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Desmond and the very mean word : a story of forgiveness / Desmond Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams ; illustrated by A.G. Ford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tutu, Desmond.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tutu, Desmond--Childhood and youth--Juvenile fiction.
- Tutu, Desmond.
- South Africa--Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
- South Africa.
- Forgiveness--Fiction.
- Prejudices--Fiction.
- Racism--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Children's stories.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- While riding his new bicycle Desmond is hurt by the mean word yelled at him by a group of boys, but he soon learns that hurting back will not make him feel any better.
- Notes:
- Based on a real-life experience from Archbishop Desmond Tutu's childhood in South Africa.
- African Studies Association Children's Africana Book Award, 2014.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0763652296
- 9780763652296
- OCLC:
- 812406873
- Publisher Number:
- 99990733562
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