Baby Baboon (African Animal Tales) - Softcover

Hadithi, Mwenye; Kennaway, Adrienne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340580488 ISBN 13: 9780340580486

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994

Synopsis

Leopard is hungry, but he is also lazy. How will he catch his dinner? Leopard recruits the help of Baboon and Baby Baboon to trap Hare whom he plans to eat for his dinner. But Leopard is outwitted and Baby Baboon laughs and laughs.

This is the story of how Leopard came to lie in wait in the trees and why you just might hear Baby Baboon laughing and laughing.

About this title

About the Author:

Author: Bruce Hobson is the author of seven books in this series. He lives on a farm in South Africa.

Illustrator: Adrienne Kennaway moved from Kenya to London when she was 15 to study at the Ealing School of Art. Later she attended L'Academia de Belle Arte in Rome. It was on her return to Kenya that she began illustrating the picture books that have made her well known.

From Publishers Weekly:

In his attempt to snare a hare, Leopard enlists the help of Baboon. She is to monitor the rabbit hole while Leopard takes a drink from the river. But the cunning prey digs himself another exit and escapes. As Baby Baboon observes this comedic scene from his tree branch, he laughs and laughs--until he provokes the angry hunger of Leopard--"I'll have you to eat instead." When he snags Baby Baboon by the tail, Vervet Monkey intercedes with a clever scheme to save the impetuous youngster: reasoning that baboons are notoriously tough to eat, she suggests a spurious tenderizing method. The powerful Leopard is foiled by his credulity when Baby Baboon flies high through the air and is caught in his mother's arms. So, to this day, we can hear Baby Baboon laughing and laughing as Leopard hangs in the tree waiting. The classic simplicity and sly playfulness of Hadithi's narrative and Kennaway's exotic, light-sensitive watercolors make this attractive volume a worthy addition to the team's growing library of pourquoi tales ( Lazy Lion , Hot Hippo , Crafty Chameleon ). Ages 4-8.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0340580488
• ISBN 13: 9780340580486
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 32