Two Animal Tales from Africa

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Big Cat
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folk tales
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traditional tales

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  • ISBN 9780008179427
  • Weight: 120g
  • Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
  • Publication Date: 03 Jan 2017
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level

Two beautifully told traditional tales by Beverley Birch. ‘The Water Thief’ is about the mischievous antics of Hyena and how crafty Tortoise plays him at his own game. ‘Lumbwi and the Gazelle’ is about a moving friendship, but when Lumbwi embarks on a new life he seems to forget about his old friend, to dreadful consequences.

Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.

Text type: Traditional tales from another culture

Curriculum links: English: fairy stories, myths and legends

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Beverley Birch is the author of more than forty books, from picture books and novels to science biographies and retellings of Shakespeare. All her books have received critical acclaim. She has been translated into more than a dozen languages, and is in the top ten per cent of all authors borrowed in UK libraries. Beverley grew up in Kenya, and came to England for the first time to study for A' levels.

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