When the World Began: Stories Collected in Ethiopia by Elizabeth Laird
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When the World Began
When the World Began
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These stories, collected on the author's travels in Ethiopia, are about animals and hunters, cunning and trickery, love and goodness. Similar to those of Aesop, the Bible and Grimm, the tales are some of the oldest in the world.
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"Twenty pourquoi tales, myths, and extended jokes paint a picture of a vibrant culture, open to the world around it.... The fluid recountings read aloud or tell equally well.... Deep-hued oil pastels and jewel-toned watercolors have a sense of volume and heft.... well-rounded collection... A solid
addition to most folktale collections."--School Library Journal
"Twenty pourquoi tales, myths, and extended jokes paint a picture of a vibrant culture, open to the world around it.... The fluid recountings read aloud or tell equally well.... Deep-hued oil pastels and jewel-toned watercolors have a sense of volume and heft.... well-rounded collection... A solid
addition to most folktale collections."--School Library Journal
"Twenty pourquoi tales, myths, and extended jokes paint a picture of a vibrant culture, open to the world around it.... The fluid recountings read aloud or tell equally well.... Deep-hued oil pastels and jewel-toned watercolors have a sense of volume and heft.... well-rounded collection... A solid addition to most folktale collections."--School Library Journal
"Twenty pourquoi tales, myths, and extended jokes paint a picture of a vibrant culture, open to the world around it.... The fluid recountings read aloud or tell equally well.... Deep-hued oil pastels and jewel-toned watercolors have a sense of volume and heft.... well-rounded collection... A solid addition to most folktale collections."--School Library Journal
addition to most folktale collections."--School Library Journal
"Twenty pourquoi tales, myths, and extended jokes paint a picture of a vibrant culture, open to the world around it.... The fluid recountings read aloud or tell equally well.... Deep-hued oil pastels and jewel-toned watercolors have a sense of volume and heft.... well-rounded collection... A solid
addition to most folktale collections."--School Library Journal
"Twenty pourquoi tales, myths, and extended jokes paint a picture of a vibrant culture, open to the world around it.... The fluid recountings read aloud or tell equally well.... Deep-hued oil pastels and jewel-toned watercolors have a sense of volume and heft.... well-rounded collection... A solid addition to most folktale collections."--School Library Journal
"Twenty pourquoi tales, myths, and extended jokes paint a picture of a vibrant culture, open to the world around it.... The fluid recountings read aloud or tell equally well.... Deep-hued oil pastels and jewel-toned watercolors have a sense of volume and heft.... well-rounded collection... A solid addition to most folktale collections."--School Library Journal
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GOR001620042
9780192745354
0192745352
When the World Began: Stories Collected in Ethiopia by Elizabeth Laird
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Oxford University Press
2000-07-01
96
N/A
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