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The coconut thieves / [electronic resource] adapted by Catharine Fournier ; illustrated by Janina Domanska.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Scribner, [1964]Description: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Coconut thieves.DDC classification:
  • 398.2
LOC classification:
  • PZ8.1 .F817 Co
  • JP
Online resources: Summary: An adaptation of an African folk tale about a fierce and selfish leopard who jealously guarded a grove of coconut trees. "All the animals wanted to [get some coconuts] but Turtle and Dog were the only two who managed to foil and taste the sweet reward."
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"African folk tale"--Dust jacket.

"Acknowledgment is made to Wanda Markowska and Anna Milska for permission to translate and adapt the story The coconut thieves"--T.p. verso.

An adaptation of an African folk tale about a fierce and selfish leopard who jealously guarded a grove of coconut trees. "All the animals wanted to [get some coconuts] but Turtle and Dog were the only two who managed to foil and taste the sweet reward."

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