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Ajapa the Tortoise: A Book of Nigerian Folk Tales
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Environment:Made in USA
Author/Editor: Margaret Baumann
ISBN 10:0486423611
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This entertaining collection of 30 traditional Nigerian folk tales is filled with instructive lessons in honesty, loyalty, and friendship. Timeless fables recount adventures of Ajapa the Tortoise: how he saved the king and tricked the lion, what happened when he rented his house, how he came to be ba...  read more
 


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This entertaining collection of 30 traditional Nigerian folk tales is filled with instructive lessons in honesty, loyalty, and friendship. Timeless fables recount adventures of Ajapa the Tortoise: how he saved the king and tricked the lion, what happened when he rented his house, how he came to be bald, and more.
Reprint of the A. & C. Black, Ltd., London, 1929 edition.
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Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486423611
ISBN 13: 9780486423616
Author/Editor: Margaret Baumann
Format: Book
Grade level: 4 - 7 (ages 9 - 12)
Page Count: 112
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
Publication date: January 2003
Table of Contents: Click here to view the Table of Contents

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