Tower to heaven / retold by Ruby Dee ; illustrated by Jennifer Bent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dee, Ruby, author.

Contributor:

Bent, Jennifer, illustrator.

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):

Folklore--Africa.

Folklore.

Africa.

Genre:

Folk tales.

Illustrated works.

Folklore.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[32] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Edition:

[First edition.]

Place of Publication:

New York : Henry Holt and Company, [©1991].

Summary:

When Yaa, who loves to talk while she works, hits the sky god one too many times with her pestle he disappears high up into the heavens and the villagers decide to build a tower to heaven to find him.

Notes:

"Ms. Bent used concentrated inks on scratchboard in order to create the brilliantly colored illustrations for 'Tower to Heaven'."--Dustjacket.

Local Notes:

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

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy has stamp of "Pyramid Books #4, Hechinger Mall" on front free endpaper.

ISBN:

0805014608

9780805014600

OCLC:

21519913