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Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN-100689205112
ISBN-139780689205118
eBay Product ID (ePID)663931
Product Key Features
Book TitleStory, a Story
Number of Pages36 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1970
TopicLegends, Myths, Fables / African, Fairy Tales & Folklore / Country & Ethnic, People & Places / Africa, General, Animals / General
IllustratorHaley, Gail E., Yes
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorGail E. Haley
FormatPicture Book
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight16.3 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width10.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN69-018961
TitleLeadingA
Grade FromPreschool
Dewey Decimal398.2
Grade ToThird Grade
SynopsisDiscover how an African trickster god made it possible for people to tell stories in this brightly illustrated, Caldecott Medal-winning picture book. 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 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-men-never-see. Can Ananse capture these sly creatures and give the children of earth stories to tell?, Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." 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 up 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-men-never-see. How Ananse paid the price is told in a graceful and clever text, with forceful, lovely woodcut illustrations., Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be.The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go."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 up 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-men-never-see.How Ananse paid the price is told in a graceful and clever text, with forceful, lovely woodcut illustrations.
LC Classification NumberLC 69-18961
