| Edition |
[First edition]. |
| Description |
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm |
| Awards |
Boston Globe/Horn Book Picture Book Honor Book, 1970 |
| Summary |
Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories." |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.2 0.5 30634. |
| Awards |
Caldecott Medal, 1971. |
| Performer |
Narrator: John J. Akar. |
| Contents |
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. Caldecott medal. |
| Subject |
Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction.
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Anansi (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Folklore -- Africa.
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Folklore -- Africa.
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| ISBN |
0689704232 (paperback) |
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9780689704239 (paperback) |
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0689205112 |
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9780689205118 |
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