★ 美國凱迪克金牌獎
Winner of the Caldecott Medal
Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them.
This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.
本書榮獲兒童繪本大獎——凱迪克獎
曾經，世界上所有的故事都屬於天空之神尼阿美。祂將故事存放在寶座旁邊的一個盒子裡。但是蜘蛛人阿奈斯想要獲得這些故事——於是抓了三隻狡猾的生物來搶奪。
本書內容改編自非洲民間故事，描述我們如何擁有自己的故事。