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Keywords

accomplishment, adventures, african american, assertiveness, bravery, change, disappearance, exploration, family, goal setting, grandparents, lost, multicultural, shyness, sleep, success, unselfish, verbal communication

Title

Benjie

Description

Benjie's granny loses her earring on the way home from church, so bashful Benjie sets out to look for it while his granny is takng a nap. He finds the earring, but in the process he loses his bashfulness.

Author

Lexau, Joan M.

Publisher

The Dial Press

Illustrator

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

1964

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Keith Rhoades, 1995

Citation

Lexau, Joan M., “Benjie,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed September 22, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/6081.