Cover 9×19.5 in Geometric Pattern End Pages 9.5×11.25 in Yellow Title .5×9 in Title .5×9 in Colophon 7.5×9 in For My Mother and Father 9.5×11.25 in Blue Prologue .5×9 in Prologue 7. In addition, McDermott is Primary Education Program Director for the Joseph Campbell Foundation. Gerald McDermott: Anansi the Spider Written and illustrated by Gerald McDermott Available as a full book only. Among his many honors and awards are the Caldecott Medal for Arrow to the Sun, a Pueblo myth, and Caldecott honors for Anansi the Spider: A Tale from Ashanti and Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest. Akar Length: 5 mins 4.4 (83 ratings) Try for 0. These films became the basis for McDermott's first picture books. Anansi the Spider By: Gerald McDermott Narrated by: John J. Once in New York, he began to produce and direct a series of animated films on mythology in consultation with renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell. Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti is a Caldecott Honor Book from master storyteller Gerald McDermott and it is about how Anansi’s six sons try to save Anansi from all kinds of trouble he gets involved in. He attended Cass Technical High School, where he was awarded a National Scholastic Scholarship to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. It was his fascination with the imagery of African folklore that led him to the story of Anansi the Spider. The Ashanti have lived West Africa for hundreds of years and are presently in Ghana, which contains both jungle and savanna climate zones. He is highly regarded for his culturally diverse works inspired by traditional African and Japanese folktales, hero tales of the Pueblos, and the archetypal mythology of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Gerald McDermott adapted his Caldecott-nominated childrens book 'Anansi the Spider' from Ashanti folklore.
Caldecott Medalist Gerald McDermott's illustrated books and animated films have brought him international recognition.
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