Book Description
for Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales by Ashley Bryan
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
A handsome volume contains four easy to read tales, each documented according to its specific cultural source in Africa and each told with a smoothly paced rhythm inviting reading aloud. Full of fun, drama and truth, the tales are abundantly illustrated on every spread with stylized black and white drawings, five of which are full-page in size with gold and red colors. (Ages 5-12)
CCBC Choices 1986. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1986. Used with permission.