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Anansi Does the Impossible!

An Ashanti Tale

Anansi Does the Impossible!( )
Author: Aardema, Verna
Illustrator: Desimini, Lisa
ISBN:978-0-689-83933-7
Publication Date:Nov 2000
Publisher:Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Imprint:Aladdin
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $8.99
Book Description:

Long ago, when the earth was set down and the sky was lifted up, all the folktales were owned by the Sky God. And Anansi, that cunning little spider, was determined to buy them back. The payment? A live python, one real fairy, and forty-seven stinging hornets. Not such a high price to pay for all the folktales on earth. But how will Anansi find these hard to come bgy items? It sounds impossible! There's only one way to find the help he needs -- Anansi must go to his clever wife, Aso....
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Book Details
Pages:32
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General
Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Country & Cultural
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.5 x 10.5 x 0.2 Inches
Book Weight:0.3 Pounds
Author Biography
Aardema, Verna (Author)
Verna Aardema was born on June 6, 1911 in New Era Michigan. She received her B.A. degree from Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences in 1934. She was a grade school teacher from 1934 to 1973 and staff correspondent for the Muskegon Chronicle from 1951 to 1972.

Aardema started writing children's stories in the 1950's, and in 1960 she published her first books, Tales from the Story Hat and The Sky God Stories. She specializes in the modernization and adaptation of traditional African folktales. In the 1970s, Aardema joined illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon and produced three picture books. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears received the Caldecott Medal in 1976 and the Brooklyn Art Books for Children Award in 1977. Who's in Rabbit's House? was the 1977 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner in 1978. Aardema received the Children's Reading Round Table Award in 1981, and several of her books have been selected as Notable Books by the American Library Association. Oh Kojo! How Could You! won the 1984 Parents' Choice Award for Literature.

Verna Aardema died in 2000.



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