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  <titleInfo>
    <title>The talking eggs</title>
    <subTitle>a folktale from the American South</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>San Souci, Robert D</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Pinkney, Jerry</namePart>
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    <place>
      <placeTerm type="text">New York</placeTerm>
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    <publisher>Dial Books for Young Readers</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1989</dateIssued>
    <edition>1st edition.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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  <physicalDescription>
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    <extent>32 pages : colored, illus. ; 26 cm</extent>
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  <abstract>A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">retold by Robert D. San Souci ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Folklore</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <classification authority="ddc">IBED-ECir. 398.210973 Sa229 1989</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">0-590-44189-2</identifier>
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