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The Cow-Tail Switch: And Other West African Stories (Newbery Honor Book)

The Cow-Tail Switch: And Other West African Stories (Newbery Honor Book)

Courlander, Harold
Herzog, George
Chastain, Madye Lee

Paperback

Fairy Tales & FolkloreGeneral Juvenile Fiction

Publisher Price: $17.99

ISBN10: 0312380062
ISBN13: 9780312380069
Publisher: Square Fish
Published: Apr 29 2008
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.45 Width: 5.28 Depth: 7.65
Language: English
Awards: Newbery Medal

17 stories make up this unique collection of folktales brought to life by illustrations throughout the text.

The stories of West Africa are about men and animals, about kings, warriors, and hunters. They tell about clever people and stupid people, about good ones and bad ones, about how things and animals got to be how they are. Sometimes they are just tall tales. There are stories about Frog, Rabbit, Turtle, Guinea Fowl, and all the other animals that West Africans know. Some of the stories make you think. Some make you laugh.

Here are some of the stories of the people of the forests, the seacoast, the hills, and the plains.

The people of West Africa give them to you.

A NEWBERY HONOR BOOK (1948)

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