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A stork in a baobab tree : an African 12 days of Christmas / Catherine House ; illustrated by Polly Alakija. |
| Authors: | House, Catherine. |
| Call number: | jP HOU |
| Publisher: | London : Frances Lincoln Childrens Books 2011. |
| Publication date: | 2011. |
| Subject: |
Christmas -- Africa -- Juvenile fiction.
Africa -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Title: | A stork in a baobab tree : an African 12 days of Christmas / Catherine House ; illustrated by Polly Alakija. |
| Physical description: | 1 v. (unnpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Summary note: | Set in Africa during the Christmas season, this is the story of a village preparing for a celebration - the birth of a child. The story is told in verse inspired by the traditional carol The Twelve Days of Christmas, but in this version by the author Catherine House the gifts are: 1 stork in a baobab tree, 2 thatched huts, 3 woven baskets, 4 market traders, 5 bright khangas, 6 women pounding, 7 children playing, 8 wooden carvings, 9 grazing goats, 10 drummers drumming, 11 dancers dancing and 12 storytellers. This is a Christmas steeped in the atmosphere of African village life, including descriptions of the objects and activities mentioned in the text. |
| Genre: | Christmas stories. |
| Added author: | Alakija, Polly, ilt. |
| ISBN: | 9781847801166 1847801161 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1319808 |
| Bib No.: | 1319808 |
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