Description
Who was Anansi? He was a man he was a spider.When things went well he was a man,but when he was in great danger he became a spider,safe in his web high op on the ceiling.By trickery and guile,he always got the better of those who were much bigger than he was.
As a child growing up in Jamaica,Philip Sherlock listened in the evenings to these West Indian tales, which he now retalls with humour and warmth.
The illustrator,Marcia brown, knows well the background the atmosphere for these tales,and her drwings capture completely their gaiety and subtley.
More information
Sleeve/Cover: Anansi's home was in the villages and forests of West Africa; and when the great migrations to the islands of the Caribbean took place many years ago, the Africans brought with them the stories about Br'er Anansi and his friends: Tiger, Crow, Moos-Moos the mouse , and Kisander the cat.To-day the people of the islands still tell these stories to each other, for they have been passed down through the years from one generation to another.
Product Details
ISBN-10:
EAN: 9780333353264
Binding: Paperback
Published Date: 1956
Publisher: Macmillan-Caribbean
Misc. Category: Anansi , folktales ,
Writing Origin: Jamaica, West Indies
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 21.5 cms x 21.5 cms x 14.0cms
Number of pages: 96 pages
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