- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: Puffin Books; New edition edition (30 Jun 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140506713
- ISBN-13: 978-0140506716
- Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 19.2 x 0.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 139,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a charming, cumulative African tale in which a tortoise dreams of a miraculous tree bearing all the fruits of the Earth.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book in order to teach the Year 2 National Literacy Strategy for term 2 which focusses on stories from different cultures. I have to say that this book was the most popular book I have ever read to Year 2 childern! They are still asking for it to be read to them weeks on. The detail of setting is fantastic,and from it the children wrote their own African stories. I have also used it to do mind maps wiht the children, write postcards, link in Geography and many other lessons. A must for every Year 2 teacher, and any parent looking for a brilliant book with which to engage their children!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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A fantastic book to supply teach infants with - can get 2 days work from this book with ease - they LOVE it. My copy got lost at a school - I can't believe how much it will cost me to replace it though!
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One of my daughter's favorite
6 Jun 2009
Format:Library Binding
This is one of the books my daughter asks me to read again and again.
Very apealing
3 Oct 2004
Format:Library Binding
This book is beautifully illustrated with all the details of an African tapestry. It has a wonderful dreamlike quality, and an incredible rhythm that will appeal to children, as each of the animals sets off on the quest to find the Omumbo-rombonga tree, dreamed of by tortoise, but each fails in turn when they look around and forget the magical name of the tree.
It also has a great message, as after having eaten from the tree, at the end, each animal plants a seed that will provide a different fruit for the animals to eat from.
It also has a great message, as after having eaten from the tree, at the end, each animal plants a seed that will provide a different fruit for the animals to eat from.
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