This work contains stories about animals and hunters, wise stories, funny stories, stories about cunning and trickery, and love and goodness. These stories are written down here for the first time ever. The author has travelled around Ethiopia collecting stories from this incredibly diverse country. There are stories like those of Aesop, the Bible and Grimm. They are retold by a prize-winning children's author who loves the country. Elizabeth Laird has won the Reader's Choice award for the Smarties, the children's Book award and has been shortlisted for the Carnegie. She has previously published with Egmont, Macmillan, Collins and Hodder. She has spent two years travelling to gather these stories.

 

This book is part of a book series called Oxford Myths And Legends .

There are 96 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2001 by Oxford University Press .

Elizabeth Laird has won the Reader's Choice for the Smarties, the Children's Book Award, and has been shortlisted for the Carnegie. She has previously published with Egmont, Macmillan, Collins, and Hodder. Her best known books are Kiss the Dust and Red Sky in the Morning. Elizabeth lives in Surrey. Joseph Kebede is an Ethiopian artist. Lydia Monks is a Smarties prize-winning artist. Elizabeth Laird has been nominated five times for the Carnegie Medal and has won numerous Lydia Monks has written and illustrated many books for children. She lives in London.