Spider and His Son Find Wisdom: An Akan Tale (African Tales and Myths)

Lilly, Melinda

ISBN 10: 1571032444 / ISBN 13: 9781571032447

Published by Rourke Pub Group, 1998

About this Item

Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

Seller Inventory # 1571032444

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spider and His Son Find Wisdom: An Akan Tale (African Tales and Myths)
• Publisher: Rourke Pub Group
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1571032444
• ISBN 13: 9781571032447
• Illustrator: Reasoner, Charles
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

While trying to gather up all the wisdom he thinks he has wasted on the villagers, Ananse the spider learns something new himself

Reviews

Gr 2-4-Three worthwhile additions to folklore shelves. All have carefully cited sources, smoothly written texts suitable for independent reading or group presentation, and colorful watercolor illustrations. In Spider..., Ananse tries to retrieve all of the good advice that he has dispensed to the unappreciative villagers and learns that he is not the only one who is wise. In Wanyana..., a girl's kindness to a frog in distress is later repaid when he helps her discover which of her suitors would make the best husband. Zimani's Drum has blind Zimani cleverly rescuing his brother and a pair of sisters from Mkango the Lion, who is determined to eat them all. Each book concludes with a brief pronunciation and definition guide. None of these stories are currently available in picture-book format, and while there are numerous other Akan tales to choose from, the Bagandan and the Malawian cultures have not been as well represented. Solid purchases sure to find an audience.-Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ

Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information, Inc.