Crocodile and hen : a Bakongo folklore / retold by Joan M. Lexau ; pictures by Doug Cushman.
TITLE:
Crocodile and hen : a Bakongo folklore / retold by Joan M. Lexau ; pictures by Doug Cushman.
Publication Date:
2001, 1969
Publication Information:
New York : HarperCollins,
Physical Description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.
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Genre:
Summary:
Hen so confuses Crocodile by calling him "brother" every time he is ready to eat her that disconcerted, hungry Crocodile goes searching for an explanation of how such a relationship can be.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780060284862
General Note:
Adaptation of Why the crocodile does not eat the hen, from Notes on the folklore of the Fjort (French Congo), by R. E. Dennett.
