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Anansi does the impossible! : an Ashanti tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Lisa Desimini.

Aardema, Verna, (author.). Desimini, Lisa, (illustrator.). Desimini, Lisa. (Added Author).

Summary:

Anansi and his wife outsmart the Sky God and win back the beloved folktales of their people.

Record details

  • ISBN: 068981092X
  • ISBN: 9780689810923
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [1997]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"An Anne Schwartz book."
"Retold from Verna Aardema's book, The Sky God Stories, published by Coward-McCann, Inc., New York, 1960.... The previous source is Robert S. Rattray's book Akan-Ahanti Folktales, published by Oxford, London, 1930"--Page facing title page.
Target Audience Note:
0308 Brodart.
630L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR 3.2 0.5
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.2 0.5 17504.
Subject: Anansi (Legendary character) > Juvenile legends.
Anansi (Legendary character) > Legends.
Anansi (Legendary character) > Legends > Juvenile literature.
Anansi (Legendary character) > Easy reader.
Anansi (Legendary character) > Legends > Easy reader.
Folklore > Africa, West > Juvenile literature.
Folklore > Africa, West > Easy reader.
Genre: Legends.

Available copies

  • 44 of 48 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 48 total copies.
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