Days of the Blackbird
by dePaola, Tomie
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399229299
- ISBN 13
- 9780399229299
- Seller
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Haw River, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
At the request of a kind duke's loving daughter, La Colomba, a pure white bird, braves the bitter winter of the northern Italian mountains to sing for the gravely ill man.
Synopsis
In this elegant tale, Tomie dePaola imagines how the Days of the Blackbird in northern Italy came to be. Gemma and her father, the Duke of Gennaro, live in a house with a courtyard that fills with birds of all colors through the spring and summer. When the Duke falls ill at the end of summer, Gemma begs the birds to stay to raise his spirits with their song. However, as snow and fierce winds begin to swirl down on the village, the birds must fly south to stay warm, and eventually only one loyal bird remains.
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- Seller
- Red Owl Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 001441
- Title
- Days of the Blackbird
- Author
- dePaola, Tomie
- Illustrator
- dePaola, Tomie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0399229299
- ISBN 13
- 9780399229299
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Blackbirds -- Fathers and daughters -- Italy -- Fiction.
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