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Alexander, Lloyd.

The fortune-tellers / - 1st ed. - New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1992 - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.

"Editor: Ann Durell ; Designer: Riki Levinson"--T.p. verso. "The full-color illustrations, a combination of ink, acrylic, and crayon are painted on Arches watercolor board"--T.p. verso.

A carpenter in the West African country of Cameroon goes to a fortune teller and finds the predictions about his future coming true in an unusual way.

ISBN: 0525448497 9780525448495

LCCN: 91030684

Subjects--Personal Names:
Rosenfeld, Kari--BDAY BOOK 96-97.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fortune-telling--Juvenile fiction.
Carpenters--Juvenile fiction.
Tricksters--Juvenile fiction.
Fortune--Juvenile fiction.
Wealth--Juvenile fiction.
Wit and humor, Juvenile.
Humorous stories.
Fortune telling--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Cameroon--Juvenile fiction.
Cameroon--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Humorous fiction.
Authors' autographs (Provenance)--Alexander --1992.
Illustrator's autographs (Provenance)--Hyman --1992.
Dust jackets (Bindings)--1992.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.A3774 / Fn 1992

Dewey Class. No.: [E]