Folklore -- Africa
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Folklore -- Africa
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- Dume's roar, Tololwa M. Mollel ; [illustrations by] Kathy Blankley Roman
- Tabu and the dancing elephants, retold by Rene Deetlefs ; illustrated by Lyn Gilbert
- A ring of tricksters, animal tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa, Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Barry Moser
- A pride of African tales, Donna L. Washington ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Two ways to count to ten, a Liberian folktale, retold by Ruby Dee ; illustrated by Susan Meddaugh
- How many spots does a leopard have? and other tales, by Julius Lester ; illustrated by David Shannon
- Tortoise's dream, Joanna Troughton
- Spirits and sorcerers, written by Stewart Ross ; illustrated by Francis Phillipps
- African folktales & sculpture, folktales selected and edited by Paul Radin, with the collaboration of Elinore Marvel ; introd. to the tales by Paul Radin ; sculpture selected with an introd. by James Johnson Sweeney
- African animals through African eyes, [by] Janet and Alex D'Amato
- Tokoloshi, African folk-tales, adapted and retold by Diana Pitcher ; illustrated by Meg Rutherford
- A story, a story, an African tale, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley
- The house with no door, African riddle-poems, Brian Swann ; illustrated by Ashley Bryan
- The river that went to the sky, twelve tales by African storytellers, selected and edited by Mary Medlicott ; illustrated by Ademola Akintola
- The cat's purr, written & illustrated by Ashley Bryan
- Black folktales, Illustrated by Tom Feelings
- Nights of the dark moon, Gothic folktales from Asia and Africa, Tutu Dutta
- Rabbit makes a monkey of lion, a Swahili tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney
- Fly, eagle, fly!, an African tale, retold by Christopher Gregorowski ; pictures by Niki Daly
- Zomo, the rabbit, [tales], Hugh Sturton, drawings by Peter Warner
- Mitos y leyendas de africa, Fulvia Degl'Innocenti ; ilustraciones de Silvia Forzani ; traducción española, Marc Cornelis (La Letra, SL)
- Anansi and the talking melon, by Eric A. Kimmel
- The wisdom of African mythology, by John J. Ollivier
- Ashley Bryan's African tales, uh-huh, retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan
- Sungura and Leopard, a Swahili trickster tale, Barbara Knutson
- The tree house children, an African tale, by Carolyn White ; illustrated by Christiane Kromer
- Tales from the African plains, retold by Anne Gatti ; paintings by Gregory Alexander
- The sticky doll trap, a trickster tale, Jessica Souhami
- Princess of the full moon., Translated by John Garrett
- The adventures of Aku, or, How it came about that we shall always see Okra the cat lying on a velvet cushion, while Okraman the dog sleeps among the ashes, retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan
- Bury my bones but keep my words, African tales for retelling, retold by Tony Fairman ; illustrated by Meshack Asare
- Lion outwitted by hare,, and other African tales;, Illustrated by Franz Altschuler
- Mee-An and the magic serpent, a folktale from Mali, Baba Wagu74e Diakité
- How many spots does a leopard have?, an African folktale, retold by M.J. York ; illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon
- Crocodile and hen, a Bakongo folktale, text by Joan M. Lexau ; pictures by Doug Cushman
- The origin of life on earth, an African creation myth, retold by David A. Anderson/Sankofa ; illustrated by Kathleen Atkins Wilson ; design by Pete Traynor
- Lion and the ostrich chicks, and other African folk tales, retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan
- The cow-tail switch, and other West African stories, by Harold Courlander and George Herzog ; drawings by Madye Lee Chastain
- Kakalambalala, by Jan Mogensen
- The adventures of spider;, West African folk tales,, retold by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
- Folk tales & fables of the Middle East and Africa, Robert Ingpen & Barbara Hayes
- African folktales, retold by A. Ceni ; illustrations by Lorena Chiuppi
- Misoso, once upon a time tales from Africa, retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Reynold Ruffins
- A voice for the people, the life and work of Harold Courlander, Nina Jaffe
- Who's in Rabbit's house?, a Masai tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon
- Zzzng! zzzng! zzzng!, a Yoruba tale, retold by Phillis Gershator ; illustrated by Theresa Smith
- The honey hunters, a traditional African tale, illustrated by Francesca Martin
- Anansi goes fishing, retold by Eric A Kimmel ; illustrated by Janet Stevens
- African myths, Jake Jackson
- Cuántas manchas tiene el leopardo?, por Christianne C. Jones ; ilustrado por Svetlana A. Zhurkina ; traducción, Patricia Abello