The Baboons Who Went This Way And That: Folktales From Africa - Softcover

This is a gem of a book . . . Each tale sparkles with magic. * * Junior Education * * A collection of charm and tenderness. * * Daily Telegraph * * Deceptively elegant... these brilliant stories shine through in a way that is wholesome, engaging and highly rewarding. * * Herald * * These stories are still beautiful; creating a wryly humorous place where the animal and human worlds are fluidly in touch with each other, and, as in all the best fables, you take a lesson away with you. * * Metro * *

A man with a tree growing out of his head? A woman with children made of wax? A bird that can be milked? With more stories from his original celebration of African folktales, The Girl Who Married A Lion, let Alexander McCall Smith once again take you to a land where the bizarre is everyday and magic is real.