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tale, a mongoose helps an ostrich get her chicks back from the lonely lioness who has stolen them.
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and his wife outsmart the Sky God and win back the beloved folktales of their people.
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Illustrated by Will
Hillenbradn. New York: Knopf; distributed by Random House, 1991.
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Illustrated by Joe Cepeda. 1st ed. New York: Atheneum Books for Young
Readers, 1999.
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in 1951, a job that lasted until 1972, the year before she retired from teaching.
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Pictures by Victoria Chess. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1997.
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Pictures by Victoria Chess. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1988.
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Relates how a young man named Kojo finally gets the better of the tricky Anansi.
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Illustrated by Dale Gottlieb. New York: Knopf; distributed by Random House, 1995.
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Pictures by Jerry Pinkney. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1989.
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Behind the Back of the Mountain; Black Folktales from Southern Africa.
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people of Kenya that explains why the ostrich has such a long neck.
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How the Ostrich Got Its Long Neck; A Tale from the Akamba of Kenya.
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In this Mexican folktale, a lazy boy learns a lesson about lying.
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and the help of some creatures that he has treated with kindness.
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in 1976 and the Brooklyn Art Books for Children Award in 1977.
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A collection of folktales from different parts of Africa.
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Princess Gorilla and a New Kind of Water: A Mpongwe Tale.
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Verna Aardema Bibliography from James Madison University
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Illustrated by Elton Fax. New York: Coward-McCann, 1960.
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The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks: A Masai Tale.
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Borreguita and the Coyote: A Tale from Ayutla, Mexico.
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The Riddle of the Drum: A Tale from Tizapan, Mexico.
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