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- Hodder Children's Books
African Animal Tales, For National Curriculum Early Years, Interest age: from c 3 years, Fiction, Picture storybooks
A brand-new title in this much-loved series of ethnic folktales, bursting with colour and vitality by an award-winning team.
On the Great Grassy African Plain Handsome Hog had a beautiful smooth coat and an extremely elegant tail. This is the story of how Handsome Hog lost his looks and became known as Warthog to the other animals.
Mwenye Hadithi is a pen name and means a story-teller in Swahili.
Mwenye Hadithi
Mwenye Hadithi was born in Nairobi in a rambling brick and wood house surrounded by ten acres. His early life was full of animals. He attended London University, studying languages and foreign literature. When his first attempts at short stories and radio plays were sold immediately, he decided to be the next great African Writer.
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