Tanzania
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Bgoya, Walter (text)
Steinberg-Mund, Christine (illus.)
The story of the crow and the frog
Dar es Salaam : Mkuki na Nyota Publ.,
[2003]. – [14] p.
ISBN 9987-686-41-9
Crow – Frog – Race – Deception
In this small square picture book, Walter Bgoya presents a variation of the
motif about the race between a hare and a hedgehog well-known worldwide
through the Grimm brothers’ folk tale collections. This time, it is a young
crow who proudly thinks himself superior to an old frog and challenges the
amphibian to a race. Thanks to a little frog girl’s clever plan, however,
the crow is taught a lesson and forthwith both species respect each other. The
short text is accompanied by humorous colour-pencil drawings. The bustling
pictures nicely illustrate how an utterly astonished and confused crow is
eventually defeated by a group of slyly grinning, jumpy little frogs.
(4+)