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Tortoise's Dream: A Folk Tale from Africa - Joanna Troughton


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Tortoise's Dream: A Folk Tale from Africa - Joanna Troughton

 
Description: ISBN 0140506713 / Genre: Author: Joanna Troughton / Edition: New edition / Paperback / 32 Pages / Book is published 1994-06-30 by Puffin ... more
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Newest Review: ... becomes fun. Lion heads back to the other eagerly awaiting animals with the name of the tree. Lion is fierce and bold, but on ... more

 ... his way back he looked behind, and then tripped over an ant hill. The name went out of his mind "Omrongbing....?". After Lion, Elephant, Hyena, Ostrich, Baboon and Giraffe all take their turn to go and see Grandma Koko. Each have special characteristics. The elephant is 'big and strong', the hyena is 'cunning and sly', the Ostrich is 'fast and speedy', the baboon is 'clever and wise' and the giraffe 'stately and proud'. Although each animal is special in their own way and remembers all the other obstacl...more

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Pages: 32, Edition: New edition, Paperback, Puffin Books
Last Update 24.11.2009 05:46
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Premium Review Tortoise's Dream: A Folk Tale from Africa - Joanna Troughton: The Omumbo-rombonga Tree (935 words)
by - written on 01/09/09 (Very useful, 108 readings)
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Tortoise's Dream is a wonderful book from the Folk Tales of the World collection by Joanna Troughton. She has written a series of 14 books, each telling a folk tale from around the world. This book is a tale from Africa. Tortoise has a dream. In his dream, he imagines a tree that is full of all the earths fruit, including bananas, dates, melons and pineapples. When he wakes up he tells all the African animals about his wonderful dream. The lion laughs, saying it is only a dream. Tortoise feels it is true and says Grandma Koko will know where it grows. The lion decides he will go and ask Grandma Koko as Tortoise is too "slow and steady". So ...  Read the complete review

 

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