West African Trickster Tales

by Martin Bennett

Book Overview

This lively collection comes from West Africa, a place "where stories grow on trees." Here are the famous tricksters: Hare, Tortoise, and the greatest of them all--Ananse the spider. The stories are full of larger-than-life characters and situations, and include the tale of how Ananse got his thin waist, how Crocodile learnt his lesson, and how Monkey managed not to get eaten by Shark.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192741721
• ISBN13: 9780192741721
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 9 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 4 and higher