Crocodile and Hen: A Bakongo Folktale

by Joan M. Lexau

Book Overview

Crocodile is determined to eat fat and juicy--looking Hen! But when he opens his mouth wide to swallow her, Hen calmly says, "My brother, don't eat me," and Crocodile just can't do it. What does Hen mean? How can Crocodile be her brother? Does Hen know something Crocodile doesn't? Clever Hen outwits the confused and hungry Crocodile in this comic folktale from the Bakongo people of Africa. Ages 4--6

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064442632
• ISBN13: 9780064442633
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 47 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

CROCODILE AND HEN: A BAKONGO FOLKTALE

This is a simple but effective tale to teach children what we all have in common instead of what separates us. The central theme is: we are all brothers. An important message in our ever shrinking world. I gave it to our church nursery school.