Mrs. Chicken and the hungry crocodile / Won-Ldy Paye & Margaret H. Lippert ; illustrated by Julie Paschkis.
By: Paye, Won-Ldy.
Contributor(s): Lippert, Margaret H | Paschkis, Julie [ill.].
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BookPublisher: New York : H. Holt, 2003Edition: 1st ed.Description: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0805070478 (hc : alk. paper).Other title: Missus Chicken and the hungry crocodile.Subject(s): Dan (African people) -- Folklore | Folklore -- Liberia | Chickens -- Folklore | Crocodiles -- Folklore | Dan (African people) -- Folklore | Folklore -- Liberia | Chickens -- Folklore | Crocodiles -- FolkloreDDC classification: 398.2/089/9634 | [E] Online resources: Publisher description Summary: When a crocodile captures Mrs. Chicken and takes her to an island to fatten her up, clever Mrs. Chicken claims that she can prove they are sisters and that, therefore, the crocodile shouldn't eat her.
"A version of this story was previously published in Why Leopard Has Spots: Dan Stories from Liberia by Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert, illustrated by Ashley Bryan, by Fulcrum Publishing, Inc., Golden, Colorado, 1998."
When a crocodile captures Mrs. Chicken and takes her to an island to fatten her up, clever Mrs. Chicken claims that she can prove they are sisters and that, therefore, the crocodile shouldn't eat her.
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