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Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum

by Ashley Bryan · 1980 · 80 pages

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Here are five Nigerian folktales, retold in language as rhythmic as the beat of the story-drum, and illustrated with vibrant, evocative woodcuts.

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Genre
folkloremyths and folklore
Themes
diversity
Setting
1980safricanigeria
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 80 pages

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