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The further adventures of Spider

by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst, Jerry Pinkney · 1985

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Come sit by the fire and listen as the storyteller brings to life a favorite character from West African folktale—the mischievious and clever spider. Through tales of how he got a thin waist to why he lives on ceilings, spider is sure to delight readers with his outrageous wit and boldness.

Genre
folklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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