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WHAT'S SO FUNNY, KETU?

by Aardema, Vera

First Edition

Price: $20.95


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Book description: NY: Dial Press, 1982 Brown has adapted an African folk tale retold by CALDECOTT-MEDALIST AARDEMA from "OTWE", "The Man and the Snake", and decorated it in his amusing way, with line-drawings overlaid with color. In the tale, Ketu helps a snake who endows him with the magical ability to understand what animals are thinking. It leads to trouble between the man and his wife and is finally set straight by the village wise men. OUT OF PRINT.. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Very Good/Good Dj. Illus. by Marc Brown. 4to.

  • Bookseller: Jeryl Metz, Books US (US)
  • Bookseller Inventory #: 8866
  • Format/binding: Hardcover
  • Book condition: Very Good
  • Jacket condition: Good Dj
  • Illustrator: Marc Brown
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Publisher: Dial Press
  • Place: NY
  • Date published: 1982
  • Keywords: CHILDREN'S STORIES AFRICA

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