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A Story a Story is a book written and illustrated by Gail E. Haley that retells the African tale of how, when there were no stories in the world for children to hear, the trickster Anansi obtained them from the Sky God. The book was produced after Read More..

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Description	A Story a Story is a book written and illustrated by Gail E. Haley that retells the African tale of how, when there were no stories in the world for children to hear, the trickster Anansi obtained them from the Sky God. The book was produced after Gail E. Haley spent a year in the Caribbean researching the African roots of many Caribbean tales. Box Inventory, GAIL E. HALEY PAPERS at de Grummond Collection, McCain Library and Archives, University Libraries, University of Southern Mississippi Released by Atheneum, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1971.American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present. URL accessed 27 May 2009.The book was animated by filmmaker Gene Deitch for Weston Woods Studios in 1971.See the Scholastic Corporation web page on the film The animation was carried out at Kratky Film Prague, with the narration by Dr John Akar and "African music recreated" by Dr Vaclav Kubica using African instruments loaned from the Náprstek Museum Prague.
Description	A Story a Story is a book written and illustrated by Gail E. Haley that retells the African tale of how, when there were no stories in the world for children to hear, the trickster Anansi obtained them from the Sky God. The book was produced after Gail E. Haley spent a year in the Caribbean researching the African roots of many Caribbean tales. Box Inventory, GAIL E. HALEY PAPERS at de Grummond Collection, McCain Library and Archives, University Libraries, University of Southern Mississippi Released by Atheneum, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1971.American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present. URL accessed 27 May 2009.The book was animated by filmmaker Gene Deitch for Weston Woods Studios in 1971.See the Scholastic Corporation web page on the film The animation was carried out at Kratky Film Prague, with the narration by Dr John Akar and "African music recreated" by Dr Vaclav Kubica using African instruments loaned from the Náprstek Museum Prague.

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Name	A Story a Story
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Authors	Gail E. Haley
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Genre	Children's picture book
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Country	United States
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Isbn	0-689-71201-4
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Oclc	16353859
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Publisher	Atheneum
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Pub_date	1970
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Release_date	1970
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