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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.
- 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
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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