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Echewa, T. Obinkaram; Christy Hale, illustrator.
THE ANCESTOR TREE.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Lodestar Books / Dutton, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Nigerian-American author's first children's book, one which he describes as an original "contemporary folktale" about the importance of community, life and death, custom and change. Illustrated in full color by Hale - in linocut with watercolor and colored pencil. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-525674675.

Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket (as new)

Book ID: 89608

Keywords: African American Children's books, change, death, folktale, nigeria

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Haseley, Dennis; illustrated by Lloyd Bloom.
GHOST CATCHER.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Harper Collins, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - An illustrated story written in the style of a folktale for slightly older children. Ghost Catcher is a man who has no shadow, and never feels "scared and never mad and never sad." He snatches back loved ones from the land of the dead - a young boy's mistreated dog, and an old woman's harrassed husband - giving them a second chance at happiness, and their partners a chance to correct the wrongs they had inflicted on them. But when Ghost Catcher visits the land of ghosts, he becomes trapped there, and it takes the combined efforts of all the people in his village to save him. Illustrated by…
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New York: Harper Collins, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - An illustrated story written in the style of a folktale for slightly older children. Ghost Catcher is a man who has no shadow, and never feels "scared and never mad and never sad." He snatches back loved ones from the land of the dead - a young boy's mistreated dog, and an old woman's harrassed husband - giving them a second chance at happiness, and their partners a chance to correct the wrongs they had inflicted on them. But when Ghost Catcher visits the land of ghosts, he becomes trapped there, and it takes the combined efforts of all the people in his village to save him. Illustrated by Lloyd Bloom with full-page, folk-art style paintings. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-060222441.
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Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder mark)

Book ID: 85733

Keywords: Children's and Illustrated, death, folktale

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel; illustrated by Richard Salvucci.
THE GOLDEN TOUCH.

Edition: First printing.

New York: St. Martin's Press, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Classic story by Hawthorne, a retelling of the King Midas tale, illustrated by Richard Salvucci as a title in the "Night Lights - A Glow In The Dark Book" series. Small square format. 32 pp. ISBN: 0-312-572840.

Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (sunning to spine and edges of dj)

Book ID: 58124

Keywords: Children's and Illustrated, fairy tale, folktale, king midas

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Leaf, Margaret; Illustrated by Ed Young.
EYES OF THE DRAGON.

Edition: First printing.

New York: William H. Morrow, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Story based on a Chinese folktale. An artist agrees to paint the Dragon King on the wall of a Chinese village to protect the people, but then the magistrate demanded one final touch - that the eyes of the dragon be painted. Illustrated in full color by Caldecott winning artist Ed Lee. Editor's note. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-688061567.

Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some crinkling to the upper edge of several pages, short closed tears to dj)

Book ID: 75877

Keywords: Children's and Illustrated, chinese, folktale

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