Lexau, Joan M.

Crocodile and hen : a Bakongo folktale / text by Joan M. Lexau ; pictures by Doug Cushman. - Newly ill. ed. - [New York] : HarperCollins, c2001. - 45 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. - An I can read book .

Adaptation of Why the crocodile does not eat the hen, from Notes on the folklore of the Fjort (French Congo), by R. E. Dennett.

Crocodile is so confused by Hen calling him "brother" every time he gets ready to eat her that he finally goes searching for an explanation of how such a relationship can be.

ISBN: 0060284862 0060284870 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN: 99045410

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Folklore--Africa.
Animals--Folklore.

LC Class. No.: PZ8.1.L45 / Cr 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 398.2/096/798 E