Koi and the Kola Nuts

Koi and the Kola Nuts PDF Author: Brian Gleeson
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 9781599613109
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38

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Book Description
Cheated of his rightful inheritance, a chief's son uses a bunch of kola nuts to gain a happy new life.

Koi and the Kola Nuts

Koi and the Kola Nuts PDF Author: Brian Gleeson
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 9781599613109
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38

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Book Description
Cheated of his rightful inheritance, a chief's son uses a bunch of kola nuts to gain a happy new life.

Koi and the Kola Nuts

Koi and the Kola Nuts PDF Author: Verna Aardema
Publisher: Aladdin
ISBN: 9780689856778
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
An African folktale in which the son of the chief must make his way in the world with only a sackful of kola nuts and the help of some creatures that he has treated with kindness.

Finn McCoul

Finn McCoul PDF Author: Brian Gleeson
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 9781596792234
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
Retells the Irish folktale in which the gaint Finn McCoul and his very clever wife defeat the brutish giant Cuculin.

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears PDF Author: Verna Aardema
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0803760892
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
"In this Caldecott Medal winner, Mosquito tells a story that causes a jungle disaster. "Elegance has become the Dillons' hallmark. . . . Matching the art is Aardema's uniquely onomatopoeic text . . . An impressive showpiece." -Booklist, starred review. Winner of Caldecott Medal in 1976 and the Brooklyn Art Books for Children Award in 1977.

World Tales

World Tales PDF Author: Idries Shah
Publisher: Octagon Press Ltd
ISBN: 0863040365
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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Book Description
No ordinary collection of tales, this anthology was the result of extensive research that led Shah to conclude that there is a certain basic fund of human fictions which recur again and again throughout the world and never seem to lose their compelling attraction. This special paperback version of World Tales concentrates on the essentials, the text of the stories, and omits the illustrations which were part of a previous edition.

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain PDF Author: Verna Aardema
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140546162
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

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Book Description
A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain. Verna Aardema has brought the original story closer to the English nursery rhyme by putting in a cumulative refrain and giving the tale the rhythm of “The House That Jack Built.”

Anansi Finds a Fool

Anansi Finds a Fool PDF Author: Verna Aardema
Publisher: Dial Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42

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Book Description
Lazy Anansi seeks to trick someone into doing the heavy work of laying his fish trap, but instead he is fooled into doing the job himself. Anansi, in human form, is tricked by Bonsu when they go fishing.

Tales from the Story Hat

Tales from the Story Hat PDF Author: Verna Aardema
Publisher: Penguin Adult HC/TR
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Book Description
A collection of nine folk tales from Africa.

The Story of Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby

The Story of Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby PDF Author: Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 9781591977612
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
Relates how the wily Brer Rabbit outwits Brer Fox, who has set out to trap him.

Empires of Medieval West Africa

Empires of Medieval West Africa PDF Author: David C. Conrad
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1604131640
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 153

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Book Description
Explores empires of medieval west Africa.