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Don't leave an elephant to go and chase a bird / retold by James Berry ; illustrated by Ann Grifalconi.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ8.1.B4187 Do 1996
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Berry, James, 1924-2017, author.
Contributor:
Grifalconi, Ann, illustrator.
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers (Firm), publisher.
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Anansi (Legendary character)--Legends.
Anansi (Legendary character).
Folklore--Ghana.
Genre:
Legends.
Children's nonfiction.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [1996]
Summary:
Anancy Spiderman trades various items with the people he encounters, until he himself is distracted by a bird and ends up empty-handed.
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Banks Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
ISBN:
0689804644
9780689804649
0671890212
9780671890216
OCLC:
31412328

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