Anansi Does The Impossible!: An Ashanti Tale (Aladdin Picture Books)
by Verna Aardema
from Aladdin
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. But will she be smart enough to outwit the Sky God and get the stories back? This humorous retelling of an Ashanti tale brings Anansi together with his better half in an ingenious scheme that will delight readers of all ages!
The Clever Monkey: A Folktale from West Africa (Story Cove: a World of Stories)
by Rob Cleveland
from August House
When two greedy jungle cats discover a large piece of cheese, they can't decide how to divide it fairly. The clever monkey comes to their rescue. Or so they think.After reading this trickster tale from West Africa, you will think twice before aking a monkey for help.
Just So Stories
by Rudyard Kipling
from Tantor Media
Drawing from the oral storytelling traditions of India and Africa, Noble prizewinner Rudyard Kipling's vigorous, amusing tales offer imaginative answers to unanswered questions about animals and provide little pearls of wisdom. These classic tales, filled with playfully clever animals and people have entertained young and old alike for over a hundred years.
How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Leopard Got His Spots and How the Alphabet Was Made are just three of the twelve enlightening short stories.
One-Hundred-and-One African-American Read-Aloud Stories
by Susan Kantor
from Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
The newest volume in the popular Read-Aloud series, this engaging collection features the best African-American short stories and excerpts to read to children in under ten minutes. The diverse tales, selected for their rich histories, spiritual writings and adventurous characters, offer the perfect bed-time--or any other time--activities for parents, grandparents, siblings or babysitters. The book includes 50 beautiful drawings that capture the spirit of these tales, legends, lore and fables. The narratives are faithful adaptations of the oral and written stories passed down through the centuries. They include Langston Hughes, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington and Paula Fox.
The Lion's Drum - a retelling of an African folk tale
by Steven (RTL) Gregory
from Tales Alive!
In this colorfully illustrated retelling of an African folktale, a young hunter, Ajani, discovers a lion playing a magical tree stump. When he tells the people of his village what he has seen and heard, they don't believe him. Can Ajani make the villagers believe him?
Bushman Folklore
by W. H. I. BLEEK
89 folktales of the Bushman tribes of Africa.
Contents:
The Mantis Assumes The Form Of A Hartebeest
!Gaunu-Tsaxau (The Son Of The Mantis), The Baboons, And The Mantis
The Story Of The Leopard Tortoise.
The Children Are Sent To Throw The Sleeping Sun Into The Sky.
The Origin Of Death; Preceded By A Prayer Addressed To The Young Moon.
The Moon Is Not To Be Looked At When Game Has Been Shot.
The Girl Of The Early Race, Who Made Stars.
The Great Star, !Gaunu, Which, Singing, Named The Stars.
What The Stars Say, And A Prayer To A Star.
!Ko-G!nuing-Tara, Wife Of The Dawn's-Heart Star, Jupiter.
The Son Of The Wind.
The Wind.
#Kaga'Ra And !Haunu, Who Fought Each Other With Lightning.
The Hyena's Revenge. First Version.
The Hyena's Revenge. Second Version.
The Lion Jealous Of The Voice Of The Ostrich.
The Resurrection Of The Ostrich.
Ddi-Xerreten, The Lioness, And The Children.
The Young Man Of The Ancient Race, Who Was Carried Off By A Lion; When Asleep In The Field.
Many more...
Way Up and Over Everything
by Alice McGill
from Houghton Mifflin
My great-grandmama's mama told her and she told me this story about a long time ago . . .
So begins this account of the author's great-great-grandmother Jane, and how she meets a slave new to the plantation, a slave who would prove to have magical powers . . . created by the wish for freedom. Alice McGill remembers this story, passed down in her family through the generations, from her childhood and how her greatgrandmother told it to her "as if unveiling a great, wonderful secret. My siblings and I believed that certain Africans shared this gift of taking to the air—'way up and over everything.'"
Tales from the African Plains (Pavilion Paperback Classics)
by Anne Gatti
from Pavilion
³On the other side of our wide river, there is a magic ostrich feather. The man must cross the river in broad daylight and return with the feather... When he stood on the bank, he realized why the crowd had grown so quiet. Breaking the surface of the muddy water were the bulging eyes and lashing tails of hundreds of crocodiles. It was a terrifying sight.² This collection of folk tales is an engaging mix of the fantastical and the everyday, with illustrations that vividly depict the exotic landscapes and native animals Africa.
The Story of Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby (Rabbit Ears-a Classic Tale)
by Eric Metaxas
from Spotlight
Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion: A CLASSIC SOUTHERN TALE (Rabbit Ears-a Classic Tale)
by Brad Kessler
from Spotlight
