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Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains
Barbara Knutson
eBook (Carolrhoda Books ®, Nov. 1, 2013)One day, high in the Andes Mountains, Cuy the Guinea Pig is searching for wild spinach to eat when TÃo Antonio the Fox comes in search of Cuy to eat! TÃo Antonio thinks he's found dinner, but crafty Cuy has other plans. Quick-witted Cuy fools TÃo Antonio not once, but three times. Combining striking wood block artwork with an authentic South American voice, this sly trickster tale shows that clever thinking is key when you're out-foxing the fox. Discover more about this title and Barbara Knutson at www.barbaraknutson.net.
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Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains
Barbara Knutson
Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books ®, Aug. 1, 2004)One day, high in the Andes Mountains, Cuy the Guinea Pig is searching for wild spinach to eat when TÃo Antonio the Fox comes in search of Cuy to eat! TÃo Antonio thinks he's found dinner, but crafty Cuy has other plans. Quick-witted Cuy fools TÃo Antonio not once, but three times. Combining striking wood block artwork with an authentic South American voice, this sly trickster tale shows that clever thinking is key when you're out-foxing the fox. Discover more about this title and Barbara Knutson at www.barbaraknutson.net.
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How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots: A Swahili Tale of Friendship
Barbara Knutson
Paperback (First Avenue Editions, Aug. 1, 1991)A folk explanation for the guinea fowl's protective coloration that enables it to hide from its natural predator, the lion.
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How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots: A Swahili Tale of Friendship
Barbara Knutson
Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books ®, Jan. 1, 1990)The Guinea Fowl and Cow are best friends. Both of them keep an eye out for Lion. When Lion threatens, each must intervene to save the other. Beautiful watercolors transform this tale into a visual delight.
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Hanna's Cold Winter
Trish Marx, Barbara Knutson
Paperback (Purple House Press, Feb. 3, 2020)Hanna was a hippopotamus in the Budapest zoo. Hanna and the other hippos thrived in the warm springs which flowed from the ground. One winter, however, it was so cold that the river froze. There was a war going on, and the people and animals were starving. But the people of Budapest made a plan to save their beloved hippos. This heartwarming story, based on a true incident that took place during World War II, is beautifully told by Trish Marx. Barb Knutson's charming illustrations magically evoke the faraway place and time.
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Why the Crab Has No Head
Barbara Knutson
Paperback (Carolrhoda Books, Dec. 1, 1988)Retells the African folktale from the Bakongo people of Zaire in which Crab's pride influences his creator, who leaves crab without a head to make him humble
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Why the Crab Has No Head: An African Folktale
Barbara Knutson
Hardcover (Lerner Pub Group, Feb. 1, 1988)Retells the African folktale from the Bakongo people of Zaire in which Crab's pride influences his creator, who leaves crab without a head to make him humble
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Sungura and Leopard: A Swahili Trickster Tale
Barbara Knutson
Library Binding (Little Brown & Co, Oct. 1, 1993)In a timeless Swahili tale, Leopard and Sungura the hare unknowingly build houses on the same hill, and they eventually meet, and one outwits the other.
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Sungura And Leopard: A Swahili Trickster Tale
Barbara Knutson
Paperback (First Avenue Editions, Dec. 28, 2006)A small but clever hare and a fierce leopard agree to share a house, but as the hare's family grows, he realizes that he must find a way to get rid of his bad-tempered neighbor.
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Why the Crab Has No Head: An African Tale
Barbara Knutson
Hardcover (Carolrhoda Books, March 15, 1712)None
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Hanna's Cold Winter
Trish Marx, Barbara Knutson
Hardcover (Purple House Press, Aug. 1, 2009)Hanna was a hippopotamus in the Budapest zoo. Hanna and the other hippos thrived in the warm springs which flowed from the ground. One winter, however, it was so cold that the river froze. There was a war going on, and the people and animals were starving. But the people of Budapest made a plan to save their beloved hippos. This heartwarming story, based on a true incident that took place during World War II, is beautifully told by Trish Marx. Barb Knutson's charming illustrations magically evoke the faraway place and time.
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Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains
Barbara Knutson
Hardcover (LERNER PUB GROUP, Oct. 1, 2004)In this folktale from the Andes, a clever guinea pig repeatedly outsmarts the fox that wants to eat him for dinner.
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