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The adventures of Spider : West African folk tales retold by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Z 675 .P3 K53 no.15
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Arkhurst, Joyce Cooper, author.
Contributor:
Pinkney, Jerry, illustrator.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Tales--Africa, West.
Tales.
Anansi (Legendary character)--Legends.
Anansi (Legendary character).
Genre:
Folk tales.
Physical Description:
58 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Edition:
[1st ed.].
Place of Publication:
Boston : Little, Brown and Company, [1964]
Summary:
Presents six tales about Spider, including those which explain how he got a thin waist and a bald head and why he lives in ceilings and dark corners.
Contents:
How spider got a thin waist
Why spider lives in ceilings
How spider got a bald head
How spider helped a fisherman
Why spiders live in dark corners
How the world got wisdom.
Local Notes:
HSP Pedagogical Collection.
ISBN:
0316051071
9780316051071
OCLC:
1309579

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