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Tree of hope / Amy Littlesugar ; [illustrated by] Floyd Cooper.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ7.L7362 Tr 1999
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Littlesugar, Amy, author.
Contributor:
Cooper, Floyd, illustrator.
Mark, Donna, book designer.
Philomel Books, publisher.
South China Printing Co., printer.
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.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.).
Depressions--1929--Juvenile fiction.
Depressions.
Actors--Juvenile fiction.
Actors.
African Americans--Fiction.
Actors and actresses--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
New York (State)--New York--Harlem.
Afro-Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Harlem (New York, NY)--Fiction.
Local Subjects:
Afro-Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Actors and actresses--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
Harlem (New York, NY)--Fiction.
Genre:
Picture books.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Manufacture:
Hong Kong : South China Printing Co.
Place of Publication:
New York : Philomel Books, 1999.
Summary:
Florrie's daddy used to be a stage actor in Harlem before the Depression forced the Lafayette Theater to close, but he gets a chance to act again when Orson Welles reopens the theater to stage an all-black version of Macbeth.
Notes:
"Text copyright ©1999 by Amy Liottlesugar"--colophon.
"Illustrations copyright ©1999 by Floyd Cooper"--colophon
"Printed in Hong Kong by South China Printing Co."--colophon
"Book design by Donna Mark. Text set in Bembo Semibold"--colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (page 36).
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.
Other Format:
Online version: Littlesugar, Amy. Tree of hope.
ISBN:
0399233008
9780399233005
OCLC:
38468560

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