Talk, Talk: An Ashanti Legend

Legends of the World

by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate

Jumaani thinks he's heard a yam talk, and now he's off to the village to tell the chief in this delightful Ashanti legend.

The Legends of the World opens readers' minds to the diverse cultures of Native America, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and the Americas through enchanting tales passed down through countless generations. Each book in the series features geographical, historical, and cultural information. Illustrated in full color.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Folklore, Fiction, Africa

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Debbi Chocolate is the author of numerous popular and award-winning books for young readers, including Talk, Talk, for which she received the Parents CHoice Award; On The Day I Was Born, a Children's Book Council Notable selectiom; and Neate to the Rescue!

Reviews

[Sierra Dirksen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was hilarious. It had amazing pictures and was fun to read. It is about a man named Jumaani who one day has objects, such as yams, begin talking to him. He then tells other villagers and objects talk to them too. It is a great story to read and to read to others.

[Allison Zingale · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is great is the children reading it are learning sequencing and summarizing. I found it to be too repetitve (for my liking) at parts, but I do understand how it could be beneficial for activities such as sequencing. I thought that the ending of the book was clever and a little bit funny, but I would not have appreciated the story as much if it had not been for the information after the story. The very last page in the book is background information (culture of Ghana, animals that live there, food that is grown there, etc). Included in this information is the fact that the people in Ghana believe all objects have lives of their own. I think it was so important to have that information there! Good book, overall.

[Theresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Talk, Talk: An Ashanti Legend (Legends of the World)
by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate
I made the 4th grade not only laugh at the book but join in on the comments... It was a great story to show cultural differences and make kids learn there is more to this world then the stories they know.
Talks about the Ashanti people, the important and expertise of the people and how they lived.

[Roger Bailey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sheesh! It could have contained more than one legend. This book was entirely too short.

[Ashten Wolff]

This is an accumulating tale about talking objects.