Koi and the Kola Nuts (Adaptation)
Content:
Koi and His Heritage
Illustrator:
Joe Cepeda
Verna Aardema
Publication:
1999 by Anne Schwartz Books
Genre:
Fiction, Folk Tales, Picture Books
Pages:
32
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Meet a crocodile, a snake, and an ant who would do anything for some kola nuts.
Meet a demanding chief who seeks a worthy husband for his beautiful daughter.
Now meet Koi, a worthy young man who just happens to have inherited a seemingly useless kola nut tree, and has just set out in search of adventure and romance.
Could Koi's kola nut tree possibly bring good to others? And could this good possibly come back to him in full measure? Read this delightfully spirited tale by the premier reteller of African folktales for children, illustrated with Joe Cepeda's boisterous paintings, to find out!
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Verna Aardema
1911 - 2000American
Verna Aardema's first children's book, Tales from the Story Hat, was published in 1960 by Coward McCann. It is one of the most consistently recommen... See more
Joe Cepeda
AmericanJoe Cepeda is an award-winning illustrator of more than twenty books for children. He lives in Southern California with his wife and their son. Fro... See more
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