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The Leopard's Drum, Punjabi/English-Language Edition: An Asante Tale from West Africa
Osebo the leopard has a fine drum, a huge drum, a "magnificent drum. All the animals covet Osebo's drum, but he won't let anyone else have it, not even Nyame, the Sky-God. So, Nyame offers a big reward to the animal that brings him the drum. All try -- the monkey, the elephant, even the python -- and all fail. Can a very small tortoise succeed in outwitting the boastf...more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
March 3rd 2006
by Frances Lincoln Children's Books
(first published 1996)
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Osebo the Leopard has an amazing drum. All of the animals want the drum, but Osebo will not let them have it, not even the Sky God Nyame. So, the Sky God offers a reward to the animal who can bring him the drum. The monkey, the elephant and the python all try and fail, but will the little Tortoise succeed in outwitting Osebo?
The Leopard's Drum is a lovely West African Tale with vibrant and colourful illustrations which I would recommend for children in Year 1 and 2. I used this book...more
The Leopard's Drum is a lovely West African Tale with vibrant and colourful illustrations which I would recommend for children in Year 1 and 2. I used this book...more
Genre: Folktale
Grades:1-3
“The Leopard’s Drum” , is the story of a leopard named Osebo who made a large drum that he played every day for all the other animals in the jungle. Eventually all of the other animals in the jungle became jealous of Osebo and his drum. Then, Nyame, the sky god offered a big reward to the animal that could steal the drum. Every animal in the jungle tries to steal the drum, but each was unsuccessful until a small water turtle tries to complete the job. Oseb...more
Grades:1-3
“The Leopard’s Drum” , is the story of a leopard named Osebo who made a large drum that he played every day for all the other animals in the jungle. Eventually all of the other animals in the jungle became jealous of Osebo and his drum. Then, Nyame, the sky god offered a big reward to the animal that could steal the drum. Every animal in the jungle tries to steal the drum, but each was unsuccessful until a small water turtle tries to complete the job. Oseb...more
This West Africa inspired traditional story/fairy tale is filled with events that demonstrate how a small animal, who is known to be weak, is clever enough to trick the fierce leopard into giving up his possession to the Sky-God. Through the use of pictures and characters that are important to the African culture the book unravels a story with a helpful lesson to always keep in mind.
The story I think deserves 4 stars in itself, but add the excellent illustrations and it's hard not to give it 5 stars. The pictures of animals remind me of construction paper cut outs that kids in school often make; they seem to jump out of the page! I love the colors used and the simple narrative that kids can easily follow. Looking forward to other books by this author.
Picture book- A leopard is always boasting about his drum that he made. The sky God tells the other animals so bring it to him and he will give them a reward. Lots of animals try but only a wise and innocent turtle can do it.
The story demonstrates how another culture uses storytelling to relay important life lessons. Demonstrates the use of godlike images to represent things like the sky or water. Can be used to discuss religion.
‘The Leopard's Drum” is an excellent example of African Folklore. This book is great for introducing African folklore and the tradition of “trickster” stories in some African folklore.
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