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Why the crab has no head : an African tale

Title
  1. Why the crab has no head : an African tale / retold and illustrated by Barbara Knutson.
Published by
  1. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c1987.
Author
  1. Knutson, Barbara.

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Additional authors
  1. James Weldon Johnson Collection.
  2. Schomburg Children's Collection.
Description
  1. [24] p. : ill.; 20 x 24 cm.
Summary
  1. Retells the African folktale from the Bakongo people of Zaire in which Crab's pride influences his creator, who leaves crab without a head to make him humble.
Subject
  1. Crabs > Folklore
  2. Folklore > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Call number
  1. Sc E 11-668
Author
  1. Knutson, Barbara.
Title
  1. Why the crab has no head : an African tale / retold and illustrated by Barbara Knutson.
Imprint
  1. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c1987.
Added author
  1. James Weldon Johnson Collection.
  2. Schomburg Children's Collection.
LCCN
  1. 87018278
ISBN
  1. 0876143222 (lib. bdg.) : $9.95
Research call number
  1. Sc E 11-668
  2. J 398.24 K
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