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The Thread of Life : twelve old Italian tales / retold by Domenico Vittorini ; illustrated by Mary GrandPré.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vittorini, Domenico.
- Standardized Title:
- Old Italian tales
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tales--Italy.
- Tales.
- Fairy tales.
- Folklore--Italy.
- Italy.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 80 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Distribution:
- Philadelphia : Imprint of Running Press
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : [Published by] Running Press Kids, [2003]
- Contents:
- The Most Precious Possession
- A Wise Sentence
- The One-Legged Crane
- March and the Shepherd
- The Three Fools
- The Man, the Serpent, and the Fox
- A Strange Reward
- Cenerentola
- The Adventurous Winnower
- The Wooden Bowl
- The Wise Judge
- The Thread of Life.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in different form by David McKay Company, Inc., in 1958 under the title Old Italian tales."--Title page verso.
- "Hand lettering and ink pen by Kara Fellows."--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copy has dustjacket with sticker ("Illustrated by Mary GrandPré illustrator of the Harry Potter series") retained.
- Running Press copy is "1" printing.
- ISBN:
- 0762416696
- 9780762416691
- OCLC:
- 122908117
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