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Presents eighteen traditional tales from West Africa, including "The Tortoise and the Leopard," "The Story of Muhammadu," and "The Magic Crocodile.".
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Beautiful book, lots of heart warming African folk tales,
pictures inside though not coloured, suitable for three years old and upwards, or younger though you will need to read to them depending on ablilty.
pictures inside though not coloured, suitable for three years old and upwards, or younger though you will need to read to them depending on ablilty.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This is quite a short book of about 60 pages covering 18 well known West African folk tales. Almost all these traditional stories involve animals of one sort or another, be they tortoises, leopards, elephants, dogs, goats, camels, crocodiles etc. All but a couple of the stories are accompanied by a black and white line illustration and they are reprinted from a book originally published in the late 1950s.
Examples of the stories are The Story of a Farmer and Four Hyenas, The Greedy but Cunning Tortoise, The Magic Crocodile and a Good Fortune in Camels.
Personally I found these stories quite charming and very evocative of the part of the world they originate from. I imagine children will love them and read this little volume again and again. Perfect for bedtime reading and the stories are about the right length for this.
Examples of the stories are The Story of a Farmer and Four Hyenas, The Greedy but Cunning Tortoise, The Magic Crocodile and a Good Fortune in Camels.
Personally I found these stories quite charming and very evocative of the part of the world they originate from. I imagine children will love them and read this little volume again and again. Perfect for bedtime reading and the stories are about the right length for this.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
African Folk Tales is a great little book. It contains 18 short stories. Short stories are great as young readers can experience a sense of achievement of having read so many stories. The stories introduce the reader to interesting and unusual people and animals firing the imagination.
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