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No mirrors in my Nana's house / Ysaye M. Barnwell ; paintings by Synthia Saint James.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ7.B26885 No 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnwell, Ysaye M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Self-perception--Juvenile fiction.
- Self-perception.
- Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
- Grandmothers.
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
- African Americans.
- Self-perception--Fiction.
- Grandmothers--Fiction.
- African Americans--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Barnwell, Ysaye M. (autograph) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Manufacture:
- Singapore Tien Wah Press
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego : Harcourt Brace & Company, ©1998.
- Summary:
- A girl discovers the beauty in herself by looking into her Nana's eyes.
- Participant:
- Performed by Sweet Honey in the Rock.
- Credits:
- Words and music by Ysaye M. Barnwell.
- Notes:
- "Text copyright ©1998 by Ysaye M. Barnwell"--verso of title page.
- "Illustrations copyright ©1998 by Synthia Saint-James"--verso of title page.
- "Printed and bound by Tien Wah Press, Singapore"--verso of title page.
- "The illustrations in this book were done in acrylic paint on canvas"--verso of title page.
- "The display type was set in Xavier Sans. The text type was set in Neue Neuland"--verso of title page.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy retains dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 0152018255
- 9780152018252
- 0152052437
- 9780152052430
- OCLC:
- 37426356
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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