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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Echewa, T. Obinkaram

The Magic Tree: A Folktale from Nigeria

32 pp. | Morrow | June, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-688-16231-2 $$16.00 | Library ISBN 0-688-16232-0 $$15.93
(3) K-3 Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. Mbi, an orphan who is mistreated by everyone, plants a magic tree that responds only to his wishes. When a boy climbs up to steal the fruit, Mbi asks the tree to grow, sending the thief high into the sky; to get him back, the chastened villagers promise to reform. Echewa tells his tale with feeling, and Lewis's watercolors offer some sensitive portraits of Mbi.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert

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