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Ashley Bryan's African tales, uh-huh / retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ8.1.B838 As 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bryan, Ashley, author, illustrator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tales--Africa.
- Tales.
- Folklore--Africa.
- Folklore.
- Africa.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Bryan, Ashley (donor) (Kislak Center copy)
- Ashley Bryan Center (donor) (Kislak Center copy)
- Physical Description:
- [8], 198, [2] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- African tales, uh-huh
- African tales
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [1998]
- Summary:
- Fourteen tales from Africa full of fun, magic, and few lessons to be learned.
- Contents:
- Ananse, the spider in search of a fool
- Frog and his two wives
- Elephant and Frog go courting
- Tortoise, Hare, and the sweet potatoes
- The ox of the wonderful horns
- Hen and Frog
- Why Bush Cow and Elephant are bad friends
- The husband who counted the spoonfuls
- Why Frog and Snake never play together
- How animals got their tails
- Lion and the ostrich chicks
- The son of the wind
- Jackal's favorite game
- The foolish boy.
- The Ox of the Wonderful Horns. Ananse, the spider in search of a fool; Frog and his two wives; Elephant and Frog go courting; Tortoise, Hare, and the sweet potatoes; The ox of the wonderful horns
- Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum. Hen and Frog; Why Bush Cow and Elephant are bad friends; The husband who counted the spoonfuls; Why Frog and Snake never play together; How animals got their tails
- Lion and the Ostrich Chicks. Lion and the ostrich chicks; The son of the wind; Jackal's favorite game; The foolish boy.
- Notes:
- Issued in dust jacket.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Banks Collection copy as "Guaranteed Reinforced Binding".
- Kislak Center copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2019 by Ashley Bryan and the Ashley Bryan Center.
- Kislak Center copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0689820763
- 9780689820762
- OCLC:
- 40047237
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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