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The adventures of Aku, or, How it came about that we shall always see Okra the cat lying on a velvet cushion, while Okraman the dog sleeps among the ashes / retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan.
Author
Bryan, Ashley
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Uniform title
Adventures of Aku
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
New York : Atheneum, 1976.
©1976
Description
70 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Details
Subject(s)
Folklore
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Africa
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Animals
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Folklore
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Anansi (Legendary character)
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Legends
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Former owner
Bryan, Ashley
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Legends
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Folk tales
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Illustrated works
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Rare books genre
Autographs
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Getty AAT genre
folk tales
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illustrated books
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legends (literary genre)
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Medium/Support
polychrome rdacc
illustration rdaill
Summary note
When sent to retrieve their master's magic ring from Spider Ananse, Okra the cat and Okraman the dog prove their true worth.
Notes
Princeton copy 1 Gift of The Ashley Bryan Center in memory of John Wilmerding.
Other title(s)
Adventures of Aku
How it came about that we shall always see Okra the cat lying on a velvet cushion, while Okraman the dog sleeps among the ashes
ISBN
0689305192
9780689305191
LCCN
75044245
OCLC
2432864
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