The Rainbow People
by Yep, Laurence & David Wiesner [illus]
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- Hardcover
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Georgetown, Texas, United States
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About This Item
8vo Blue paper covers with green cloth spine. Blue titles to spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ in Mylar; The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends bumped. light edgewear; Brodart protected Inscribed, signed, and dated, with a drawing, by the author on the blank page opposite the title page: "To Isabel / Who also has rainbow wings / Larry Yep / 7/1/93." ow NF/nfdj: 194pp, illus. Twenty stories told by Chinese workers newly settled in America, passed down orally for generations and retold by Yep. A glimpse into a part of American history rarely met in children's books.
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- Bookseller
- Oriental Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio240215a100
- Title
- The Rainbow People
- Author
- Yep, Laurence & David Wiesner [illus]
- Illustrator
- David Wiesner
- Format/Binding
- 8vo Blue paper covers with green cloth spine. Blue titles to spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ in Mylar
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1stedn;Fourth printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, New York
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 194pp, illus.
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- USA, chinese immigrants, short stories
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