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Jambo means hello : Swahili alphabet book / by Muriel Feelings. Pictures by Tom Feelings.
LIBRA PL8701 .F4
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Feelings, Muriel L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Swahili
- Subjects (All):
- Swahili language--Alphabet--Juvenile literature.
- Swahili language.
- Swahili language--Dictionaries, Juvenile--English.
- Africa, Eastern--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
- Africa, Eastern.
- Swahili language--Alphabet.
- Africa, East--Social life and customs.
- Alphabet.
- Manners and customs.
- Eastern Africa.
- Genre:
- Picture books for children.
- Family stories -- 1974.
- Alphabet books.
- Picture books.
- Juvenile works.
- Dictionaries.
- Dust jackets (Binding) -- 1974.
- Alphabet books -- 1974.
- Physical Description:
- 60 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
- Other Title:
- Swahili alphabet book
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dial Press, [1974]
- Language Note:
- In English and Swahili.
- Summary:
- Presents a word, with English translation, for each of the twenty-four letters in the Swahili alphabet. Brief explanation of each word introduces an East African custom.
- Notes:
- Caldecott Honor Book, 1975
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Feelings, Muriel L. Jambo means hello.
- ISBN:
- 0803743467
- 9780803743465
- 0803743505
- 9780803743502
- 0140546529
- 9780140546521
- 9780803744288
- 0803744285
- 9780812441772
- 081244177X
- OCLC:
- 978988
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