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The Jewel Fish of Karnak / Graeme Base.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PZ7.B29 Jel 2011 Cook copy
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Base, Graeme.
Contributor:
Lucy and Richard Cook Children's Book Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Toy and movable books--Specimens.
Toy and movable books.
Egypt--History--Juvenile fiction.
Egypt.
Robbers and outlaws--Fiction.
Kings, queens, rulers, etc--Fiction.
Magic--Fiction.
Egypt--History--Fiction.
Genre:
Picture books for children.
Picture books.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Specimens.
Penn Provenance:
Cook, Lucy (donor) (Cook Collection copy)
Cook, Richard (donor) (Cook Collection copy)
Physical Description:
[32] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2011.
Summary:
Two thieves, caught stealing from an Egyptian market, are brought before the Cat Pharaoh, who agrees to pardon them if they bring back a treasure that was stolen from her, without taking anything else and without getting the precious Jewel Fish wet.
Notes:
Map on verso of dust jacket.
Includes on the back paste down endpaper "a special magical fish with a secret code to decipher" by moving the discs.
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Lucy and Richard Cook Children's Book Collection presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018.
Kislak Cook Collection copy has dust jacket retained.
ISBN:
9781419700866
1419700863
OCLC:
700729132

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