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Can't scare me! / by Ashley Bryan.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PZ8.3.B8286 Can 2013 Bryan copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bryan, Ashley, author, illustrator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fear--Juvenile fiction.
- Fear.
- Human behavior--Juvenile fiction.
- Human behavior.
- Monsters--Juvenile fiction.
- Monsters.
- Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
- Grandmothers.
- Black people--Africa--Juvenile fiction.
- Black people.
- Africa.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Grit Primer.
- Penn Provenance:
- Bryan, Ashley (autograph) (donor) (Kislak Center copy)
- Ashley Bryan Center (donor) (former owner) (inscription) (Kislak Center copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Cannot scare me!
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London ; Toronto ; Sydney ; New Delhi : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2013]
- Summary:
- A fearless little boy ignores Grandma's warning about nighttime monsters until he runs away and meets the two-headed giant's three-headed brother.
- Notes:
- "The text for this book is set in Grit Primer. The illustrations for this book are rendered in tempera and watercolor."--Verso of title leaf.
- "Jacket design by Ann Bobco"--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 has manuscript ownership inscription ("Property of the Ashley Bryan Center") on front free endpaper.
- Kislak Center copy signed ("Can't Scare Me ... EITHER! Peace Love Joy Ashley Bryan Islesford Maine") by the author on verso of half-title leaf; signed ("Love Ashley Bryan") by the author on title leaf.
- Kislak Center copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 9781442476578
- 1442476575
- OCLC:
- 824120032
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