Ty's one-man band / by Mildred Pitts Walter ; illustrations by Margot Tomes.

Author/Creator:

Walter, Mildred Pitts, author.

Publication:

New York : Scholastic Inc., 1980.

Format/Description:

Book
[36] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 21 cm

Subjects:

Music -- Juvenile fiction.
Boys -- Juvenile fiction.
Parent and child -- Juvenile fiction.
Stowaways -- Juvenile fiction.
Homeless men -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Summer -- Juvenile fiction.
Boys.
Friendship.
Homeless men.
Music.
Parent and child.
Stowaways.
Summer.

Childrens subjects:

Music -- Fiction.

Form/Genre:

Family stories -- 1980.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Fiction.

Place of Publication:

United States New York (State) New York (City)

Summary:

On a hot, humdrum day Ty meets a man who, using a washboard, comb, spoons, and pail, fills the night with music.

Notes:

"Text copyright ©1980 by Mildred Pitts Walter"--verso of title page.
"Illustrations copyright ©1980 by Margot Tomes"--verso of title pages.

Local notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy is a later undated printing, probably the eighth.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Penn Chronology:

1980

Contributor:

Tomes, Margot, illustrator.
Scholastic Inc., publisher.
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

ISBN:

0590334506
9780590334501
0590401785
9780590401784
0329121197
9780329121198

OCLC:

11982263

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