Books with title Folktales from Africa

Meet a greedy spider, an evil shark, flying horses, and a cunning hare. You'll find all these and more in these exciting tales from Africa. You'll also find the answers to questions like why flies buzz and why the sun and moon live in the sky. Stories: Why the dog is the friend of man . . . The man who learned the language of the animals . . . Tortoise and the lizard . . . The Rubber Man, . . . Tortoise and the Baboon . . . Spider and the Lion . .. Thunder and lightning . . . Why the crab has no head or how the first river was made . .. A test of skill . . . The Tale of the superman . . . Why the bush fowl calls at dawn and why flies buzz . . . Spider and squirrel . . . Unanana and the elephant . . . Spider's web . . . The magic horns . . . Snake magic . .. Hare and the corn bins . . . What the squirrel saw .. . Hare and the hyena . . . The calabash children . . . The blacksmith's dilemma . . . The magic drum . . . Why the sun and moon live in the sky . . . The monkey's heart . . . The children who lived in a tree house . .. . Why the bat flies at night . . . Tug of war . . . The discontented fish . . . Hallabau's jealousy . . . Goto, king of the land and the water . . . The singing druma and the mysterious pumpkin . . . The snake chief . . . The two brothers . . . Fereyel and debbo engal the witch . . . Bibliography