The Rainbow People (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780064404419)

"Culled from 69 stories collected in a [1930s] WPA project, [these 20] tales are organized into sections with themes like 'Tricksters' or 'Virtues and Vices, ' each with a thoughtful introduction placing the individual stories in the context of feelings and background of the original tellers. Yep's telling is vigorous, often poetic, imbued with earthy humor and realism touched with fatalism. A handsomely designed collection." --K.

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1989 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction
1990 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)
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Author: Laurence Yep
ISBN-10: 0064404412
ISBN-13: 9780064404419
Publisher: HarperCollins
Language: English
Published: 08/30/1992
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 7.62h x 5.08w x 0.49d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 30711 / Rainbow People


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 11/01/1992 pg. 503
Publishers Weekly 08/17/1992