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64 pp.
| Groundwood |
September, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-88899-429-X$$18.95
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Baba Wague Diakite.
The boastful and greedy spider connives his way through ten well-paced episodes retold here from the Ghanian author's childhood recollections. The folk-art paintings are sometimes at odds with the storyteller's words, but the stories offer enjoyable glimpses at Ananse's triumphs and humiliations.
Reviewer: Margaret A. Bush
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2002