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by: Pamela Duncan Edwards
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9781585362981
ISBN: 1585362980
Label: Sleeping Bear Press
Manufacturer: Sleeping Bear Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: September 28, 2006
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Sales Rank: 2199255
Studio: Sleeping Bear Press
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Product Description:
According to African mythology, a lonely Creator made the first human being as separate parts, such as eyes to share the beauty of the garden, a nose to smell the flowers, and legs to skip and run. Finally, a stomach was fashioned. All of the parts enjoyed their functions, except for the stomach, which didn't know what to do. Bored and jealous, the growling, grumbling stomach caused problems for all the others. The angry Creator decided to put all of the parts together so they would have to get along. He placed the stomach right in the middle, but sometimes it still growls. Colorful prose and whimsical illustrations ignite the imagination of young readers.
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Rating: - Adorable Adaptation of African Folktale
I picked up Why the Stomach Growls from the library based on the cover alone (and a quick flip through). I was thoroughly enchanted with the illustrations and it just sounded like a easy, fun read...and I was not disappointed. Why the Stomach Grows is an adaptations of an African creation story done as a school play. In this adaptation a lonely creator, who has made a beautiful world finds he is sad because there is no one there to appreciate or enjoy it. So, he creates beings, each with a singular ... Read More
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