Black elephant with a brown ear (in Alabama)
By: pictures by Bill Traylor ; stories by Barbara Ann Porte.
Contributors: Traylor, Bill, 1854-1949, ill.
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Traylor, Bill, 1854-1949 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Traylor, Bill, 1854-1949 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Children's stories, American.; African American artists.; Short stories.; Art appreciation.
Description: Ten stories created to describe what is depicted in drawings and paintings made by a former slave when he was almost ninety years old.
Table of contents: title: A man with a bowl on his head; title: A black elephant with a brown ear (in Alabama); title: Snake; title: Red and black dogfight; title: A prize pig; title: Man and bird on house; title: The chicken thief; title: Scary creature; title: Figures (for a circus); title: Runaway goat cart.