A story, a story : an African tale
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Author
Haley, Gail E.
Contributors
Haley, Gail E. Illustrator
Connecticut Printers. Printer
Atheneum (New York, N.Y.) Publisher
Status
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Upper Skagit Library - Picture Books
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Anansi (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction.
Deals -- Juvenile fiction.
Fairies -- Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Folk tales.
Folklore -- Africa -- Juvenile fiction.
Hornets -- Juvenile fiction.
Leopard -- Juvenile fiction.
Onyame (Akan deity) -- Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Sky gods -- Juvenile fiction.
Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Africa.
Anansi (Legendary character)
Deals.
Fairies.
Fiction.
Folk tales.
Folklore.
Hornets.
Juvenile works.
Leopard.
Onyame (Akan deity)
Picture books.
Sky gods.
Storytelling.
Other Subjects
Caldecott Medal -- 1971.
Caldecott Medal -- Winner -- 1971.
Caldecott Medal.
Curriculum resource.
Dust jackets (Binding) -- 1970.
Folk tales -- 1970.
Folklore -- Africa -- Juvenile.
Folklore -- Africa.
Folklore.
Leopards -- Stories.

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Format
Book
Physical Desc
35 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
Language
English

Notes

General Note
Art techniques used: Colorful woodcut prints including African motifs.
Participants/Performers
Narrator: John J. Akar.
Description
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.
Target Audience
Grade K-3.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader:bGradesK-4,4.2,0.5,Quiz30634.
Study Program Information
Reading Counts RC:,O:,4.2 L590:,2.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades K-4,4.2,0.5,SD,Quiz 30634,English fiction, vocabulary quiz available.
Awards
Caldecott Medal, 1971.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Haley, G. E. (1970). A story, a story: an African tale (First edition.). Atheneum.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Haley, Gail E. 1970. A Story, a Story: An African Tale. New York: Atheneum.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Haley, Gail E. A Story, a Story: An African Tale New York: Atheneum, 1970.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Haley, Gail E. A Story, a Story: An African Tale First edition., Atheneum, 1970.

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