African folktales & activities
By: retold by Louise Orlando.
Publisher: Scholastic Professional Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Multiculturalism -- Study and teaching (Primary); Legends -- Africa.; Animals -- Folklore -- Africa.; Africa -- Geography -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Genres: Folklore
Other titles: African folktales; Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace
Description: 13 African folktales, most of which focus on animals and originated with the nomadic San (Bushmen) and the pastoral Khoi (Hottentots), are accompanied by facts about the story teller, the animals, or the story setting, and activities. Ideas from different stories can be mixed and matched to suit particular unit requirements and the enhance individual lessons while encouraging learning across the curriculum.
Notes: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace

"Grades K-3"--Cover.
Table of contents: value: When it rains; value: How leopard got his spots; value: Earth king's feast; value: Elephant's trick; value: Mr. Tread-carefully; value: A journey of life and death; value: How zebra got his stripes; value: Giraffe's long neck; value: Lazy, lazy hare; value: How humans claimed fire; value: How the stork came to be; value: Hippo keeps his promise; value: Nomvula.