Anansi finds a fool : an Ashanti tale

Title
  1. Anansi finds a fool : an Ashanti tale / Verna Aardema ; pictures by Bryna Waldman.
Published by
  1. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1992.
Author
  1. Aardema, Verna

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Additional authors
  1. Waldman, Bryna
  2. Rattray, R. S. (Robert Sutherland), 1881-1938.
  3. Schomburg Children's Collection
Description
  1. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.; 28 cm.
Summary
  1. Lazy Anansi seeks to trick someone into doing the heavy work of laying his fish trap, but instead he is fooled into doing the job himself.
Subject
  1. Tales > Africa, West
  2. Laziness > Folklore
  3. Fishing > Folklore
  4. Ashanti (African people) > Folklore
  5. Anansi (Legendary character) > Legends
Call number
  1. Sc F 95-425
Note
  1. A retelling of Robert S. Rattray's story beginning on p. 253 in his book, Akan-Ashanti folk-tales published by the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1930.
Author
  1. Aardema, Verna.
Title
  1. Anansi finds a fool : an Ashanti tale / Verna Aardema ; pictures by Bryna Waldman.
Imprint
  1. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1992.
Edition
  1. 1st ed.
Added author
  1. Waldman, Bryna. Illustrator
  2. Rattray, R. S. (Robert Sutherland), 1881-1938. Akan-Ashanti folk-tales.
  3. Schomburg Children's Collection.
LCCN
  1. 91021127 /AC/r952
ISBN
  1. 0803711646 (trade)
  2. 0803711654 (library)
Research call number
  1. Sc F 95-425
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