Author: Hugh Vernon-Jackson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486149811
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Collection of traditional folk tales introduces a host of interesting people and unusual animals — among them "The Cricket and the Toad," "The Tortoise and His Broken Shell," and "The Boy in the Drum."
West African Folk Tales
Author: Hugh Vernon-Jackson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486149811
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Collection of traditional folk tales introduces a host of interesting people and unusual animals — among them "The Cricket and the Toad," "The Tortoise and His Broken Shell," and "The Boy in the Drum."
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486149811
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Collection of traditional folk tales introduces a host of interesting people and unusual animals — among them "The Cricket and the Toad," "The Tortoise and His Broken Shell," and "The Boy in the Drum."
West African Folktales
Author: Steven H. Gale
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Readers everywhere and of any age will be both entertained and instructed by these timeless stories--more than 40 tales of human foibles, magic, and nature--representing fifteen countries, including Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Liberia, Ghana, and Senegal.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Readers everywhere and of any age will be both entertained and instructed by these timeless stories--more than 40 tales of human foibles, magic, and nature--representing fifteen countries, including Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Liberia, Ghana, and Senegal.
West African Folktales
Author: J.K. Jackson
Publisher: Flame Tree 451
ISBN: 9781839647802
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Tricksters and animals play an important role in West African folklore with stories that entertain but serve a moral purpose. Traditions and local tales revel in the antics of these characters: from Nigeria to Benin, from the cunning spider god Anansi to Agemo, the chameleon spirit deity of the Yoruba people, animals teach humans to farm, to love, to survive and thrive, and offer inspiration for moral purpose. This new collection is created for the modern reader. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and robots, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales, ancient and modern gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
Publisher: Flame Tree 451
ISBN: 9781839647802
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Tricksters and animals play an important role in West African folklore with stories that entertain but serve a moral purpose. Traditions and local tales revel in the antics of these characters: from Nigeria to Benin, from the cunning spider god Anansi to Agemo, the chameleon spirit deity of the Yoruba people, animals teach humans to farm, to love, to survive and thrive, and offer inspiration for moral purpose. This new collection is created for the modern reader. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and robots, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales, ancient and modern gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
West African Folk-tales
Author: William Henry Barker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Thirty-six tales from Africa's Gold Coast, include several "Anansi tales" as well as stories about many African animals.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Thirty-six tales from Africa's Gold Coast, include several "Anansi tales" as well as stories about many African animals.
Where Animals Talk
Author: Robert Hamill Nassau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
African Folk Tales
Author: Hugh Vernon-Jackson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486110028
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Entertaining stories handed down from generation to generation among tribal cultures include "The Magic Crocodile," "The Hare and the Crownbird," "The Boy in the Drum," 15 others. 19 illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486110028
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Entertaining stories handed down from generation to generation among tribal cultures include "The Magic Crocodile," "The Hare and the Crownbird," "The Boy in the Drum," 15 others. 19 illustrations.
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
Author: Elphinstone Dayrell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395539637
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Sun and Moon must leave their earthly home after Sun invites the Sea to visit.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395539637
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Sun and Moon must leave their earthly home after Sun invites the Sea to visit.
African Folktales in the New World
Author: William Russell Bascom
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"These essays . . . are of immense importance to anyone interested in the issues of origins and folklore texts." —Choice " . . . this is Bascom at his best. . . . an attractive and full-bodied book." —Fabula These essays, devoted to traditional narratives found in Africa and in the New World, represent the last major research project of William Bascom (1912-1981), eminent authority on African art and folklore—his intention was to demonstrate the African roots of African American folktales.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"These essays . . . are of immense importance to anyone interested in the issues of origins and folklore texts." —Choice " . . . this is Bascom at his best. . . . an attractive and full-bodied book." —Fabula These essays, devoted to traditional narratives found in Africa and in the New World, represent the last major research project of William Bascom (1912-1981), eminent authority on African art and folklore—his intention was to demonstrate the African roots of African American folktales.
West African Folktales
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 081010993X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Collection of West African folktales drawn from prose narratives, proverbs, riddles, and songs.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 081010993X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Collection of West African folktales drawn from prose narratives, proverbs, riddles, and songs.
How Stories Came Into the World
Author: Joanna Troughton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780216926059
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Once only Mouse knew, and kept to himself, the stories of how the world came to be until angry Lightning broke down Mouse's door and the stories escaped into the world.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780216926059
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Once only Mouse knew, and kept to himself, the stories of how the world came to be until angry Lightning broke down Mouse's door and the stories escaped into the world.