A visit to the country / by Herschel Johnson ; paintings by Romare Bearden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Herschel.

Contributor:

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988, illustrator.

Rhodes, Andrew J., typographer.

Harper & Row, Publishers, publishers.

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):

African Americans--Juvenile fiction.

African Americans.

Country life--Juvenile fiction.

Country life.

Grandparents--Juvenile fiction.

Grandparents.

Birds--Juvenile fiction.

Birds.

Human-animal relationships--Juvenile literature.

Human-animal relationships.

Friendship--Juvenile literature.

Friendship.

African Americans--Fiction.

Birds--Fiction.

Country life--Fiction.

Grandparents--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Authors' presentation inscription (Provenance) -- Johnson -- 1989.

Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 1989.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[32] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Harper & Row, Publishers, [©1989].

Summary:

While visiting his grandparents in the country, Mike finds an abandoned baby bird, takes care of him until he learns how to fly, and makes an important discovery about when to let go.

Notes:

"Typography by Andrew J. Rhodes"--Title page verso.

"First Edition."

Local Notes:

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

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Johnson, Herschel. Visit to the country.

ISBN:

0060228490

9780060228491

0060228547

9780060228545

OCLC:

16717860