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1) Cross crocodile

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Pub. Date

c2010

Description

Long ago on the Great African Plains is was so dry that all the animals were hot, and thirsty, and hungry. All that is, except Cross Crocodile. This is the story of how Monkey tricked Crocodile into sharing her food with the other animals.

2) Hot Hippo

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Mwenye Hadithi

Series

African animal tales

Pub. Date

[1986]

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Relates why the hippopotamus lives in water.

3) Tricky Tortoise

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Mwenye Hadithi

Series

African animal tales

Pub. Date

[1988]

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Tortoise outsmarts Elephant by proving he can jump right over the elephant's "tiny and stupid" head.

4) Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears: -- and more stories from Africa

Pub. Date

[2004]

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Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears: A tall tale sets off a chain of mishaps in the jungle. Will the jungle creatures ever get the story straight? A story, a story: Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyanme, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider Man, wanted them, and caught three sly creatures to get them. Who's in Rabbit's house?: Rabbit has a problem: someone is inside her house and won't let her...

5) Tikki Tikki Tembo: --- and more favorite tales

Pub. Date

[2005]

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Three favorite tales all on one disc! Collection features 'Tikki Tikki Tembo', 'Hot hippo', and 'The tender tale Of Cinderella Penguin'

6) Click clack moo: cows that type : and more amusing animal tales

Series

Scholastic storybook treasures

Pub. Date

[2008]

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A farmer has to deal with typing cows and striking hens; a cow goes down a canal to see the city; Chicken Little worries that the sky is falling; an Egyptian crocodile becomes famous in a Paris fountain.

7) Strega Nona: and other stories from near and far

Pub. Date

[2010]

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Strega Nona: Big Anthony is knee-deep in trouble - and pasta - when he uses Strega Nona's pasta pot without her permission. Tikki Tikki Tembo: This folktale explains why Chinese people no longer choose long names for their children. Joey runs away: Joey looks for another home when he doesn't feel like cleaning up his messy room. Why mosquitos buzz in people's ears: A chain of mishaps is set off - from Mosquito to Iguana to Python to Rabbit to Owl...