West African Folk-Tales (Yesterday's Classics) Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography - Social Activists / African American & Black / Biography & Autobiography - Performing Arts Drawing its title from one

Drawing its title from one of America's foremost revolutionaries

From creation myths and foundation legends to fascinating stories of human relationships and amusing animal tales

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the witch who rescued Red when she was a little girl

Age Range:  13 - 18

West African Folk-Tales (Yesterday's Classics) Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography - Social Activists / African American & Black / Biography & Autobiography - Performing Arts Drawing its title from oneA delightful collection of folk tales from West Africa including 18 Anansi tales, as well as 17 others. Includes the story of how the tales came to be called Anansi tales. In the olden days all the stories which men told were stories of Nyankupon, the chief of the gods. Spider wanted the stories to be about him. Nyankupon agreed, on one condition, namely that he bring him three things: a jar full of live bees, a boa constrictor, and a tiger. How