Clever Tortoise: A Traditional African Tale
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Martin, Francesca
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2000
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At Lake Nyasa in Africa, the elephant once came crashing among the other animals. That action roused the hippopotamus to show how strong he was, too. When the other animals gathered to ask what they could do, clever tortoise came up with an idea. He went to elephant and issued a challenge to a tug-of-war. Then he did the same with hippopotamus. That night the animals worked hard together to weave a strong rope. The next morning they went individually to the two and gave each an end of the rope. Here one finds perhaps the best illustrations: two facing pages of three panels each. Martin playfully shows the intensifying and frustrated efforts of each beast. At noon, tortoise cut the rope with an axe. The elephant bumped his head, and the hippopotamus smacked her back in the water. That evening, the animals held a big party to celebrate clever tortoise. The illustrative work is affectionate and colorful in this landscape-formatted book.
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Candlewick Press
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4578 (Access ID)