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Author Maddern, Eric, author

Title The fire children : a West African creation tale / retold by Eric Maddern ; pictures by Frané Lessac
Published New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [1993]
é1993
©1993

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB CRC  398.20966 Mad/Fch  AVAILABLE
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Summary A retelling of the West African tale about the creation of the world and all its different peoples
Notes This tale is an adaptation of a West African creation legend that appears in Gods and men: myths and legends from the world's religions, retold by John R. Bailey, Kenneth McLeish and david Spearman (Oxford University Press, 1981)
Subject Folklore -- Africa, West -- Juvenile literature.
Creation -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
Race -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
Creation -- Folklore.
Folklore -- Africa, West.
Race -- Folklore.
Author Lessac, Frané, illustrator
LC no. 92034685
ISBN 0803714777 (trade)
9780803714779 (trade)