The cow-tail switch and other West African stories /by Harold Courlander and George Herzog ; drawings by Madye Lee Chastain.

By:

Courlander, Harold, 1908-1996 [Author]

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780312380069

Other title:

Cow tail switch

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

PZ8 .C698 2008
PZ8

Available additional physical forms:

Contents:

Cow-tail switch -- Kaddo's wall -- Talk -- One you don't see coming -- Kassa, the strong one -- Anansi's fishing expedition -- Younde goes to town -- Singing tortoise -- Time -- Messenger to Maftam -- Guinea fowl and rabbit get justice -- Anansi and Nothing go hunting for wives -- How Soko brought debt to Ashanti -- Hungry spider and the turtle -- Throw mountains -- Ansige Karamba, the glutton -- Don't shake hands with everybody.

Awards:

Newbery honor book.

Subject: "The stories of West Africa are about men and animals, about kings, warriors, and hunters. They tell about clever people and stupid people, about good ones and bad ones, about how things and animals got to be how they are. Sometimes they are just tall tales. There are stories about Frog, Rabbit, Turtle, Guinea Fowl, and all the other animals that West Africans know. Some of the stories make you think. Some make you laugh. Here are some of the stories of the people of the forests, the seacoast, the hills, and the plains"--Page 4 of cover.

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Juvenile Book (10-day checkout)	G. Allen Fleece Library JUVENILE-NEWBERY	Fiction	PZ8.1.C874 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001762117

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Reprint. Previously published: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1947.

"Notes on the stories" (pages 133-140).

Includes glossary and pronunciation guide (pages 141-143).

"The stories of West Africa are about men and animals, about kings, warriors, and hunters. They tell about clever people and stupid people, about good ones and bad ones, about how things and animals got to be how they are. Sometimes they are just tall tales. There are stories about Frog, Rabbit, Turtle, Guinea Fowl, and all the other animals that West Africans know. Some of the stories make you think. Some make you laugh. Here are some of the stories of the people of the forests, the seacoast, the hills, and the plains"--Page 4 of cover.

"Africa is many things" -- Cow-tail switch -- Kaddo's wall -- Talk -- One you don't see coming -- Kassa, the strong one -- Anansi's fishing expedition -- Younde goes to town -- Singing tortoise -- Time -- Messenger to Maftam -- Guinea fowl and rabbit get justice -- Anansi and Nothing go hunting for wives -- How Soko brought debt to Ashanti -- Hungry spider and the turtle -- Throw mountains -- Ansige Karamba, the glutton -- Don't shake hands with everybody.

Newbery honor book.

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