LINK'S
P.A.R.P.
PLAY
A Story, a Story retold
by Gail Haley
Tar Baby retold by Virginia Hamilton
On January 12, 2001 P.A.R.P. (Parents As Reading Partners) presented their annual play for the children of Link to encourage recreational reading at home. The parents and teachers first performed an African folktale, A Story, A Story, retold by Gail Haley. This trickster tale from Ghana describes how Anansi, the Spider Man, brought stories into the world. After simulating crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the P.A.R.P. players performed an American version of this folktale. Tar Baby retold by Virginia Hamilton is a Brer Rabbit trickster tale from the American South. The play kicked off this year’s P.A.R.P. reading adventure, which lets you and your child explore the world, by reading "Folktales from Around the World". Ask your children what was similar in each of these folktales.
Anansi stories - This site traces the Anansi story around the world. It includes five Anansi folktales from Liberia, Nicaragua, Jamaica and includes the two folktales, How stories came to be (A Story, A Story) and Tar Baby performed at the PARP Play.
Parent & teacher cast |
NYAME, the Sky God and ANANSI, the |
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Anansi captures Osebo |
Anansi captures Mmoatia |
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Anansi presents his gifts to Nyame |
Anansi releases the stories |
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Folktales journey to the New World |
Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox |
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