Title The cow-tail switch, and other West African stories / by Harold Courlander and George Herzog ; drawings by Madye Lee Chastain.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 398.2 COA	Check Shelf
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department	JUV. 398.2089 C861C	Check Shelf

Edition	1st Henry Holt pbk. ed.
Description	143 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents	Africa is many things" -- Cow-tail switch -- Kaddo's wall -- Talk -- One you don't see coming -- Kassa, the strong one -- Anansi's fishing expedition -- Younde goes to town -- Singing tortoise -- Time -- Messenger to Maftam -- Guinea fowl and rabbit get justice -- Anansi and Nothing go hunting for wives -- How Soko brought debt to Ashanti -- Hungry spider and the turtle -- Throw mountains -- Ansige Karamba, the glutton -- Don't shake hands with everybody.
Summary	Contains seventeen stories gathered from the Ashantis of West Africa.
Awards	Newbery Honor Book, 1948
Subject	Tales, African -- Juvenile literature.
	Folklore -- Africa.
	Folklore -- Africa, West.
	Newbery honor book.
	Folklore -- West Africa.
	Ashanti (African people) -- Folklore.
	Folklore. (OCoLC)fst00930306
	Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
Genre/Form	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Fiction.
	Literature.
Added Author	Herzog, George, 1901-1983.
ISBN	080500288X
	9780805002881
	0805002987 (pbk.)
	9780805002980 (pbk.)
	0030357454
	9780030357459

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