Author: Sir Philip Manderson SherlockPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Shares traditional tales about animals, adventurers, and the supernatural.
West Indian Folk-tales
Author: Sir Philip Manderson SherlockPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Shares traditional tales about animals, adventurers, and the supernatural.
Anansi and the Tug o' War
Author: Bobby NorfolkPublisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
ISBN: 1684440025
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Read Along or Enhanced eBook: In this trickster tale from Africa, Anansi proves to Elephant and Killer Whale that in a battle of wits, brains definitely outdo brawn.
Tales from the Caribbean
Author: Trish CookePublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141373261
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A collection of favourite tales gathered from the many different islands of the Caribbean, one of the world's richest sources of traditional storytelling. From the very first Kingfisher to Anansi the Spider Man, these lively retellings full of humour and pathos, are beautifully retold by Trish Cooke. The book includes endnotes with a glossary, additional information as well as ideas for activities that children can do to explore the stories further.
Anansi's Journey
Author: Emily Zobel MarshallPublisher: University of West Indies Press
ISBN: 9789766402617
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
The historic Hope lands located on the Liguanea Plain in the southeastern parish of St Andrew, Jamaica, and once the site of one of the island?s earliest sugar estates, has had a long history of human settlements dating back to approximately 600 CE, the era of the indigenous Tainos. It was not until 1655, however, with the English invasion and seizure of Jamaica from the Spanish, that the Hope landscape developed into a thriving rural agrarian settlement. Generous land grants were made to the invading officers and later to immigrants from Britain and North America and from other Caribbean islands. Major Richard Hope came in possession of over 2,600 acres in the Liguanea Plain. Major Hope, unlike many of his counterparts by the 1660s, managed to establish a small sugar plantation, which developed by the mid-1700s into one of the island?s largest, most productive and technologically advanced slave sugar estates. In the 1770s the estate became the property of the Duke of Chandos and his family until 1848, when the estate was dismantled. Over 600 acres were sold to the Kingston and Liguanea Water Works Company and the remaining 1,700 acres were leased to the owner of the adjoining Papine and Mona estates. Poor accounting and border surveillance enabled several persons to possess the land, which was later sanctioned by the Limitations of Actions Law. With the government?s acquisition of the entire property in 1909, the Hope estate underwent remarkable changes in the twentieth century. By 1960 the Hope landscape was radically transformed from a sugar estate worked by hundreds of enslaved black people to a premiere urban centre of commercial, residential and educational land use.
Anansi Goes to Lunch
Author: Bobby NorfolkPublisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
ISBN: 1684440033
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Anansi is invited to three parties and wants to attend them all. He gives each of his hosts a rope to tug, ties the other end around his own waist, and waits to be summoned when the food is served -- but when all of the food is ready at the same time, Anansi is caught in the middle!
Anansi and Turtle Go to Dinner
Author: Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874838565
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
After Anansi the spider tricks Turtle in order to keep his dinner for himself, Turtle turns the tables on Anansi.
Brer Anansi and the Boat Race
Author: David P. MakhanlallPublisher: Peter Bedrick Books
ISBN: 9780872261846
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Brer Anansi uses a boat race with Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear as an opportunity to perform his usual mischief.
Jamaica Anansi Stories
Author: Collected by Martha Warren BeckwithPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465517057
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
West Indian Folk-tales
Author: Sir Philip Manderson SherlockPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Shares traditional tales about animals, adventurers, and the supernatural.
African and Caribbean Folktales, Myths and Legends
Author: Wendy ShearerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780702306914
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Enjoy a rich collection of folktales, myths and legends from all over Africa and the Caribbean, re-told for young readers. From the trickster tales of Anansi the spider, to the story of how the leopard got his spots; from the tale of the king who wanted to touch the moon, to Aunt Misery's magical starfruit tree. This book includes traditional favourites and classic folktales and mythology.