Why Leopard Has Spots: Dan Stories from Liberia
Published: 1998
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This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.
This book was published 1998 by Fulcrum Group .
Margaret H. Lippert has taught in the United States, as well as in Guatemala and Tanzania, where she learned many stories. She lives on Mercer Island, Washington. Ashley Bryan is the illustrator of more than thirty titles, many of them with texts he also wrote, retold, or selected. His books have been richly acclaimed and highly honored. Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum won the Coretta Scott King Award, and four more of his titles have been selected Coretta Scott King Honor Books. Mr. Bryan lives on a small island off the coast of Maine. Won-Ldy Paye was trained as a storyteller by his grandmother. He is from the Dan people of northeastern Liberia, and now lives in Seattle, Washington. With Margaret H. Lippert, he is author of books including Head, Body, Legs and Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile .