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Author McDermott, Gerald, author, illustrator.

Title Anansi the spider : a tale from the Ashanti / adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott.

Publication Info. New York : Square Fish : Henry Holt and Company, 2011.
©1972

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA 398.209667 Mcderm Ana 2011    Available  ---
Edition First Square Fish edition.
Description 41 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 23 cm
age Children
Note Art techniques used: Color separation in 4 colors with the outline in ink.
Summary In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky.
Awards Caldecott Honor Book, 1973.
Subject Anansi (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction.
Anansi (Legendary character)
Ashanti (African people) -- Folklore.
Onyame (Akan deity) -- Juvenile fiction.
Onyame (Akan deity)
Gods, African -- Juvenile fiction.
Gods, African.
Spiders -- Juvenile fiction.
Spiders.
Brothers -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers.
Cooperation -- Juvenile fiction.
Cooperation.
Rescues -- Juvenile fiction.
Rescues.
Ashanti (African people) -- Juvenile fiction.
Ashanti (African people)
Folklore -- Juvenile fiction.
Folklore.
Folklore.
Ashanti -- Juvenile fiction.
Ashanti, 1980-
Ghana -- Ashanti.
Ghana -- Juvenile fiction.
Ghana.
Moon -- Origin -- Juvenile fiction.
Moon.
Origin of the Moon.
Genre/Form Novels.
Picture books.
Fiction.
Folklore.
Juvenile works.
Fiction.
ISBN 9780312659462
0312659466
9780805003109 (Henry Holt hardcover)
080500310X (Henry Holt hardcover)
9780805003116 (Square Fish paperback)
0805003118 (Square Fish paperback)