Folktales from Africa: The Girl Who Married a Lion (Illustrated Children's Edition)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781841957296 (1841957291)
Publish date: July 7th 2005
Publisher: CANONGATE BOOKS LTD
Pages no: 134
Edition language: English
I loved, absolutely loved "Guinea Fowl Child".These tales are collected from Zimbabwe and Botswana, and cover a wide range for types. There are trickster tales (mostly with a hare being the trickster), just so tales (why animals do this), and family tales. Anyone who is familiar with Joel Chandler...
Captivating!This is a collection of beautiful little African stories that you can just imagine being told by an elderly lady to the children of her village as they sit in the shade of a tree on the edge of their village.If, like me, you are a fan of Kipling's Just So Stories and the Uncle Remus stor...
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