A Story, a Story

Winner of the Caldecott Medal
Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them.
This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

• Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale
• Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti
• Why The Sky Is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale
• Mama Panya's Pancakes
• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Picture Puffin)
• Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
• Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa
• Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain (Rise and Shine)
• We All Went On Safari (English and Swahili Edition)
• Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock (Anansi the Trickster)