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Happy feet : the Savoy Ballroom Lindy Hoppers and me / Richard Michelson ; illustrated by E. B. Lewis.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ7.M581915 Hap 2005
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Michelson, Richard, author.
Contributor:
Lewis, E. B. (Earl Bradley), 1956- 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):
Dance--Juvenile fiction.
Dance.
Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.).
Dance--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
New York (State)--New York--Harlem.
Genre:
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
[32] unnnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Edition:
1st edition.
Place of Publication:
Orlando [Florida] : Gulliver Books/Harcourt, Inc., [©2005].
Summary:
A young boy who loves to dance listens as his father retells the story of the night he was born, which coincided with the opening of the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem.
Notes:
"First edition."
"The illustrations in this book were done in watercolor on Arches paper."
"The display type was set in OPTIMargueritte. The text type was set in OPTIFlorentine."
"Production supervision by Pascha Gerlinger."
"Designed by Kristine Brogno and Scott Piehl."
Includes bibliographical references.
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 "Reinforced trade binding".
Banks Collection copy is "Review Copy) with review slip from Harcourt Children's Book Division laid in.
ISBN:
0152050574 :
9780152050573
1415640823
9781415640821
OCLC:
56922493
Publisher Number:
9780152050573

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