Mrs. Chicken and the hungry crocodile
By: Won-Ldy Paye & Margaret H. Lippert ; illustrated by Julie Paschkis.
Contributors: Lippert, Margaret H.; Paschkis, Julie, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: H. Holt
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Dan (African people) -- Folklore.; Folklore -- Liberia.; Chickens -- Folklore.; Crocodiles -- Folklore.
Genres: Folklore.
Description: When a crocodile captures Mrs. Chicken and takes her to an island to fatten her up, clever Mrs. Chicken claims that she can prove they are sisters and that, therefore, the crocodile shouldn't eat her.
Notes: "A version of this story was previously published in Why Leopard Has Spots: Dan Stories from Liberia by Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert, illustrated by Ashley Bryan, by Fulcrum Publishing, Inc., Golden, Colorado, 1998."