This book is part of a book series called Stories From Around the World .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Hachette Children's Group .

Ting and Neil Morris are experienced authors who have written successfully on a wide range of topics for children. John Cech has been a professor of children's literature at the University of Florida in Gainesville for the past 30 years. Cech is the author of the first six books in the Classic Fairy Tale Collection, as well as Sterling's Aesop's Fables and The Nutcracker. Fiona Sansom studied illustration at Kingston University in the United Kingdom. She is a full-time freelance illustrator and her work appears in the Kingston Museum's Brill Collection. Steve Beaumont is an accomplished illustrator, storyboard artist and cartoonist whose work spans films and advertising as well as books. He has also published graphic novels.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction In The Beginning The First Person On Earth Stealing The Sun King Of Beasts Anansi And The Story Box Anansi And The Chameleon Chinchinguane And The River Spirit Ulu The Wise Tortoise Daughter Of The Star Elephant And The Rain God Honey-Bird And The Brothers Tortoise And Baboon Finger-sized Fereyel Clever, Lazy Rabbit Why Monkeys Live In Trees Who's Who In African Myths Glossary Further Information Index