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1) Anansi and the magic stick

Author

Kimmel, Eric A

Series

Anansi
Live Oak Media eReadalong

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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Anansi the Spider steals Hyena's magic stick so he won't have to do the chores, but when the stick's magic won't stop, he gets more than he bargained for.

2) Abiyoyo: based on a South African lullaby and folk story

Author

Seeger, Pete

Series

Reading rainbow book

Language

English

Description

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Banished from the town for making mischief, a little boy and his father are welcomed back when they find a way to make the dreaded giant Abiyoyo disappear.

3) Anansi's party time

Author

Kimmel, Eric A

Series

Anansi

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

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When Anansi the spider invites Turtle to a party just to play a trick on him, Turtle gets revenge at a party of his own.

4) A story, a story: an African tale

Author

Haley, Gail E

Language

English

Formats

Book, CD + Book

Description

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Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories."

5) Mabela the clever

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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An African folktale about a mouse who pays close attention to her surroundings and avoids being tricked by the cat.

6) Abiyoyo returns

Author

Seeger, Pete

Language

English

Description

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Based on a South African tale, this story tells what happens when a giant who had been banished from a town by a magician thirty years earlier is called back to save the town from flooding.

7) The hunterman and the crocodile: a West African folktale

Author

Diakité, Baba Wagué

Language

English

Description

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Donso, a West African hunterman, learns the importance of living in harmony with nature and the necessity of placing humans among, not above, all other living things.

8) Who's in Rabbit's house?: a Masai tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Series

Picture Puffins

Language

English

9) A pride of African tales

Author

Washington, Donna L

Language

English

Description

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A collection of African folktales originating in the storytelling tradition.

10) A ring of tricksters: animal tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa

Author

Hamilton, Virginia

Language

English

Description

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Twelve trickster tales that show the migration of African culture to America via the West Indies.

11) Nelson Mandela's favorite African folktales

Language

English

Description

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A collection of traditional stories from different parts of Africa, featuring varied characters and themes--some familiar, some newer.

12) Anansi does the impossible!: an Ashanti tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Language

English

Description

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Anansi and his wife outsmart the Sky God and win back the beloved folktales of their people.

13) The cow-tail switch, and other West African stories

Author

Courlander, Harold

Language

English

14) Bury my bones but keep my words: African tales for retelling

Author

Fairman, Tony

Language

English

Description

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A collection of thirteen traditional tales from various regions of Africa, including "The Man with a Tree on His Head," "There's One Day for the Victim," and "The Two Swindlers."

15) Subira subira

Author

Mollel, Tololwa M

Language

English

Description

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Set in contemporary Tanzania, this variation on a traditional tale describes how a young girl learns a lesson in patience when a spirit woman sends her to get three whiskers from a lion.

16) Quill soup: a stone soup story

Author

Durant, Alan

Series

One Story Many Voices

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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In this African version of the traditional folktale Stone Soup, Noko the porcupine tricks the other well fed but selfish animals into sharing their food with him and the whole village.

17) Fly, eagle, fly!: an African tale

Author

Gregorowski, Christopher

Language

English

Description

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A farmer finds an eagle and raises it to behave like a chicken, until a friend helps the eagle learn to find its rightful place in the sky.

18) Crocodile and hen: a Bakongo folktale

Author

Lexau, Joan M

Series

I can read book

Language

English

Description

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Crocodile is so confused by Hen calling him "brother" every time he gets ready to eat her that he finally goes searching for an explanation of how such a relationship can be.

19) Anansi and the box of stories: a West African folktale

Author

Krensky, Stephen

Series

On My Own Folklore

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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Long ago in Africa, the sky god Nyame keeps all of the stories to himself, but when Anansi the spider asks their price, Nyame agrees to trade his stories if Anansi can perform four seemingly impossible tasks.

20) Por que zumban los mosquitos en los oidos de la gente: un cuento de Africa Occidental

Author

Aardema, Verna

Language

Español

Description

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A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit.

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1) Anansi and the magic stick

2) Abiyoyo: based on a South African lullaby and folk story

3) Anansi's party time

4) A story, a story: an African tale

5) Mabela the clever

6) Abiyoyo returns

7) The hunterman and the crocodile: a West African folktale

8) Who's in Rabbit's house?: a Masai tale

9) A pride of African tales

10) A ring of tricksters: animal tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa

11) Nelson Mandela's favorite African folktales

12) Anansi does the impossible!: an Ashanti tale

13) The cow-tail switch, and other West African stories

14) Bury my bones but keep my words: African tales for retelling

15) Subira subira

16) Quill soup: a stone soup story

17) Fly, eagle, fly!: an African tale

18) Crocodile and hen: a Bakongo folktale

19) Anansi and the box of stories: a West African folktale

20) Por que zumban los mosquitos en los oidos de la gente: un cuento de Africa Occidental

In ILL (Inter-Library Loan) Services