When birds could talk & bats could sing : the adventures of Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, and their Friends
by HAMILTON, Virginia (told by)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0590473727
- ISBN 13
- 9780590473729
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
New York: The Blue Sky Press (Scholastic), 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Barry Moser. dj (price unclipped) slightly rubbed on top edge, bright red boards with gilt feather vignettes, dark green cloth spine with gilt lettering, beautifully illustrated in colour throughout by BARRY MOSER, inscription on front flyleaf, else vg. folio, 72pp. These 8 tales in the African American tradition were first written down by Alabama Folklorist Martha Brown, in negro dialect.
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- Bookseller
- Mad Hatter Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 07J149
- Title
- When birds could talk & bats could sing : the adventures of Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, and their Friends
- Author
- HAMILTON, Virginia (told by)
- Illustrator
- Barry Moser
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0590473727
- ISBN 13
- 9780590473729
- Publisher
- The Blue Sky Press (Scholastic)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Children's & Young Adult, Foklore, Negro
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's - Fairy Tales and Folklore;
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Mad Hatter Books
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Auckland
About Mad Hatter Books
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