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Gathered here is a beguiling selection of folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana as retold by the best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. This treasury contains most of the stories previously collected in Children of Wax and seven new tales from the Setswana-speaking people of Botswana.
A girl discovers that her young husband might actually be a lion in disguise, but not before they have two sons who might actually be cubs . . . When a child made of wax follows his curiosity outside into the heat of daylight and melts, his siblings shape him into a bird with feathers made of leaves that enable him to fly into the light . . . Talking hyenas, milk-giving birds, clever cannibals who nonetheless get their comeuppance, and mysterious forces that reside in the landscape—these wonderful fables bring us the wealth, the variety, and the particular magic of traditional African lore.
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From the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
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From the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
"Savour alone or with your children"
Scotsman
A girl marrying a lion? A beautiful woman who is really a leopard? A tree that can feed a family?
Let bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith whisk you off to a place where magic is ordinary and bizarre things happen everyday, in this weird, wonderful and sometimes very funny celebration of African folk tales.
"A collection of charm and tenderness"
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- PublisherRandom House Large Print
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0739325507
- ISBN 13 9780739325506
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages304
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