Folktales from Africa: The Girl Who Married a Lion

Folktales from Africa: The Girl Who Married a Lion

by Alexander McCall Smith (Author), Naomi Holwill (Illustrator)

Synopsis

A girl marrying a lion? A beautiful woman who is really a leopard? A tree that can feed a family? Let bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith whisk you off to a place where magic is ordinary and bizarre things happen everyday, in this weird, wonderful and sometimes very funny celebration of African folk tales.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 134
Edition: Main
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 07 Jul 2005

ISBN 10: 1841957291
ISBN 13: 9781841957296
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
Book Overview: From the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Media Reviews
A collection of charm and tenderness * * Daily Telegraph * *
The most entertaining read of the year * * Guardian * *
Highly amusing, intelligent, and heart-warming * * Scotsman * *
Retold in his own deceptively elegant fashion, the simple moral truths of these brilliant stories shine through in a way that is wholesome and highly rewarding. * * Herald * *
Author Bio
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over fifty books, including the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels and several collections of short stories, including The Girl Who Married a Lion and Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations. In 2003 he was the winner of the UK's principal award for humorous writing, the Saga Award, and in the same year he won the Glenfiddich Award for Writing. Alexander McCall Smith lives in Scotland.