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Description

1. 42 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

1. "These stories came from Africa, and they are full of the life and spirit of Africa, but they are good to read and enjoy anywhere."--Dust jacket front flap.

Subject

1. Anansi (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction
2. Animals -- Folklore
3. Legends -- Juvenile literature
4. Spiders -- Juvenile literature
5. Frogs -- Juvenile literature
6. Elephants -- Juvenile literature
7. Oxen -- Juvenile literature
8. Tales -- Africa -- Juvenile literature
9. Folklore -- Africa -- Juvenile literature
10. Black author

Contents

1. Ananse, the spider in search of a fool -- Frog and his two wives -- Elephant and frog go courting -- Tortoise, hare, and the sweet potatoes -- The ox of the wonderful horns.

Call number

1. Sc 398.24-B (Bryan, A. Ox of the wonderful horns)

Local note

1. Schomburg 2nd copy with dust jacket, and author's authograph.

Author

1. Bryan, Ashley, author, illustrator.

Title

1. The ox of the wonderful horns : and other African folktales / Retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan.

Publisher

1. New York : Atheneum, 1971.

Edition

1. First Edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Local subject

1. Black author.

Research call number

1. Sc 398.24-B (Bryan, A. Ox of the wonderful horns)
2. Sc F 22-33