The Resource A stork in a baobab tree : : an African twelve days of Christmas, Catherine House ; illustrated by Polly Alakija
A stork in a baobab tree : : an African twelve days of Christmas, Catherine House ; illustrated by Polly Alakija
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The item A stork in a baobab tree : : an African twelve days of Christmas, Catherine House ; illustrated by Polly Alakija represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.
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- Summary
- Set in Africa during the Christmas season, this is the story of a village preparing for a celebration - the birth of a child. The story is told in verse inspired by the traditional carol The Twelve Days of Christmas, but in this version by the author Catherine House the gifts are: 1 stork in a baobab tree, 2 thatched huts, 3 woven baskets, 4 market traders, 5 bright khangas, 6 women pounding, 7 children playing, 8 wooden carvings, 9 grazing goats, 10 drummers drumming, 11 dancers dancing and 12 storytellers. This is a Christmas steeped in the atmosphere of African village life, including descriptions of the objects and activities mentioned in the text
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Note
- "Janetta Otter-Barry Books"--P. facing title page
- Isbn
- 9781847801166
- Label
- A stork in a baobab tree : : an African twelve days of Christmas
- Title
- A stork in a baobab tree
- Title remainder
- : an African twelve days of Christmas
- Statement of responsibility
- Catherine House ; illustrated by Polly Alakija
- Title variation
- African twelve days of Christmas
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Set in Africa during the Christmas season, this is the story of a village preparing for a celebration - the birth of a child. The story is told in verse inspired by the traditional carol The Twelve Days of Christmas, but in this version by the author Catherine House the gifts are: 1 stork in a baobab tree, 2 thatched huts, 3 woven baskets, 4 market traders, 5 bright khangas, 6 women pounding, 7 children playing, 8 wooden carvings, 9 grazing goats, 10 drummers drumming, 11 dancers dancing and 12 storytellers. This is a Christmas steeped in the atmosphere of African village life, including descriptions of the objects and activities mentioned in the text
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- 10063136
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- House, Catherine
- Dewey number
- 394.2/663
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Interest level
- LG
- LC call number
- PZ8.3.H7896
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- 1
- 2
- Reading level
- 4.3
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- Alakija, Polly
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- True
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader
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- Christmas
- Christmas
- Target audience
- juvenile
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- an African twelve days of Christmas
- Label
- A stork in a baobab tree : : an African twelve days of Christmas, Catherine House ; illustrated by Polly Alakija
- Note
- "Janetta Otter-Barry Books"--P. facing title page
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9781847801166
- Lccn
- bl2011026505
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- unmediated
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- Label
- A stork in a baobab tree : : an African twelve days of Christmas, Catherine House ; illustrated by Polly Alakija
- Note
- "Janetta Otter-Barry Books"--P. facing title page
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9781847801166
- Lccn
- bl2011026505
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
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