Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum
by Ashley Bryan

Description:

Beat the story-drum, pum-pum! Tell us a big story, brum-brum! the one about...

...why Frog and Snake, who were once best friends, no longer play together .. when the animals were first created and had no tails, and how they them ...Tagwayi, who couldn't stay married, because he counter every spoonful of food his wife served him.

Here are five Nigerian folktales, retold in language as rhythmic as the beat of the story-drum, and illustrated with vibrant, evocative woodcuts.

"The fun is... in the tellng ...the language is poetic and wonderfully rhythmic ...beautifully illustrated."

"...the overall effect [is] one of a musical composition with dexterously designed variations and movements ...as pleasing to the eye as it is to the ear."
Ages: 8 -12

Awards:
ALA Notable Children's Books
CBC/NCSS Notable Children's Book in Social Studies
Coretta Scott King Award (ALA)

Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum
by Ashley Bryan

ISBN: 9780689711077
ISBN-10: 0689711077
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks (Simon & Schuster)
Publication Date: 1987
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
Book Type: New