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The dancing granny

Title
The dancing granny / retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan.
Author
Bryan, Ashley.
Publication
New York : Atheneum, 1977.

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Description
[62] p. : ill.; 18 cm.
Summary
Spider Ananse gets Granny started dancing so he can raid her garden--but his own trick "does him in."
Subject
  • Anansi (Legendary character) > Legends > Juvenile literature
  • Dance > Folklore
  • Folklore > West Indies
Note
  • Retold from "He sings to make the old woman dance" (Antigua, English Antilles), in "Folk-lore of the Antilles, French and English, part II," by Elsie Clews Parsons (New York, American Folk-Lore Society, 1936, p. 314)
Call Number
*MGRZ 78-1646
ISBN
0689305486 (lib. bdg. :)
LCCN
76025847
OCLC
  • 2373069
  • NYPG784261112-B
Author
Bryan, Ashley.
Title
The dancing granny / retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan.
Imprint
New York : Atheneum, 1977.
Edition
1st ed.
Local Subject
Children's books.
Research Call Number
*MGRZ 78-1646
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