A Story A Story - Gail E. Haley

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. \nDiscover how an African trickster god made it possible for people to tell stories in this brightly illustrated, Caldecott Medal-winning picture book. \nLong, long ago there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. Ananse, the Spider man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky to bargain with the Sky God. The price the Sky God asked was Osebo, the leopard-of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet-who-stings-like-fire, and Mmoatia the fairy-whom-men-never-see. Can Ananse capture these sly creatures and give the children of earth stories to tell?\n