Api and the Boy Stranger

by Patricia Roddy, Lynne Russell (Illustrator)

In a story based on an old African legend, a strange young boy arrives at Api's village begging for food and only Api's mother will feed him, or heed the boy's mysterious warning to leave the village.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1994

Reviews

[Carole · Rating 4 out of 5]

A young stranger walks into a small village on several festive days. He always brings an empty bowl and stops by several women who either ignore him or tell him to get away. One woman each time gives him food and when he comes to warn all the people to get out
of the village, no family leaves except the family who fed him. All the others perish.

[Stepan · Rating 5 out of 5]

African folk tale about helping strangers. The text has repeating story and sound elements and received a hearty thumbs up from my 4 year old.

[Holly Thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you show kindness to people who need help, you will be rewarded.