes:

"First Pied Piper Printing 1980."

Originally published in hardcover 1976.

"Designed by Atha Tehon."

"This book has been prepared with great concern for accuracy and detail."

"The art for this book was prepared in pastels, watercolors, and acrylics. The frames that surround each picture were done in watercolor and black ink. The interwoven design at the corners of each frame is based on the Kano Knot, which symbolizes endless searching- a design originally used in the then-flourishing city of Kano in northern Nigeria during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries."

Caldecott Medal. 1977

ALA Notable, 1976.

ALA Children's Books of International Interest, 1976.

New York Times Best Illustrated Books of 1976.

New York Times Outstanding Books of 1976.

Kirkus Choice, 1976.

The Boston Globe/Horn Book Award Runner-Up, 1977.

Horn Book Fanfare Honor List, 1977.

AIGA Book Show, 1976.

Society of Illustrators Hamilton King Award, 1977.

Local Notes:

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

Banks Collection cover has reproduction of "The Caldecott Medal" on front and back.

ISBN:

0803703082 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

1147368372