Fables / written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lobel, Arnold, author, illustrator.

Contributor:

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):

Fables, American.

Children's stories, American.

Anmals--Fiction.

Fables.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[6], 40, [2] pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Edition:

[1st HarperTrophy edition]

Place of Publication:

[New York] : HarperTrophy a division of HarperCollins Publishers, [1983, © 1980].

Contents:

The crocodile in the bedroom

The ducks and the fox

King Lion and the beetle

The lobster and the crab

The hen and the apple tree

The baboon's umbrella

The frogs at the rainbow's end

The bear and the crow

The cat and his visions

The ostrich in love

The camel dances

The poor old dog

Madame Rhinoceros and her dress

The bad kangaroo

The pig at the candy store

The elephant and his son

The pelican and the crane

The young rooster

The hippopotamus at dinner

The mouse at the seashore.

Notes:

"First Harper Trophy edition, 1983."

"Typography design by Kohar Alexanian."

"Set in 12/16 Linoetype Electra, with display in foundry Caslon Open and Caslon No. 540."

Winner of the Caldecott Medal.

Local Notes:

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

Banks Collection copy has reproduction of "The Caldecott Medal" sticker on front cover and "Winner of the Caldecott Medal" printed at head.

ISBN:

0064430464 :

OCLC:

1112464211