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Popo and Fifina

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3.1 out of 5
Based on 31 Ratings and 7 Reviews

Book Description
This collaboration between Harlem Renaissance writers Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes is an early African-Aamerican classic and a milestone in the history of literature for children. In this novel for young people, Popo and Fifina leave their home in the hills of Haiti to move with their parents to a town by the sea. The next few months are full of adventures--adjusting to a new home, a trip bac... More
Book Information
PublisherOxford University Press Inc
BindingPaperback (9 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages128
ISBN-100195139399
ISBN-13978-0195139396
Publication Date12/07/2000
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About Arna Wendell Bontemps (Author, Introduction) : Arna Wendell Bontemps is a published author and a compiler of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Arna Wendell Bontemps include Chariot in the Sky: A Story of the ... more
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About Langston Hughes (Author) : Langston Hughes is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Langston Hughes include The Dream Keeper and Other Poems, Junior Great Books (Series 4... more
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About E. Simms Campbell (Illustrator) : E. Simms Campbell is a published illustrator of children's books. Published credits of E. Simms Campbell include Popo and Fifina.
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About Arnold Rampersad (Introduction) : Arnold Rampersad is a published author and an editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of Arnold Rampersad include Native Son (Perennial Classics), Poetry for Young People: Langston H... more
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