A01=K.P. Kojo
africa
anansi
animal stories
Author_K.P. Kojo
books for 10 year old boys
books for 11 year olds
books for 9 year old girls
books for 9 year olds
books for boys age 8-10
books for children age 9-12
books for girls age 8-10
books for kids age 10-12
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children's books
children's classic books
childrens books age 9-11
childrens books age 9-12
classic
classic childrens books
classic kids books
classic novels
classics
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fairy tales
fairy tales for children
folklore
folklore books
ghana
myths and legends
picture books
poetry
puffin classics
traditional tales
young adult
Product details
- ISBN 9780241737934
- Weight: 130g
- Dimensions: 129 x 199mm
- Publication Date: 12 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this legendary edition of Tales from Africa.
Find out how selfish Lion gets his comeuppance, go to a Frog wedding in the Sky Kingdom, discover the days when the earth's creatures were all mixed up and much more in these brilliantly crafted tales which reflect the very best and the very worst of human nature.
Rich in the folklore of the many different countries of Africa, Ghanaian author, K. P. Kojo brings each story to life with humour and rhyme, making them perfect for sharing and reading aloud to children of all ages.
Nii Ayikwei Parkes is a Ghanaian writer and Senior Editor at Flipped Eye publishing. A 2007 recipient of Ghana's national ACRAG award for poetry and literary advocacy, he is a former International Writing Fellow at the University of Southampton. In 2009, his short story, 'Socks Ball', was highly commended in the Caine Prize for African Writing, and his novel Tail of the Blue Bird (Jonathan Cape, 2009) was shortlisted for the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Nii Ayikwei writes for children under the name K.P. Kojo and spends his time in Ghana and the United Kingdom.
