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The flying tortoise: an Igbo tale

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Publisher:
Clarion
Publication Date:
[1994]
Language:
English

Description

Mbeku, the greedy tortoise, gets himself invited to the banquet in Skyland, but is trapped with no way to get back to Earth in this Igbo tale of why the tortoise has a checkered shell.

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ISBN:
9780395688458
Accelerated Reader:
LG
Level 3.9, 0.5 Points
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 670L

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Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2024-09-13 22:03:39PM
Last Indexed2024-09-19 01:47:58AM

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Picture books
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