The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales

by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator), Jerry Pinkney

Overview

Presents six tales about Spider, including those which explain how he got a thin waist and a bald head and why he lives in ceilings and dark corners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316051071
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	11/02/1992
Series:	Passport to Reading Level 4 Series
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	5.87(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.25(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jerry Pinkney is one of the most heralded children's book illustrators of all time. He has the rare distinction of being the recipient of five Caldecott Honors and the winner of the 2010 Caldecott medal for The Lion and the Mouse, and has since created two companion picture books: The Tortoise & the Hare and The Grasshopper & the Ants. He has won the Coretta Scott King Award five times, the Coretta Scott King Honor four times, and has been nominated for the prestigious Hans Christian Anderson Award. He was also the first children's book illustrator elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He lives with his wife, author Gloria Jean Pinkney, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. The artist invites you to visit his website at jerrypinkneystudio.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction		1	(4)
How Spider Got a Thin Waist		5	(7)
Why Spider Lives in Ceilings		12	(9)
How Spider Got a Bald Head		21	(11)
How Spider Helped a Fisherman		32	(8)
Why Spiders Live in Dark Corners		40	(10)
How the World Got Wisdom		50

Editorial Reviews

These six simple, witty tales reso-nate with the flavor of a far-off land;Pinkney--in one of his earliest illustrative efforts--contributes droll, highly stylized illustrations. Ages 4-10. (Nov.)

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