The "Multicultural Stories" series brings together storytellers and artists to retell tales from around the world. Each title contains colourful artwork, while allowing space for the text, so that the different oral traditions are brought to life. Each story is introduced by a short information section that tells the reader about the place and people from which the story comes, and allows children to put the story into context.

 

This book is part of a book series called Multicultural Stories .

There are 48 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 1999 by Hachette Children's Group .

Petronella Breinburg's aunt was a Nenne Dofi, a Great Storyteller, in Surinam. It inspired her to become a storyteller herself, and ever since she was young, Petronella has been collecting stories from all round the Caribbean. These are some of her favourites. She is the author of a number of children's story books.