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A Story, A Story
Gail Haley (1970) , under 40 pages
Illustrated by Gail Haley
Audience: Preschool, Primary (k-3rd grade)
Category: Award Books, Classics, Folklore, Multicultural, Read Aloud
(This book has outstanding illustrations)
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Ananse the Spiderman wanted the Sky
God's stories. But the Sky God laughed
at him and gave him an impossible task:
"bring me Osebo the leopard of the
terrible teeth, Mmboro the hornet
who-stings-like-fire, and Mmoatia the
fairy whom-men-never-see". The Sky God
thought Ananse was just a weak old man,
but he did not know that Ananse had a
few clever tricks up his sleeve. Read
and discover why today "all stories
belong to Ananse". The retelling of
this old African tale and Haley's
marvelous woodcut illustrations won her
the 1971 Caldecott Award.
Reviewed by: Jeanenne / Steele Creek Library
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Comments from Readers
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Becca, age 11 from Massachusetts
This is a great story for young readers. I enjoyed it. I think it was a great book.
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Abby, age 12 from North Carolina
An excellent picture book! This is a wonderful retelling of some of Anansi the spider man's tales.
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Kyle, age 7 from Arizona
This book, A STORY, A STORY is really cool. It has a main character named "Ananse", he travels to the clouds and gets books from the guy that lives there in the sky and brought them back to earth (Africa).
I liked this book. Kyle
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