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WHEN BIRDS COULD TALK & BATS COULD SING
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WHEN BIRDS COULD TALK & BATS COULD SING Hardcover - 1996

by Moser, Barry; Hamilton, Virginia

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New York: The Blue Sky Press, 1996. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this collection of stories about Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, Miss Bat, and more, based on stories told by enslaved people in the American South. Barry Moser has illustrated over 300 titles, from beloved children's works old and new to pinnacles of English literature. He is an artist of many talents, working with paint and woodblocks, as well as the arts of printmaking and book design. Moser earned the National Book Award in 1983, and numerous other accolades over the course of his dynamic career. 12'' x 8''. Original cloth-backed red boards. Original unclipped ($17.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. 66 pages. Inscribed by Hamilton "For Dorothy Evans" to title page. Jacket with mild edgewear. Binding with a hinto of bumping to corners and spine ends. Clean.
Used - Fine in near fine dust jacket.
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  • Title WHEN BIRDS COULD TALK & BATS COULD SING
  • Author Moser, Barry; Hamilton, Virginia
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Fine in near fine dust jacket.
  • Pages 72
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The Blue Sky Press, New York
  • Date 1996
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 48492
  • ISBN 9780590473729 / 0590473727
  • Weight 1.29 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 12.48 x 8.1 x 0.46 in (31.70 x 20.57 x 1.17 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 620
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Birds
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95015307
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.245

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