African Tales

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This African collection is beautifully illustrated with hand sewn embroidered artwork decorated with African beads on a silk base The eight tales are from Ghana, Senegal, Lesotho, Namibia, Malawi, Sudan, Swaziland and Ethiopia each is prefaced by a short introduction to the country. Read African Tales – kino-fada.fr I absolutely loved reading this book It is a collection of eight stories from eight African countries such as Swaziland, Senegal and Ghana I like the fact that prior to each story there is a short introduction to the country The stories are full of adventure, emotion and they really are uplifting and enticing for the children to listen to and also for them to read themselves.I have to comment on the illustrations as they are absolut...This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever seen, partly due to the really luscious textile illustrations that add so many layers of colour and culture to the traditional stories.The book has a collection of tales from Africa The format is a double page of introduction to the country, along with some facts and geographical information This is a great way to give a simple context to readers, and would be a great conversation or research starter for a class Then, there is one tale per c This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever seen, partly due to the really luscious textile illustrations that add so many layers of colour and culture to the traditional stories.The book has a collection of tales from Africa The format is a double page of introduction to the country, along with some facts and geographical information This is a great way to give a simple context to readers, and would be a great conversation or research starter for a class Then, there is one tale per country They are often 4 6 pages long, and although could be read by KS2 children, I think they would be best spoken outloud to a class, adding voices ...This is a great collection of traditional Africa tales that could be used as read alouds or for storytelling What s great about the book is its breakdown of the different countries in African accompanied by a short, not overwhelming introduction of history and facts about each The stories ...A beautiful collection of tales from several African countries Namibia, Malawi, Lesotho, Swaziland, Senegal, Ghana, Sudan, and Ethiopia What makes this book so special is the brief country introduction provided before each respective tale, a detailed list of sources for each country at the end of the book and the magnificent art work, adorning each page A real treasure Extra bonus 10% of the proce...Background information on the country of each story was interesting, but I would have likedcultural explanation for the stories Some of the stories seemed unfinished, or maybe they just don t really make sense out of context The illustrations are fabulous.

African Tales
  • 11 January 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 96 pages
  • 1846861187
  • Gcina Mhlophe
  • African Tales