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A story, a story : an African tale

Haley, Gail E. (Author). Haley, Gail E. (illustrator.). Connecticut Printers, (printer.). Atheneum (New York, N.Y.), (publisher.).

Summary: Many African stories are called "Spider stories". This book is about how that came to be. And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky god. Ananse, the Spider man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky and went to bargain with the Sky god. The price the Sky god asked was Osebo, the leopard-of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet who-stings-like-fire and Mmoatia the fairy whom-man-never-see. This book is about how Ananse paid the price.

Record details

ISBN: 9780689205118
ISBN: 0689205112
ISBN: 9780689704239
ISBN: 0689704232
Physical Description: 35 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Atheneum, [1970]
Manufacturer: Hartford : Connecticut Printers, [1970]
Copyright: ©1970

Content descriptions

General Note:	An Aladdin book. Art techniques used: Colorful woodcut prints including African motifs.
Target Audience Note:	Grade K-3. AD590L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.2 0.5 30634.
Awards Note:	Caldecott Medal, 1971.