The pink motel / by Carol Ryrie Brink ; illustrated by Sheila Greenwald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brink, Carol Ryrie, 1895-1981

Contributor:

Greenwald, Sheila, illustrator.

Macmillan Company, publisher.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hotels--Juvenile fiction.

Hotels.

Motels--Juvenile fiction.

Motels.

Florida--Juvenile fiction.

Florida.

Genre:

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[8], 182, [2] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Half-title: Weekly reader children's book club presents The pink motel

Place of Publication:

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1959.

Summary:

When Kirby, Bitsy, and their parents inherit an unusual and very pink motel in Florida, they find it filled with eccentric characters, mystery, and adventure.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2019 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy has laid in folded four-page advertisement ("A Remarkable Bargain for the Parents of Club Members Only") from the Weekly Reader Children's Book Club, 2 advertisements with order blanks (1 for Hammond's book of Olympic sports and 1 for The new Winston dictionary for young people and My poetry book) from the Weekly Reader Children's Book Club, and a copy of Reading fun (v. 7 (May 1960), no. 3).

Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket (with detachable bookmark on back flap) retained.

OCLC:

1127478237