Please, Malese!: A Trickster Tale from Haiti

by Amy MacDonald and Emily Lisker

Book Overview

Full of sly wit and the vibrant colors and rhythms of Haiti. "My toes are suffering," says Malese as he stretches out in his hammock. "They need new shoes, that's what they need." Malese has not a penny to his name and nothing to trade, but does he worry? Not at all. His pockets may be empty, but his mind is full of clever ideas. It isn't long before he's thought up a trick to get himself some fine new shoes. From marketplace to mountainside, Malese...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374360006
• ISBN13: 9780374360009
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3