A Story, A Story
An African Tale
Published on 28. February 1988
Book
Paperback/Softback
36 pages
978-0-689-71201-2 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the Caldecott Medal
Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them.
This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hemel Hempstead
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: Preschool, Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 253 mm
Width: 254 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
150 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-689-71201-2 (9780689712012)
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Person
Gail E. Haley is a prolific author and illustrator. Her time living in the Caribbean inspired her book A Story, a Story, and she traced the folklore she heard there to their African origins, which she studied extensively before capturing with woodcuts that she cut and printed herself. She lives and works in New York with her family, surrounded by a large collection of early children’s books, toys, games, and dolls going back to the seventeenth century.