Folklore -- Africa
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Folklore -- Africa
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- The Kingfisher treasury of stories from around the world, chosen by Linda Jennings ; illustrated by Victor Ambrus
- Sungura and Leopard, a Swahili trickster tale, Barbara Knutson
- Impossible moon, Breanna McDaniel ; illustrated by Tonya Engle
- The cat's purr, written & illustrated by Ashley Bryan
- Zzzng! zzzng! zzzng!, a Yoruba tale, retold by Phillis Gershator ; illustrated by Theresa Smith
- The adventures of Aku, or, How it came about that we shall always see Okra the cat lying on a velvet cushion, while Okraman the dog sleeps among the ashes, retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan
- Tortoise's dream, Joanna Troughton
- African tales, folklore of the Central African Republic, translated from Sango by Polly Strong ; illustrated by Rodney Wimer
- The house with no door, African riddle-poems, Brian Swann ; illustrated by Ashley Bryan
- The lonely lioness and the Ostrich chicks, a Masai tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Yumi Heo
- How spiders got eight legs, retold by Katherine Mead ; illustrated by Carol O'Malia
- Young Mouse and Elephant, an East African folktale, adapted by Pamela J. Farris ; illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev
- Sungura and Leopard, a Swahili trickster tale, Barbara Knutson
- Mabela the clever, [an African folktale], retold by Margaret Read MacDonald ; illustrated by Tim Coffey
- Plays from African tales, one-act, royalty-free dramatizations for young people, from stories and folktales of Africa, by Barbara Winther
- Two ways to count to ten, a Liberian folktale, retold by Ruby Dee ; illustrated by Susan Meddaugh
- Why the sun and the moon live in the sky, by Elphinstone Dayrell
- The origin of life on earth, an African creation myth, retold by David A. Anderson/Sankofa ; illustrated by Kathleen Atkins Wilson ; designed by Pete Traynor
- The boy who tried to hide, a tale of Africa, retold by Lourdes Pacheco ; illustrated by Fraser Williamson
- The magic tree, a folktale from Nigeria, by T. Obinkaram Echewa ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis
- Anansi and the moss-covered rock
- Plays from African folktales, with ideas for acting, dance, costumes, and music, by Carol Korty ; illustrated by Sandra Cain ; music by Saka Acquaye and Afolabi Ajayi
- Rhinos for lunch and elephants for supper!, a Maasai tale, told by Tololwa M. Mollel ; illustrated by Barbara Spurll
- Wisdom tales from around the world, fifty gems of story and wisdom from such diverse traditions as Sufi, Zen, Taoist, Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, African and Native American, Heather Forest
- How the ostrich got its long neck, a tale from the Akamba of Kenya, retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Marcia Brown
- Mabela the clever, retold by Margaret Read MacDonald ; illustrated by Tim Coffey
- How many spots does a leopard have?, an African folktale, retold by M. J. York ; illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon
- Why the sky is far away, a Nigerian folktale, retold by Mary-Joan Gerson ; pictures by Carla Golembe
- The day Ocean came to visit, by Diane Wolkstein ; paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
- Akimba and the magic cow, a folktale from Africa, retold by Anne Rose ; woodcuts by Hope Meryman
- Bury my bones but keep my words, African tales for retelling, retold by Tony Fairman ; illustrated by Meshack Asare
- Quill soup, a stone soup story, Alan Durant ; illustrated by Dale Blankenaar
- Anansi the spider, Gerald McDermott
- The great tug of war, and other stories, Beverley Naidoo ; illustrated by Piet Grobler
- 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, 6
- "I am not afraid!", based on a Masai tale, by Kenny Mann ; illustrated by Richard Leonard and Alfredo Alcala
- African tales of magic and mystery, retold by Mária Kosová & Vladislav Stanovský ; illustrated by Karel Teissig; [translated from the Czech MS., by Olga Kuthanová]
- Who is king?, ten magical stories from Africa, Beverley Naidoo & Piet Grobler
- Tokoloshi, African folk-tales, adapted and retold by Diana Pitcher ; illustrated by Meg Rutherford
- Monsters and mythical creatures from around the world, Heather Frigiola ; illustrated by Sky Cybele
- The black cloth, a collection of African folktales, Bernard Binlin Dadié ; foreword by Es'kia Mphahlele ; translated by Karen C. Hatch
- Rabbit makes a monkey of lion, a Swahili tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney
- The cow-tail switch and other West African stories, by Harold Courlander and George Herzog ; drawings by Madye Lee Chastain
- Tabu and the dancing elephants, retold by Rene Deetlefs ; illustrated by Lyn Gilbert
- A pride of African tales, Donna L. Washington ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Around the world in 80 tales, Saviour Pirotta ; illustrated by Richard Johnson
- Crocodile and hen, a Bakongo folktale, text by Joan M. Lexau ; pictures by Doug Cushman
- Wild Africa, three centuries of nature writing from Africa, edited by John A. Murray
- African tales, a Barefoot collection, written by Gcina Mhlophe ; illustrated by Rachel Griffin
- Koi and the kola nuts, a tale from Liberia, Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Joe Cepeda