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Lion and the ostrich chicks : and other African folk tales / retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PZ8.1.B838 Li 1986b Bryan copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bryan, Ashley, author, illustrator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tales--Africa.
- Tales.
- Africa.
- Penn Provenance:
- Bryan, Ashley (donor) (Kislak Center copy)
- Ashley Bryan Center (donor) (Kislak Center copy)
- Physical Description:
- [8], 87, [1] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- [Second printing].
- Manufacture:
- Stevens Point, Wisconsin : Printed ... by Worzalla Printing Company.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Atheneum, [1986]
- Summary:
- Includes four traditional tales told by the Hausa, Angolan, Masai, and Bushmen people of Africa.
- Contents:
- Lion and the ostrich chicks
- Son of the wind
- Jackal's favorite game
- The foolish boy.
- Notes:
- "Type set by Fisher Composition, New York City. Printed and bound by Worzalla Printing Company, Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Typography by Mary Ahern"--Verso of title leaf.
- Issued in dust jacket.
- Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award, 1987.
- 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:
- 068931311X
- 9780689313110
- OCLC:
- 1366107351
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
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