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A story, a story : an African tale / retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ8.1.H139 St 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haley, Gail E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--Africa.
- Folklore.
- Africa.
- Caldecott Medal.
- Local Subjects:
- Caldecott Medal.
- Genre:
- Picture books.
- Folk tales.
- Juvenile works.
- Folklore.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Pyramid Bookstore, Washington, D.C. (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- 2nd Aladdin books edition
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Aladdin Books, 1988, ©1970.
- Summary:
- Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories."
- Notes:
- Art techniques used: Colorful woodcut prints including African motifs.
- Caldecott Medal, 1971
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy has stamp of Pyramid Bookstore in Washington, D.C.
- ISBN:
- 0689712014
- 9780689712012
- OCLC:
- 16353859
- Online:
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