Don't Leave an Elephant to Go and Chase a Bird
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.11 (975 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0689804644 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Can Anancy turn the corncob into something even better? He embarks on a series of trades, but just when it looks as though Anancy is going home with a truly spectacular gift, his greed gets the better of him. A rhythmically told, brilliantly illustrated tale from the award-winning author of Ajeemah and His Son. Full color.. When Anancy Spiderman calls a morning greeting to the Skygod, a corncob appears in his hand
A Customer said Rich Heritage. Don't Leave an Elephant to Go and Chase a Bird is a wonderfully crafted kind-hearted tale. The author quickly moves you through the adventures of Anancy the spiderman. Anancy goes from one person to the next exchanging items. His trip and the transition and exchange from one person to the next is so rhythmical, that I can almost hear drum
The repetition of certain phrases is especially good for reading aloud or telling. When he unexpectedly receives a corncob from Skygod, Anancy conducts a series of cunning trades and ends up with a sack of flour. Knowing the spiderman's reputation, they try to outwit him, but he still wins the smallest elephant. Michael's College, Winooski, VTCopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. . Anancy is interestingly pictured as a small, brown, spidery-looking man instead of the more typically realistic spider. Unlike many of the stories about Anancy Spiderman, it has a moral (which is the book's title), and the protagonist, who usually wins, loses. However, it runs off when Anancy tries to catch a bird, and it, too, escapes, leaving the trickster with nothing at all. From School Library Journal PreSchool-Grade 2?Berry retells a folktale that is well known in Ghana and in his nativ