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Story A Story

Contributor(s): Haley, Gail E (Author), Haley, Gail E (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780689205118

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

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Pub Date: February 1, 1970

Dewey: 398.2096

LCCN: LC 69018961

Lexile Code: 0590

Features: Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 04 to 08

Physical Info: 0.60" H x 10.10" L x 10.00" W ( 1.05 lbs) 36 pages

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000030634 ( Story A Story)

Reading level: 4.20

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: "The African folktale describing how Ananse the spider man purchased a golden box of stories from the sky god Nyame, retold in flavorful prose and illustrated with dramatic woodcuts in vivid colors. A wonderful version of the story for telling and a splendid picture book for sharing with a group".--Booklist.

Brief description: Gail E. Haley is a prolific author and illustrator. Her time living in the Caribbean inspired her book A Story, a Story, and she traced the folklore she heard there to their African origins, which she studied extensively before capturing with woodcuts that she cut and printed herself. She lives and works in New York with her family, surrounded by a large collection of early children's books, toys, games, and dolls going back to the seventeenth century.

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