The Ox of the Wonderful Horns: And Other African Folktales by Bryan, Ashley

The Ox of the Wonderful Horns: And Other African Folktales (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780689317996)

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Format: Hardcover
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The Ox of the Wonderful Horns: And Other African Folktales by Bryan, Ashley

The Ox of the Wonderful Horns: And Other African Folktales

$19.99
The Ox of the Wonderful Horns: And Other African Folktales by Bryan, Ashley

The Ox of the Wonderful Horns: And Other African Folktales

$19.99
Format: Hardcover
Description
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Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan presents five African folktales in this delightful, boldly illustrated picture book.

A trickster spider has his careful plan backfire, a frog and elephant team up to woo pretty girls, a calm tortoise outwits an underhanded hare, and more in these stories from Ghana, Angola, and South Africa. This beautiful picture book includes "Ananse the Spider in Search of a Fool;" "Frog and His Two Wives;" "Elephant and Frog Go Courting;" "Tortoise, Hare, and the Sweet Potatoes;" and "The Ox of the Wonderful Horns."

Author: Ashley Bryan
ISBN-10: 0689317999
ISBN-13: 9780689317996
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 03/31/1993
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.31h x 6.68w x 0.42d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 03/01/1993 pg. 1238
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1993 - Superior,Well Above Average
By Ashley Bryan
By Ashley Bryan
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Ashley Bryan (1923-2022) grew up to the sound of his mother singing from morning to night, and he shared the joy of song with children. A beloved illustrator, he was named a Newbery Honoree for his picture book, Freedom Over Me. He also received the Coretta Scott King--Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, was a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer, a Coretta Scott King Award winner, and the recipient of countless other awards and recognitions. His books include Freedom Over Me; Sail Away; Beautiful Blackbird; Beat the Story-Drum, Pum Pum; Let It Shine; Ashley Bryan's Book of Puppets; and What a Wonderful World. He lived in Islesford, one of the Cranberry Isles off the coast of Maine.

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