Ashley Bryan

Beat the Story Drum, Pum-pum Ashley Bryan

Publisher Marketing: A collection of African tales, one about a man with bad habits, and three animal stories involving a frog and a hen, a cow and an elephant, a frog and a snake, and a rabbit. Review Citations: Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 85 (EAN 9780689313561, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 90 (EAN 9780689313561, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 85 (EAN 9780689711077, Paperback) Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 90 (EAN 9780689711077, Paperback) Publishers Weekly 05/29/1987 (EAN 9780689711077, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Bryan, Ashley Ashley Bryan grew up to the sound of his mother singing from morning to night, and he has shared the joy of song with children ever since. A beloved illustrator, he has been the recipient of the Coretta Scott King--Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award; he has also been a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer, a Coretta Scott King Award winner, and the recipient of countless other awards and recognitions. He lives in Islesford, one of the Cranberry Isles off the coast of Maine, where the sea's energy sustains his own.