Books with author Gail E. Haley

Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. Ananse, the Spider man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky and went up to bargain with the Sky God. The price the Sky God asked was Osebo, the leopard of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet who-stings-like-fire, and Mmoatia the fairy whom-men-never-see. How Ananse paid the price is told in a graceful and clever text, with forceful, lovely woodcut illustrations.

HC/DJ in mylar, in NF/VG condition. Green cloth boards with black animals, tree, and girl design to cover and titling to spine. Straight spine, tight binding. Clean, crisp, unmarked pages. Lovely, lively illustrations throughout. Book is in near fine condition, with very minimal rubbing to head/foot of spine and to corners. DJ in very good condition with slight rubbing to corners and foot of spine, slightly more rubbing to head of spine. unpaginated oblong quarto unclipped dust jacket original price at $6.95 BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED!!! B Rhodes-KFB-1.1-rm D bks H

Join the adventure! After spending years in Heartbroken Hibernation, the Bearlies have awakened to find that their world has changed! We invite you to share the magic as author and Caldecott Award-winner Gail E. Haley spins a golden yarn for children of all ages that's truly Bearlie Believable. Bearlie Believable: The Awakening is the first in a series of gift sets that include a full-color collectable picture story book and an interactive CD-ROM for use on a PowerMac/Windows computer or for music and story narration on standard audio CD equipment.