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The Night Has Ears: African Proverbs Hardcover - 1999
by Bryan, Ashley; Bryan, Ashley [Illustrator]
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- Hardcover
Color illustrations accompany a collection of 26 proverbs, some serious and some humorous, from a variety of African tribes.
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Details
- Title The Night Has Ears: African Proverbs
- Author Bryan, Ashley; Bryan, Ashley [Illustrator]
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Printing
- Condition New
- Pages 32
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1999-10-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0689824270
- ISBN 9780689824272 / 0689824270
- Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 10.34 x 8.35 x 0.43 in (26.26 x 21.21 x 1.09 cm)
- Ages 04 to 08 years
- Grade levels P - 3
- Reading level 520
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Themes
- Cultural Region: African
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Proverbs, African
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98048772
- Dewey Decimal Code 398.909
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Summary
Ashley Bryan says, "My mother had a proverb for any situation, attitude, or event." Many of us have had the same experience. But have you ever heard, "As a crab walks, so walk its children" or "A log may lie in the water for ten years, but it will never become a crocodile"? These are two of the twenty-six African proverbs Ashley Bryan has chosen to illustrate in this book.
Having grown up with proverbs, it was no surprise to Mr. Bryan when he began reading African literature to find African proverbs along with African stories. The proverbs grew out of the lives and experiences of the varied African peoples.
Each proverb here is credited to a specific tribe, yet, as Ashley Bryan explains, most were known in other tribes as well. And in fact, all are true for people everywhere. We may not see crabs often, but we understand about crab children, and even people who do not have crocodiles nearby know that they do not begin as logs. This is a book to treasure for its rich universal wisdom and its gloriously evocative illustrations.
Having grown up with proverbs, it was no surprise to Mr. Bryan when he began reading African literature to find African proverbs along with African stories. The proverbs grew out of the lives and experiences of the varied African peoples.
Each proverb here is credited to a specific tribe, yet, as Ashley Bryan explains, most were known in other tribes as well. And in fact, all are true for people everywhere. We may not see crabs often, but we understand about crab children, and even people who do not have crocodiles nearby know that they do not begin as logs. This is a book to treasure for its rich universal wisdom and its gloriously evocative illustrations.
First line
I grew up in a household of proverbs.
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Citations
- Booklist, 09/15/1999, Page 262
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/1999, Page 110
- Ingram Advance, 10/01/1999, Page 91
- Kirkus Review - Children, 10/15/1999, Page 1641
- Publishers Weekly, 11/08/1999, Page 66
- School Library Journal, 01/01/2000, Page 117
