Description
Discover 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?
Details
Author: |
Haley, Gail E. |
Publisher: |
Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
Language: |
English |
Copyright: |
1970 |
Number of Pages: |
36 |
Dewey: |
398.209 |
Dewey Range: |
300s |
Binding Type: |
Hardcover |
Interest Age: |
6 |
Accelerated Reader Interest Level: |
Lower Grade |
Accelerated Reader Reading Level: |
4.2 |
Accelerated Reader Point Value: |
0.5 |
Lexile Level: |
590 |
Lexile Range: |
Developing Reader (500 - 799) |
