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Musgrove, Margaret

The Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloth

40 pp. | Scholastic/Blue Sky | February, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-590-98787-9 $$16.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Julia Cairns. This Ghanaian folktale reveals the mythic origins of kente cloth: two Ashanti weavers find a spider who teaches them a weaving dance on her exquisite web. Inspired, they rush home and set up their looms to make similar designs. Illustrated with paintings in rainforest greens, browns, and reds, the book concludes with a note about kente cloth and a pronunciation guide.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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