num_pages: 72
description: A Children's Africana Book Awards Best Book 2016All kinds of animals are featured in these ten sparkling stories from all over Africa by an award-winning author and illustrator. Find out what happens to Lion when he challenges Elephant and discovers who is the real king of the savannah; laugh along with Tortoise as he bewitches the animals in Tiger's work-party with his irresistible music; find out why Hippo has no hair how Elephant got his trunk and why Cockerel crows. Then read about the woman who had a mouse-child! The stories are drawn from the rich folklore of Ethiopia Ghana Nigeria Tanzania Malawi Lesotho Zimbabwe and South Africa and are perfectly matched by Piet Grobler's wonderful illustrations.
language: English
title: Who Is King?: Ten Magical Stories from Africa
publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books