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The dancing palm tree and other Nigerian folktales
- Title
- The dancing palm tree and other Nigerian folktales / retold by Barbara K. Walker ; woodcuts by Helen Siegl.
- Author
- Walker, Barbara K.
- Publication
- Lubbock, Tex., USA : Texas Tech University Press, 1990.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PZ8.1.W128 Dan 1990 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Siegl, Helen
- Description
- vii, 102 pages : color illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- This collection of eleven tales from Nigeria includes "The Boy and the Leopard," "The King and the Ring," and "The Reward of Treachery." Also contains a glossary and explanation of customs.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Literature.
- Tales – Nigeria – Juvenile literature.
- Note
- Reprint. Originally published: New York : Parents' Magazine Press, 1968.
- Contents
- The dancing palm tree -- The hunter and the hind -- Ashoremashika -- The king and the ring -- A secret told to a stranger -- A lesson for the bat -- It's all the fault of Adam -- Tortoise and Babarinsa's daughters -- Test of a friendship -- The boy and the leopard -- The reward of treachery.
- ISBN
- 0896722163
- 9780896722163
- LCCN
- 89027748
- OCLC
- ocm20490324
- 20490324
- SCSB-2782073
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries