| Title:
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WHEN THE WORLD BEGAN
STORIES COLLECTED IN ETHIOPIA |
| By: |
Elizabeth Laird, Joseph Kebede (Illus), Lydia Monks (Illus) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£7.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0192741896 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780192741899 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 April, 2001 |
| Series: |
Oxford Myths & Legends S. |
| Pages: |
96 |
| Description: |
Contains stories about animals and hunters, wise stories, funny stories, stories about cunning and trickery, and love and goodness. Re-told by the winner of the Reader's Choice Award for the Smarties, this book contains stories like those of Aesop, the Bible and Grimm. |
| Synopsis: |
This work contains stories about animals and hunters, wise stories, funny stories, stories about cunning and trickery, and love and goodness. These stories are written down here for the first time ever. The author has travelled around Ethiopia collecting stories from this incredibly diverse country. There are stories like those of Aesop, the Bible and Grimm. They are retold by a prize-winning children's author who loves the country. Elizabeth Laird has won the Reader's Choice award for the Smarties, the children's Book award and has been shortlisted for the Carnegie. She has previously published with Egmont, Macmillan, Collins and Hodder. She has spent two years travelling to gather these stories. |
| Reader Age: |
9-11 |
| Illustrations: |
full colour illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |