Where the Leopard Passes a Book of African Folk Tales

by FOREWARD BY LAURA SIMMS Geraldine ELLIOT, Sheila Hawkins (Illustrator), Laura Simms

This is a fun chapter book that is a collection of old tales about animals in Africa based on real African folktales. The book is comprised of eighteen different folktales, each one being about different animals or even one animal. Each story offers a little bit of humor and wisdom and a little insight into African culture and beliefs. They are a collection of stories that have been passed down from generations in the African culture through parents telling them to their children to teach moral lessons. Many of the stories portray animals and humans as living in a world as one, doing similar tasks such as caring for their families, homes and crops, and statues in the community. The stories even portray certain morals, beliefs and culture of many Africans in histories past.

Genres: Africa, Fiction

Paperback

First published September 10, 1981