The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales (BookFestival) - Softcover

Arkhurst, Joyce Cooper; Jerry Pinkney

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316051071 ISBN 13: 9780316051071

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 1992

Synopsis

Presents six tales about Spider, including those which explain how he got a thin waist and a bald head and why he lives in ceilings and dark corners.

About this title

About the Author:

Jerry Pinkney is one of the most heralded children's book illustrators of all time. He has the rare distinction of being the recipient of five Caldecott Honors and the winner of the 2010 Caldecott medal for The Lion and the Mouse, and has since created two companion picture books: The Tortoise & the Hare and The Grasshopper & the Ants. He has won the Coretta Scott King Award five times, the Coretta Scott King Honor four times, and has been nominated for the prestigious Hans Christian Anderson Award. He was also the first children's book illustrator elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He lives with his wife, author Gloria Jean Pinkney, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. The artist invites you to visit his website at jerrypinkneystudio.com.

From Publishers Weekly:

These six simple, witty tales reso-nate with the flavor of a far-off land;Pinkney--in one of his earliest illustrative efforts--contributes droll, highly stylized illustrations. Ages 4-10.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0316051071
• ISBN 13: 9780316051071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64