And in the beginning-- / by Sheron Williams ; illustrated by Robert Roth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Sheron.

Contributor:

Roth, Robert, 1965- 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.

Creation--Folklore.

Creation.

Africa.

Donna Harsh Collection.

African setting.

Local Subjects:

Donna Harsh Collection.

African setting.

Genre:

Folklore.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[40] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Place of Publication:

New York : Atheneum ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992. (Hong Kong : Printed by South China Printing Company (1988) Ltd.)

Summary:

Describes how Mahtmi created the first man from the dark rich earth of Mount Kilimanjaro and gave him a gift marking him as special.

Notes:

"First edition."

" ... Set in 12 point Galliard. The display type is Architectura. The artwork is rendered in watercolors on cold-press watercolor paper and was color separated by laser scanner."

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: Williams, Sheron. And in the beginning--

ISBN:

068931650X :

9780689316500

OCLC:

22275801