Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion: A Swahili Tale

The author of the majestic Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain journeys here into the land of funny folktales with a pungent story of two longtime foes. Rabbit craves the taste of honey, but Lion, who prizes the honey tree, craves a taste of rabbit. This comic tale of give-and-take on the African plains offers up classic trickster themes in a biting text and sun-drenched paintings. A Swahili tale, this will remind some of Brer Rabbit's pranks on Brer Fox, and other rascal tales. Folksy antics, grand fun.Aardema, Verna is the author of 'Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion: A Swahili Tale', published 1989 under ISBN 9780803702974 and ISBN 0803702973.