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Gershator, Phillis

Only One Cowry: A Dahomean Tale

32 pp. September, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-531-30288-1 $$16.95 | Library ISBN 0-531-33288-8 $$17.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by David Soman. A clever man manages to find a wife for a stingy king willing to pay only one cowry shell as the bride-price; the woman herself also proves to be clever, tricking the king into sending loads of generous gifts. Soman's handsome collage art is as strong and distinctive as Gershator's text, deftly capturing the humor of the story in postures and facial expressions. A source note is included.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2000

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