| Title:
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THE STORY THIEF
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| By: |
Andrew Peters |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0713684216 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780713684216 |
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| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2007 |
| Series: |
White Wolves: Stories from Different Cultures |
| Pages: |
64 |
| Description: |
Nyame the sky god has a special treasure - in a big, brass chest are all the stories ever told. Anansi, the cleverest of spiders, sees that down on Earth, the people are bored. Unfortunately, she can't spin a tale, but she can spin a web. So she makes a ladder up into the sky, determined to bring back the stories, whatever it takes. |
| Synopsis: |
This retelling of a traditional African folktale explains how we came to have stories in the world. Nyame the sky god has a special treasure - in a big, brass chest are all the stories ever told. Anansi, the cleverest of spiders, sees that down on Earth, the people are bored. Unfortunately, she can't spin a tale, but she can spin a web. So she makes a ladder up into the sky, determined to bring back the stories, whatever it takes. |
| Illustrations: |
b&w |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
A & C Black Publishers Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |