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What's the hurry, Fox? : and other animal stories
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Title
What's the hurry, Fox? : and other animal stories / collected by Zora Neale Hurston ; illustrated by Bryan Collier ; adapted by Joyce Carol Thomas.
ISBN
0060006447 (lib. bdg.)
9780060006440 (lib. bdg.)
0060006439
9780060006433
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2004.
Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm
Local Notes
BEIN JWJ Zan H946 +2004W: Number line on t.p. verso indicates 1st printing : "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10". Dust jacket.
Summary
Presents a volume of pourquoi tales collected by Zora Neale Hurston from her field research in the Gulf states in the 1920s.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 04, 2014
Contents
"Why the buzzard has no home" / Armetta Jones
"What's the hurry, fox?" "Why porpoise's tail is on crosswise," "Why flies get the first taste" / M.C. Ford
"Why donkey has long ears" / Nathaniel Burney
"Why the dog hates the cat" / Mack C. Ford
"Why the waves have whitecaps" / Lily May Beale
"Why frog got eyes and mole got tail" / M.C. Yard.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Folklore.
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