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The silver curlew / Eleanor Farjeon ; illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.
Author
Farjeon, Eleanor, 1881-1965
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Viking Press, 2001.
Description
192 p. : ill. 22 cm.
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Special Collections - Cotsen Children's Library
150780 Eng 20
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Fairy tales
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Illus
Shepard, Ernest H. (Ernest Howard), 1879-1976
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Fiction
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Summary note
A lazy girl becomes the king's bride by implying that she had woven twelve skeins of cloth when actually she had eaten twelve dumplings. Incorporates the story of Tom Tit Tot.
Notes
Cotsen copy: Book plate on front free e.p.: "Ex Libris Bertha Mahoney Miller 1882-1969".
Binding note
Pub. blue cloth with silver stamped pict. ill., col. pict. d.j., and red printed pict. e.p.
LCCN
54009316
OCLC
471201
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