Here are five Nigerian folktales, retold in language as rhythmic as the beat of the story-drum, and illustrated with vibrant, evocative woodcuts.
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Five Nigerian folktales, masterfully retold, are accompanied by vibrant woodcuts. Ages 8-12.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Ashley Bryan grew up to the sound of his mother singing from morning to night, and has shared the joy of song with children ever since. One of our most beloved illustrators, he is this year's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner and has been a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer, a Coretta Scott King Award winner (most recently for Let It Shine,)and the recipient of countless other awards and recognitions. He lives in Islesford, one of the Cranberry Isles off the coast of Maine, where he can often be found with a cluster of children, all singing.
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FROG AND HEN once met. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
eats little chickens, shoo bee, good bless Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bush Cow, Head Chief, Mama Frog, Mama Snake, Mount Tsha-wa-dinda New!
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FROG AND HEN once met. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
eats little chickens, shoo bee, good bless Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bush Cow, Head Chief, Mama Frog, Mama Snake, Mount Tsha-wa-dinda New!
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- Coretta Scott King Award Books: Using Great Literature with Children and Young Adults by Claire G. Stephens on 5 pages
- Bookpeople: A Multicultural Album by Sharron L. McElmeel on page 11, page 12, and page 15
- How & Why Stories (World Storytelling from August House) by Martha Hamilton on page 32, and Back Matter
- Shake-It-Up Tales! by Margaret Read MacDonald on page 132, and page 143
- The Big Book of Picture-Book Authors & Illustrators: Grades K-3 by James Preller on page 18
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