Book Description
In this retelling of a tale from Ghana, a wondrous spider shows two Ashanti weavers how to make intricate, colorful patterns in the cloth that they weave.
Author : Margaret Musgrove
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 38,24 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9780590987875
In this retelling of a tale from Ghana, a wondrous spider shows two Ashanti weavers how to make intricate, colorful patterns in the cloth that they weave.
Author : Barbara Teller Ornelas
Publisher : Thrums Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,34 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780999051757
Navajo rugs set the gold standard for handwoven textiles in the U.S. But what about the people who create these treasures? Spider Woman's Children is the inside story, told by two women who are both deeply embedded in their own culture and considered among the very most skillful and artistic of Navajo weavers today. Barbara Teller Ornelas and Lynda Teller Pete are fifth-generation weavers who grew up at the fabled Two Grey Hills trading post. Their family and clan connections give them rare insight, as this volume takes readers into traditional hogans, remote trading posts, reservation housing neighborhoods, and urban apartments to meet weavers who follow the paths of their ancestors, who innovate with new designs and techniques, and who uphold time-honored standards of excellence. Throughout the text are beautifully depicted examples of the finest, most mindful weaving this rich tradition has to offer.
Author : Gladys Amanda Reichard
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 25,49 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780826317933
This lively account of a pioneering anthropologist's experiences with a Navajo family grew out of the author's desire to learn to weave as a way of participating in Navajo culture rather than observing it from the outside. In 1930, when Gladys Reichard came to stay with the family of Red-Point, a well-known Navajo singer, it was unusual for an anthropologist to live with a family and become intimately connected with women's activities. First published in 1934 for a popular audience, Spider Woman is valued today not just for its information on Navajo culture but as an early example of the kind of personal, honest ethnography that presents actual experiences and conversations rather than generalizing the beliefs and behaviors of a whole culture. Readers interested in Navajo weaving will find it especially useful, but Spider Woman's picture of daily life goes far beyond rugs to describe trips to the trading post, tribal council meetings, curing ceremonies, and the deaths of family members.
Author : Rhonda Mitchell
Publisher : Orchard Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 27,45 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780531071823
Energetic Aunt Phoebe, a "collector" of life, shows her niece Amber a finely embroidered and hand-printed "adinkra" cloth from Ghana, which was at one point reserved for royalty. Using her imagination, Amber is transformed by the "adinkra" into an Ashanti princess. Full-color illustrations.
Author : Jonathan London
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 15,57 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152009441
While walking on a mountain path, a young boy discovers a yellow spider spinning her web and as he quietly watches her, he sees the world from a different perspective.
Author : Debbi Chocolate
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 35,31 MB
Release : 1997-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0802775284
A rhyming description of the kente cloth costumes of the Ashanti and Ewe people of Ghana and a portrayal of the symbolic colors and patterns.
Author : Paul Czajak
Publisher : Scarletta Press
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 23,44 MB
Release : 2015-03-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1938063589
Seaver is an orb spider with a sky full of inspiration. His siblings prefer tradition and aren't afraid to let him know. But Seaver doesn't mind! He loves his new shapes and isn't afraid to show them off. Told with quiet charm, this picture book is sure to tangle readers in a web of delight.
Author : Simon Spurrier
Publisher : BOOM
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 33,58 MB
Release : 2016-05-04
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1681598132
Sid, a young man with nothing going for himself, becomes an unlikely new addition to The Weavers, a brutal, East Coast crime family whose members are bound to loyalty thanks to the supernatural spider inside each one of them, granting them powerful - and often grotesque - abilities. Once he realizes what he's capable of, Sid sets out to pursue his own secret agenda, counter to the group's objectives. But he doesn't have much time - the longer the spider is inside him, the more loyal he becomes to the Weavers...
Author : Gcina Mhlophe
Publisher : Barefoot Books
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 15,9 MB
Release : 2019-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1782854444
This anthology includes eight traditional tales from all over Africa. Sumptuous hand-sewn collage artwork decorated with African beads adorns these unforgettable tales of bravery, wisdom, wit and heroic deeds
Author : Julie Brinckloe
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,24 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Pictures relate the building of a spider web and its destruction by man.