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The fire children : a West African folk tale

Maddern, Eric2015
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Why are some people black, some white and others yellow, pink or brown? This West African creation myth tells how the first spirit-people solve their loneliness using clay and fire - and fill the Earth with children of every colour under the sun.
Main title:
The fire children : a West African folk tale / retold by Eric Maddern ; illustrated by Frané Lessac.
Imprint:
London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2015.
Collation:
25 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 27 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 1993.
ISBN:
9781847806529 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
1090245
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