Anansi And The Seven Yam Hills

Author : Elizabeth Lane (Children's author)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780201322132
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anansi and the Seven Yam Hills written by Elizabeth Lane (Children's author) and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anansi the Spider figures out a way to trick his friends, until Guinea Fowl figures out a way to turn the tables on Annasi.

Author : Anon E. Mouse
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1909302376
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book JAMAICAN ANANSI TALES AND STORIES written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORIES in this collection were recorded from the lips of over sixty negro story-tellers in the remote country districts of Jamaica during two visits to the island in the summer of 1919 and the winter of 1921. The role of Anansi, the trickster spider, is akin to the Native American Coyote and the (Southern African) Bantu Hare. Herein you will find 149 Anansi tales and a further 18 Witticisms. The stories are categorised into Animal Stories, Old Stories (chiefly of sorcery), Dance and Song and Witticisms. You will find stories as varied in title and content as “The Fish-Basket”, “The Storm“, “The King's Two Daughters”, “The Gub-Gub Peas”, “Simon Tootoos”, “The Tree-Wife” and many, many more unique tales. In some instances, Martha Warren Beckwith was able to record musical notation to accompany the stories. As such you will find these scattered throughout the book. In this way the original style of the story-telling, which in some instances mingles story, song and dance, is as nearly as possible preserved. Two influences have dominated story-telling in Jamaica, the first an absorbing interest in the magical effect of song which far surpasses that in the action of the story; the second, the conception of the spider Anansi as the trickster hero among a group of animal figures. "Anansi stories" regularly form the entertainment during wake-nights, and it is difficult not to believe that the vividness with which these animal actors take part in the story springs from the idea that they really represent the dead in the underworld whose spirits have the power, according to the native belief, of taking animal form. In the local culture, magic songs are often used in communicating with the dead, and the obeah-man who sets a ghost upon an enemy often sends it in the form of some animal; hence there are animals which must be carefully handled lest they be something other than they appear. The importance of animal stories is further illustrated by the fact that animal stories form the greater part of this volume. 33% of the net profit from the sale of this book will be donated to Sentebale, a charity supporting children orphaned by AIDS in Lesotho.

Author : Edward J. Kameenui
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 1462503977
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vocabulary Instruction written by Edward J. Kameenui and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly regarded work brings together prominent authorities on vocabulary teaching and learning to provide a comprehensive yet concise guide to effective instruction. The book showcases practical ways to teach specific vocabulary words and word-learning strategies and create engaging, word-rich classrooms. Instructional activities and games for diverse learners are brought to life with detailed examples. Drawing on the most rigorous research available, the editors and contributors distill what PreK-8 teachers need to know and do to support all students' ongoing vocabulary growth and enjoyment of reading. New to This Edition*Reflects the latest research and instructional practices.*New section (five chapters) on pressing current issues in the field: assessment, authentic reading experiences, English language learners, uses of multimedia tools, and the vocabularies of narrative and informational texts.*Contributor panel expanded with additional leading researchers.

Author : Martha Warren Beckwith
Publisher : Corinthian Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jamaica Anansi Stories written by Martha Warren Beckwith and published by Corinthian Press. This book was released on 1924 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of the American Folk-lore Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joanna Troughton
Publisher : Penguin Uk
ISBN 13 : 9780216940994
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anansi and the Magic Yams written by Joanna Troughton and published by Penguin Uk. This book was released on 1994 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anon E. Mouse
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1907256520
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ANANSI STORIES written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 13 Anansi stories in this short volume were originally, and unusually, an appendix to Popular Tales from the Norse by Sir George Webbe Dasent. Why he chose to include folklore from Africa and the Caribbean within a volume of Norse folklore has been forgotten in the mists of time. Abela Publishing has elected to re-publish these as a volume in their own right as an aide to Edgbarrow School’s fundraising campaign supporting the SOS Children’s Village in Asiakwa, Ghana. ANANSI or Ahnansi (Ah-nahn-see) “the trickster” is a cunning and intelligent spider and is one of the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore. The Anansi tales are believed to have originated in the Ashanti tribe in Ghana. (The word Anansi is Akan and means, simply, spider.) They later spread to other Akan groups and then to the West Indies, Suriname, and the Netherlands Antilles. On Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire he is known as Nanzi, and his wife as Shi Maria. He is also known as Ananse, Kwaku Ananse, and Anancy; and in the Southern United States he has evolved into Aunt Nancy. He is a spider, but often acts and appears as a man. The story of Anansi is akin to the Coyote or Raven the trickster found in many Native American cultures.

Author : Hugh Vernon-Jackson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486427641
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book West African Folk Tales written by Hugh Vernon-Jackson and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-04-23 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents twenty-one traditional tales from West Africa, including "The Greedy but Cunning Tortoise," "The Boy in the Drum," and "The Magic Cooking Pot."

Author : Gerald McDermott
Publisher : Perfection Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780812463989
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anansi the Spider written by Gerald McDermott and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 1987-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anansi, the spider hero of African folklore, is saved by the combined talents of his six sons.

Author : Walter Jekyll
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jamaican Song and Story written by Walter Jekyll and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: