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Abiyoyo : based on a South African lullaby and folk story / text by Pete Seeger ; illustrations by Michael Hays.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ8.1.S453 Ac 1986 copy 2
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ8.1.S453 Ac 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014.
- Series:
- Reading rainbow book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--South Africa--Juvenile fiction.
- Folklore.
- Magicians--Folklore--Juvenile fiction.
- Magicians.
- Giants--Folklore--Juvenile fiction.
- Giants.
- Practical jokes--Juvenile fiction.
- Practical jokes.
- Lullabies--Folklore--Juvenile fiction.
- Lullabies.
- Musicians--Folklore--Juvenile fiction.
- Musicians.
- Music--Folklore--Juvenile fiction.
- Music.
- Ukulele--Folklore--Juvenile fiction.
- Ukulele.
- Magic wands--Folklore--Juvenile fiction.
- Magic wands.
- Magic--Folklore--Juvenile fiction.
- Magic.
- Fathers and sons--Folklore--Juvenile fiction.
- Fathers and sons.
- Exile (Punishment)--Folklore--Juvenile fiction.
- Exile (Punishment).
- Folklore--South Africa.
- Magicians--Folklore.
- Giants--Folklore.
- South Africa.
- Genre:
- Family stories -- 1986.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Folk tales -- 1986.
- Folklore.
- Lullabies (Songs)
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [48] unnumbered pages : color illustrations, music ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Macmillan Publishing Company ; London : Collier Macmillan Publishers, [©1986].
- Summary:
- Banished from the town for making mischief, a little boy and his father are welcomed back when they find a way to make the dreaded giant Abiyoyo disappear.
- Notes:
- "The text of this book is set in 14 pt. Plantin."
- "The illustrations are set in oil on linen."
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copies 1 & 2: dustjackets retained.
- Banks Collection copy 2 dustjacket has "Reading Rainbow Book" sticker on front.
- Banks Collection copy 2 has pocket of Prince George's County Memorial Library and "Withdrawn" stamped on front free end paper.
- ISBN:
- 0027814904 :
- 9780027814903
- 9781442003590
- 1442003596
- 0689718101
- 9780689718106
- 032903586X
- 9780329035860
- OCLC:
- 12344963
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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