The Name of the Tree: A Bantu Folktale

by Celia Barker Lottridge

Book Overview

When a drought spreads through the land of the short grass, the animals set out across the great plain to find food. Their only hope for survival is a tree with a variety of colorful fruit. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068950490X
• ISBN13: 9780689504907
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.6" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Wonderful to Read Aloud

This is hands-down my favorite book to read aloud to children - to my own 2 kids and as a volunteer reader to kindergarteners and 1st graders at a local school. Children often greet me in class by shouting out the tree's name and begging me to read it to them for the nth time. It is a very charming story with a memorable ending, and the illustrations are delightful. I won't tell you the name of the tree - you'll have to read the book. But I'll bet the children in your life will remember it, and they'll ask you to read the story again and again.

What is the name of the tree?

Is it Awongalama? Is it an ant hill the animals trip over? Or is it as it is in this publication, something else? The trouble with tales is they get retold... like fishing stories. This Bantu tribal tale is one of my favourites. This particular publication has charming illustrations and a storyline that is similar to the original... with several differences. Having won awards, it is hard to deny it would enhance your child's collection... after all, I have a copy. Lazy P Publications is involved in a new title being released in the new year.

Memorable

This was read to me once, and I have never forgotten. I was so happy to have found this rare literature gem.