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The Ox of the Wonderful Horns: And Other African Folktales
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The Ox of the Wonderful Horns: And Other African Folktales Hardback - 1993

by Ashley Bryan; Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)

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Bryan's highly regarded reputation as an author, artist, and storyteller makes this reissue of a classic collection of African stories perfect for schools and libraries. "Five lively stories which make delightful reading-aloud. Style and plot provide all kinds of histrionic opportunities for the reader, making it as much fun for him as the listener".--Publishers Weekly.

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Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan presents five African folktales in this delightful, boldly illustrated picture book.

A trickster spider has his careful plan backfire, a frog and elephant team up to woo pretty girls, a calm tortoise outwits an underhanded hare, and more in these stories from Ghana, Angola, and South Africa. This beautiful picture book includes "Ananse the Spider in Search of a Fool;" "Frog and His Two Wives;" "Elephant and Frog Go Courting;" "Tortoise, Hare, and the Sweet Potatoes;" and "The Ox of the Wonderful Horns."

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  • Title The Ox of the Wonderful Horns: And Other African Folktales
  • Author Ashley Bryan; Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers, NY
  • Publication date 1993-03-31
  • ISBN 9780689317996 / 0689317999
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.31 x 6.68 x 0.42 in (23.65 x 16.97 x 1.07 cm)
  • Age range 06 to 09 years
  • Grade levels 1 - 4
  • Reading level 700
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Category Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 94203820
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.2

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/1993, Page 1238
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/1993, Page 0

About the author

Ashley Bryan (1923-2022) grew up to the sound of his mother singing from morning to night, and he shared the joy of song with children. A beloved illustrator, he was named a Newbery Honoree for his picture book, Freedom Over Me. He also received the Coretta Scott King--Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, was a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer, a Coretta Scott King Award winner, and the recipient of countless other awards and recognitions. His books include Freedom Over Me; Sail Away; Beautiful Blackbird; Beat the Story-Drum, Pum Pum; Let It Shine; Ashley Bryan's Book of Puppets; and What a Wonderful World. He lived in Islesford, one of the Cranberry Isles off the coast of Maine.

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