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The night has ears : African proverbs / selected and illustrated by Ashley Bryan.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PN6519.A6 N54 1999b Bryan copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bryan, Ashley, editor, illustrator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Proverbs, African.
- Genre:
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Breughel.
- Penn Provenance:
- Bryan, Ashley (donor) (Kislak Center copy)
- Ashley Bryan Center (donor) (Kislak Center copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- [Fourth printing].
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [1999]
- Summary:
- A collection of twenty-six proverbs, some serious and some humorous, from a variety of African tribes.
- Notes:
- "A Jean Karl book."--Title leaf.
- "Book design by Michael Nelson. The text of this book is set in Breughel. The illustrations are rendered in tempera and gouache."--Verso of title leaf.
- Issued in dust jacket.
- 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.
- OCLC:
- 1365622716
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- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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