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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/442182 Title: The long grass whispers Author: Geraldine Elliot; Sheila Hawkins Publisher: New York : Schocken Books, [1968] ©1939 OCLC:442182

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The long grass whispers

Author:	Geraldine Elliot; Sheila Hawkins
Publisher:	New York : Schocken Books, [1968] ©1939
Edition/Format:	Print book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : English : First Schochen editionView all editions and formats
Summary:	A collection of folk tales told by the Ngoni people of Africa about the animals of their country--iguanas, baboons, hyenas, warthogs, and others.
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Subjects	Tales -- Africa. Folklore -- Africa. Animals -- Folklore. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Folklore Fiction
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Elliot, Geraldine. Long grass whispers. New York, Schocken Books [1968, ©1939] (OCoLC)735509855
Material Type:	Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Geraldine Elliot; Sheila Hawkins Find more information about:
OCLC Number:	442182
Description:	vii, 132 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents:	The iguana who was always right -- The hyena's sack -- The tortoise and the hyena -- The quarrel -- The well -- The monkey and the hyena -- The guilty frog -- The broken friendship -- The antelope's party -- The baboons -- The number of spots -- The trap -- The swallow and the mole -- Kalulu's pumpkins -- The greedy hyena.
Responsibility:	By Geraldine Elliot ; Illustrated by Sheila Hawkins.

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A collection of folk tales told by the Ngoni people of Africa about the animals of their country--iguanas, baboons, hyenas, warthogs, and others.

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