Title: The Girl Who Married a Lion
First published: November 11, 2004
Description: Gathered here is a beguiling selection of folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana as retold by the best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. This treasury contains most of the stories previously collected in Children of Wax and seven new tales from the Setswana-speaking people of Botswana.  A girl discovers that her young husband might actually be a lion in disguise, but not before they have two sons who might actually be cubs . . . When a child made of wax follows his curiosity outside into the heat of daylight and melts, his siblings shape him into a bird with feathers made of leaves that enable him to fly into the light . . . Talking hyenas, milk-giving birds, clever cannibals who nonetheless get their comeuppance, and mysterious forces that reside in the landscape--these wonderful fables bring us the wealth, the variety, and the particular magic of traditional African lore.From the Hardcover edition.
Subjects: Tales, africa, African Folktales, Wildlife, Nsebele Folktales, Folklore, Animal lore, Tales, Zimbabween Folktales, Tswana (African people), Fiction, Märchen, Ndebele (African people), Botswana Folktales, Tswana Folktales, Literature, Large type books
Places: Zimbabwe, Botswana