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Anansi
By Gleeson, Brian & Guarnaccia, Steven
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-88708-230-6
- Publisher
- Saxonville, Mass. : Picture Book Studio Ltd. : 1991.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1993
K-Gr 6 Retellings of two Jamaican stories. The first tells how Anansi came to possess all stories, and the second tells of his plan to seem important at his mother-in-law's funeral. The selections follow one after another in the book, as they would in the oral tradition, with no separation or demarcation. The prose is spare and droll as befits trickster tales in which creatures such as Ana...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
