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The Girl Who Married a Lion

And Other Tales from Africa

by McCall Smith, Alexander

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12/01/2004
9780375423123
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This collection of traditional folktales from Botswana and Zimbabwe uses magic and talking animals to convey simple but evocativ

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The Girl Who Married a Lion

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McCall Smith, Alexander

Description: This collection of traditional folktales from Botswana and Zimbabwe uses magic and talking animals to convey simple but evocative messages about friendship, rivalry, and justly punished treachery. The adaptor of these tales is Alexander McCall Smith, best known for the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency mystery series, whose fictional protagonist is native to Botswana and (as she says in the foreword) might have heard these stories herself when she was growing up.

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Publishers Weekly (10/25/2004)
"These are pithy, engaging tales, as habit-forming as peanuts."
New York Times Book Review (02/20/2005) - by Galehouse, Maggie
"[Q]uick, plainly told fables....[T]here are clear moral lessons here, useful for parents everywhere."

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Pages:	189
Publisher:	Pantheon Books
Language:	English
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Author:	McCall Smith, Alexander

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Related Topics ...

loyalty & betrayal

fairy tales

animals

friendship, general

mythological motifs

folktales

Folklore

Tales

Ndebele (African people)

Tswana (African people)

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Simple text, diffcult to read, Sep 15, 2007
By SFIL45 from Illinois

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I bought this to use for a short story unit with my 10th grade English class. The book has about 30 short stories, but they are at times difficult to read. They are written with an African-English syntax (If you've ever heard someone from Africa speak, the way they communicate in English is structured very differently). The stories have great underlying morals, but you might find yourself really having to dig to understand them because they're not explicitly stated like most American tales. As far as Overstock: The book came in 2-3 days from purchase. They're very reliable and anytime there has been issues with an order Overstock has immediately fixed it-no questions asked.

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