To Dinner, For Dinner - Hardcover

Mollel, Tololwa M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823415279 ISBN 13: 9780823415274

Publisher: Holiday House, 2000

Synopsis

In a lively African folktale, a small rabbit tries to outsmart a mighty leopard who wants to eat her for dinner.

About this title

About the Author:

Tololwa M. Mollel is a renowned children's author, storyteller, and dramatist. He often draws on the stories and songs he heard as a boy while growing up in Tanzania. Some of his best known picture books are Orphan Boy, illustrated by Paul Morin, winner of the Governor's General Award in Canada' song Bird, illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger' My Rows and Piles of Coins, A Coretta Scott King Honor Book for Illustration' and Big Boy, winner of the Writers guild of Alberta Award for Children's Literature, both illustrated by E. B. Lewis. He now lives with his family in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-3-Mollel's storytelling skills are evident in this original tale of a clever rabbit that, with the help of some friends, manages to outwit a bully. When Leopard decides to have Juhudi for dinner, the quick-witted rabbit twice talks him into waiting until after the next planting season when she will be much fatter. Singing and dancing her way to Leopard's grove "to dinner, for dinner," the little rabbit passes her enthusiasm on to a group of hippos when she teaches them her song and dance. Together with her friend Fuko the mole, they teach the vain leopard a lesson he will not soon forget. Juhudi's catchy song in the style of an African chant invites audience participation in this already lively story. Music and pronunciation guides are appended, along with an author's note regarding the underdog/trickster of traditional folk literature. Saint James's full-page and double-page primitive-style paintings done in bright, primary colors alternate occasionally with a white box of text bordered by vegetables or leaves. Great fun for both teller and audience, this is a sure winner.
Susan Scheps, Shaker Heights Public Library, OH
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About this edition

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0823415279
• ISBN 13: 9780823415274
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Saint James Synthia