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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Kilaka, John

The Amazing Tree

32 pp. | North-South | September, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7358-2254-2 $16.95
(4) K-3 In this Tanzanian folktale, famine has struck the land. Unable to shake the ripe fruit from an "amazing tree," little Rabbit suggests asking wise Tortoise for help. The bigger animals insist on going themselves, but they all return having forgotten Tortoise's advice. The writing is occasionally stiff, but the size-doesn't-matter moral will resonate with young readers. Striking illustrations feature anthropomorphized animals dressed in vivid costumes.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

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