The girl who married a ghost and other tales from Nigeria
By: Ifeoma Onyefulu ; illustrated by Julia Cairns
Contributors: Cairns, Julia, illustrator
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9781847800114; 9781847801760
Subjects: Märchen; Mündliche Literatur; Children's stories; Juvenile fiction; Tales; Folklore
Description: Presents a collection of ten Nigerian folktales, including the stories of a girl who marries a ghost, a lion that hosts an eating competition, and a lazy lizard.
Table of contents: title: The great eating competition; title: The child who never went out; title: Lazy dog and tortoise; title: The girl who married a ghost; title: Pig's money; title: The famine; title: Who stole python's eggs?; title: Talented grasshopper; title: Why the lizard nods his head; title: The wrestler and the ghost.