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African folklore
anancy
anancy adventures
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Author_Fiona French
Caribbean
Caribbean characters
Caribbean culture
Caribbean folk tales
Caribbean stories
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childrens books with african characters
childrens books with jamaican characters
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folk tales
illustrated books for 4-7
Jamaican
Jamaican characters
Jamaican culture
Jamaican folk tales
Jamaican stories
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multicultural childrens book
multicultural childrens stories
stories from Jamaica
stories from the Caribbean
stories from West Africa
stories traditional Caribbean stories for children
traditional Caribbean childrens
traditional Caribbean folk tales
traditional Caribbean stories
traditional Caribbean tales
traditional Caribbean tales for children
traditional Jamaican folk tales
traditional Jamaican stories
traditional Jamaican stories for children
traditional Jamaican tales
traditional Jamaican tales for children
traditional West African folk tales
traditional West African stories
traditional West African stories for children
traditional West African tales
traditional West African tales for children
vibrant artwork
vibrant colours
West African
West African characters
West African culture
West African folk tales
west african folklore
West African stories
Product details
- ISBN 9781845071646
- Dimensions: 214 x 270mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2007
- Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This delightful trickster tale based on characters from traditional Caribbean and West African folk-tales is brought to vivid life with vibrant illustrations. Poor Anancy and rich Mr Dry-Bone both want to marry Miss Louise, but she wants to marry the man who can make her laugh. She does not laugh at Mr Dry-Bone's conjuring tricks and acrobatics so Anancy decides to ask the animals for help in winning her over.
Fiona French studied Art Education at Croydon College of Art and went on to work as Bridget Riley's assistant. In 1986 she won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Snow White in New York. In 1992 her first book for Frances Lincoln, Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and chosen as a Children's Book of the Year. Pepi and the Secret Names (written by Jill Paton Walsh), was one of Child Education's Best Story Books of 1994 and shortlisted for the 1995 Children's Book Award. She is renowned for her distinctively sharp and colourful illustrations. Her other books for Frances Lincoln are Paradise, Bethlehem and Canticle of the Sun; The Smallest Samurai, Glass Garden, Jamil's Clever Cat, Lord of the Animals and Pepi and the Secret Names.
