Ananse and the lizard : a West African tale / retold and illustrated by Pat Cummings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cummings, Pat.

Contributor:

Rago, Martha.

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.

Folklore.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[40] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2002.

Summary:

Ananse the spider thinks he will marry the daughter of the village chief, but instead he is outsmarted by Lizard.

Notes:

"Typography by Martha Rago."

"The illustrations for this book were created with watercolor, gouache, and color pencils on Fabriano Artistico hot-press paper."

"First Edition-2002."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy has "Reinforced Binding".

ISBN:

0805064761

9780805064766

OCLC:

46777372

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