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1. The flying tortoise: an Igbo tale

Book cover for "The flying tortoise".
Author:
Mollel, Tololwa M. (Tololwa Marti)
Publisher:
Clarion
Pub. Date:
[1994]
Language:
English
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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.

2. Anansi's party time

Book cover for "Anansi's party time".
Author:
Kimmel, Eric A.
NoveList Series:
Anansi books volume 5.
Series:
Anansi books volume 5
Language:
English
Formats:
Book, Book with Audio CD, Hoopla eAudiobook, Hoopla eBook
Description:
When Anansi the spider invites Turtle to a party just to play a trick on him, Turtle gets revenge at a party of his own.

3. How Turtle's back was cracked: a traditional Cherokee tale

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Author:
Ross, Gayle
Publisher:
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date:
[1995]
Language:
English
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Description:
Turtle's shell is cracked when the wolves plot to stop his boastful ways.

4. Jabutí the tortoise: a trickster tale from the Amazon

Book cover for "Jabutí the tortoise".
Author:
McDermott, Gerald
NoveList Series:
Trickster tales (Gerald McDermott)
Series:
Trickster tales (Gerald McDermott)
Publisher:
Harcourt
Pub. Date:
[2001]
Language:
English
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Description:
All the birds enjoy the song-like flute music of Jabuti, the tortoise, except Vulture who, jealous because he cannot sing, tricks Jabuti into riding his back toward a festival planned by the King of Heaven.
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