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Squids will be squids : fresh morals, beastly fables / by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith ; designed by Molly Leach.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PZ8.2.S37 Sq 1998 Cook copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scieszka, Jon, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humorous stories.
- Fables--Juvenile fiction.
- Fables.
- Animals--Juvenile fiction.
- Animals.
- Genre:
- Humorous stories.
- Sophisticated picture books.
- Fables.
- Fiction.
- Humorous fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Cook, Lucy (donor) (Cook Collection copy)
- Cook, Richard (donor) (Cook Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [48] unnmbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 1998.
- Summary:
- Contemporary fables with tongue-in-cheek morals address such topics as homework, curfews, and television commercials.
- Contents:
- Grasshopper logic
- Frog's new shoes
- Deer, Mouse, Rabbit, & Squid
- Elephant & Mosquito
- He who
- Rock, paper, scissors
- Pigeon pie
- Straw & Matches
- Little Walrus
- Elephant & Flea
- Termite, Ant, & Echidna
- Horseshoe Crab & Blowfish
- Piece of Toast & Froot Loops
- Slug's big moment
- Hand, Foot, & Tongue
- Duckbilled Platypus vs. BeefSnakStik
- Elephant & Gnat
- Gee
- I wonder.
- Notes:
- End papers from "Old English Cuts and Illustration" by Bowles and Carver, courtesy of Dover Publications, Inc.
- All of the paintings in this book are actually illustrations.
- 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.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Scieszka, Jon. Squids will be squids.
- ISBN:
- 067088135X :
- 9780670881352
- 0439233208
- 9780439233200
- 043965369X
- 9780439653695
- 9781404698406
- 140469840X
- 0670882275
- 9780670882274
- 9780142500408
- 0142500402
- OCLC:
- 39002874
- Publisher Number:
- 9780670881352 90000
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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