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Words to my life's song / by Ashley Bryan ; with photographs by Bill McGuinness.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PS3552.R848 Z46 2009 Bryan copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bryan, Ashley, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bryan, Ashley--Juvenile literature.
- Bryan, Ashley.
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Authors, American.
- African American authors--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American authors.
- Children's stories--Authorship--Juvenile literature.
- Children's stories.
- African American illustrators--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American illustrators.
- African American artists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American artists.
- Children's stories--Authorship.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Lucian BT.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Chaparral Pro.
- Penn Provenance:
- Bryan, Ashley (donor) (Kislak Center copy)
- Ashley Bryan Center (donor) (Kislak Center copy)
- Physical Description:
- [6], 58 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 27 cm
- Edition:
- [Sixth printing].
- Other Title:
- Half-title : Ashley Bryan
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London ; Toronto ; Sydney : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2009]
- Summary:
- An introduction to the life and career of the writer and artist Ashley Bryan, a three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award.
- Notes:
- "Three-time Coretta Scott King award winner" -- Cover.
- "Book design by Michael McCartney. The text for this book is set in Lucian BT and Chaparral Pro."--Verso of title leaf.
- "Jacket design by Michael McCarthy"--Dust jacket.
- Notable Books for a Global Society, Biography, 2010
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2019 by Ashley Bryan and the Ashley Bryan Center.
- Kislak Center copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 9781416905417
- 1416905413
- OCLC:
- 1362528309
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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