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Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain : A Nandi Tale
A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain.

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters : An African Tale
Mufaro was a happy man. Everyone agreed that his two daughters were very beautiful. Nyasha was kind and considerate as well as beautiful, but everyone -- except Mufaro -- knew that Manyara was selfish, badtempered, and spoiled.

When the king decided to take a wife and invited "The Most Worthy and Beautiful Daughters in the Land" to appear before him, Mufaro declared proudly that only the king could choose between Nyasha and Manyara. Manyara, of course, didn't agree, and set out to make certain that she would be chosen....

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears : a West African Tale
A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit.

Anansi the Spider : A Tale from the Ashanti
Anansi the Spider is a wise, funny, mischievous, and loveable folk hero who pops up in traditional Ashanti tales from Ghana, in West Africa. This story, retold and illustrated by Gerald McDermott, relates the tale of father Anansi and his six spider sons. When Anansi sets out on a dangerous journey...

The Rainstick : A Fable

Abiyoyo Book and CD

Two Ways to Count to Ten

African Folk Tales (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
Entertaining collection of 18 authentic stories, handed down from generation to generation among African tribal cultures, includes "The Magic Crocodile," a whimsical tale of a reptile with strange powers, "The Hare and the Crownbird," the story of a feathered friend’s reward for its acts of kindness; and 16 other time-honored tales. Nineteen lively illustrations by Yuko Green capture the flavor of these engaging stories.

Anansi Does The Impossible! : An Ashanti Tale (Aladdin Picture Books)

Anansi and the Talking Melon

Beautiful Blackbird (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)
Storyteller Bryan's (What a Wonderful World) singular voice provides rhythm and sound effects throughout this musical adaptation of a Zambian tale. When gray Ringdove calls the other monotone birds together and asks, "Who of all is the most beautiful?" they all reply, "Blackbird." They then encircle...

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
The vibrant tradition of African folktales — an oral heritage of stories that predates Ovid — is long, varied, and exceptionally rich, but surprisingly has been largely overlooked in the West. Nelson Mandela, the Nobel Laureate for Peace, selected thirty-two African stories for this extraordinary new book, an anthology that will present Africa's oldest folktales to the children of the world. In these stories, we meet a Kenyan lion named Simba and tricksters from Zulu folklore; we hear the voices of the scheming hyena and learn from a Khoi fable how animals acquired their tails and horns. Accompanied by dozens of enchanting, specially commissioned color paintings, these fables — culled from African countries as far-flung as Morocco, Uganda, and Tanzania — present a veritable bible of stories "universal in their portrayal of humanity, beasts, and the mystical." Four-color illustrations throughout.