How the Leopard Got His Claws

by Chinua Achebe

Book Overview

From Chinua Achebe, father of modern African literature, comes a vivid fable about power and freedom. In the beginning, all the animals lived as friends. Their king, the leopard, was strong but gentle and wise. Only Dog had sharp teeth, and only he scoffed at the other animals' plan to build a common shelter for resting out of the rain. But when Dog is flooded out of his own cave, he attacks the leopard and takes over as king. And it is then, after...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763648051
• ISBN13: 9780763648053
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.1" x 11.6"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5