A Story, A Story
An African Tale Retold

Gail tells the tale of the old African sly man of Ananse, the spider. He wanted to bring the Nyame chest of stories to Earth to share with the people. Nyame, the grand sky god of the gods told him the price it would take and Ananse easily paid it. He brought stories to all corners of the world. It’s......more

I have actually first watched “A Story, A Story” on a Weston Woods video (which was a children’s series I have grown up with for a many years) and I have enjoyed it ever since. “A Story A Story” is a Caldecott Medal award winning book by Gail E. Haley and it details the adventures of Ananse, the Spi......more

This Caldecott Award winner didn't have me very impressed with the pictures, but my 5 yr old enjoyed the story and I could, as a parent, appreciate the educational aspect of it. Now that we're officially starting school, it's nice to have some books put to the side just for social studies lessons an......more