Anansi the Spider tricks all the animals, until he's taught a lesson.

Anansi the Spider tricks all the animals, until he's taught a lesson.

Anansi the Spider tries to trick Turtle into fishing for his dinner.

The story in this book is widely known among the weavers in Ghana and dates back to the mid-seventeenth century during the time of King Oti Akenten. Today, kente cloth is worn all over the world, but most often by heads of state in different African countries. Even now, certain patterns are reserved for the Ashanti king. If anyone is wearing a pattern the king has chosen, they must immediately remove it and select another kente. In the United States of America and other countries with people of African descent, kente is often worn as a statement of pride in African heritage. Students...

Africa's encounter with the West and its implications and consequences remain far-reaching and enduring in the craft and thrust of its creative writers. The contributors to ALT 33 analyse the connections between traditional stories and myths that have been told to children, as well as the work of contemporary creative writers who are writing for children in order that they understand this complex history. Some of these writers are developing traditional myths, folk tales, and legends and are writing them in new forms, while others focus on the encounter with the West that has dominated much...

This is the SKETCH edition. View the art as it appeared over 100 years ago. Flesch-Kincaid Reading Grade Level is 4.3 suitable for 9 to 12 age readers and contains 12,600 words. A shorter edition for 8-10 is available with 4100 words. The full-length edition for 9 to adult readers contains 18,500 words. Ride on a magic carpet with Tammy Wurtherington, the legendary little doll girl, into the land of Arabian Nights. Like she did in The Declaration of Independence, she and her furry animal friends must "nudge" the space-time continuum and see that the world is returned to its proper order. In...

Ancient Kamit, renamed Egypt in later times by the Greeks, is a very popular but not very well understood culture. The oldest formalized religion on Earth comes from here, and all other religions are descended from it. This book has been written so that this incredible ancient culture can be brought to life again for adults and children alike, using original Kamitic artwork and colorful photographs to help children identify with the historical significance of these rich and vibrant tales. Each of the seven stories here is a blend of various tales from the different nomes, or states, of...

This is the story of the birth of one of ancient Kamit's most important divinities. His story was handed down through the ages and even into other cultures, and continues today among adherents of ancient African religion.

A strange haar blows into St. Andrews' harbor one morning, freezing its inhabitants in a magical mist. A Viking longship docks, and out leaps Loki, the Norse god of mischief. Much to the dismay of brothers Lewis and Greg, wisecracking, havoc-wreaking Loki is back, but this time he's been followed...

The fate of St Andrews, and indeed the ENTIRE UNIVERSE, rests with our reluctant young heroes and their friend Susie. With a swashbuckling Valkyrie as their guide, they set out across the mythical land of Vanaheim to rescue Odin, King of the Gods, from imprisonment. Along the way they play in...

This is a story about a girl who is unwanted when born and rises to become the MATRIARCH of her tribe.

La libro konsistas el antauparolo, el 35 fabelecaj rakontetoj, 46 proverboj kaj biografieto de la autoro.

" an i as la vivo en niaj vila oj. Malvigli is la societa vivo en vila oj kiujn forlasis plejparto de gejunuloj sopirantaj al vivo pli bona kaj ajne pli alloga en urboj. La famaj fabelnoktoj fari as raraj se neekzistaj.

Feli e, la pri tiu i dekadenco kulpanta okcidenta civilizacio ankau instruas al ni, ke per skribado eblas konservi multon, kiun ni kutime transdonas parole.

Jen do kiel mi decidis konservi rakontojn, kiuj iam dormigis au plezurigis min au e...

Have you ever made a decision about something and more than one person decides to give you their advice and things do not turn out the way you expected?

That's exactly what happens when the Farmer and his son who are happy about taking their mule to the market to sell for school clothes. They are so excited they sing a song on their way to keep up their morale.

One person after the other gives the farmer their opinion on how the farmer and his son should ride the mule. Their song never changes but they try to please everyone who offers them advice. They learn in the end...

Yetunde: An Ode to My Mother is a stand alone book from Yetunde: The Life and Times of a Yoruba Girl in London (1). You may think of it as book 1.5, as in this book Yetunde is slightly older.

It is a heart-warming story about the power of a mother's love; truly an ode to women and mothers all over the world. It is a captivating and emotional story that talks about love and loss

Follow Yetunde as she narrates her mother's ode to her grandmother. It is the Yoruba praise poetry for a mother known as Oriki Iya. Yetunde is also thrilled and delighted by the...

Le Corbeau est persuade d'etre le plus intelligent et le plus fort de la foret Les autres animaux ont tous compris qu'avec quelques flatteries, ils pouvaient facilement profiter de lui... Contes & Fables - Decouvrez les contes et les fables revisites et illustres en pate a modeler."

A tale from the Arabian Nights in three parts

This novel compiles the three novellas Amadi and the Phoenix, Amadi and the Sphinx, and Amadi and the Djinn in one volume

Amadi enjoys the busy frenzy the souk and tries to escape the harem her stepmother rules as often as possible. Unlike her sister Bulbul she feels caged, not protected. When Bulbul becomes engaged against her will, Amadi longs to evade a similar kismet.

Luckily a master thief wants her as an apprentice, and she grabs the chance to live like a boy. Too bad that she and her...