The Night Has Ears: African Proverbs

by Ashley Bryan

Book Overview

Ashley Bryan says, "My mother had a proverb for any situation, attitude, or event." Many of us have had the same experience. But have you ever heard, "As a crab walks, so walk its children" or "A log may lie in the water for ten years, but it will never become a crocodile"? These are two of the twenty-six African proverbs Ashley Bryan has chosen to illustrate in this book.
Having grown up with proverbs, it was no surprise to Mr. Bryan when he...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689824270
• ISBN13: 9780689824272
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3