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

Alexander McCall Smith

The Baboons Who Went This Way And That: Folktales From Africa by Alexander McCall Smith (eBook ISBN 9781847676955) book cover

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From the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

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


“This is a gem of a book … Each tale sparkles with magic.”
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Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over fifty books, including the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series of novels and several collections of short stories, including The Girl Who Married a Lion and Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations. In 2003 he was the winner of the UK’s principal award for humorous writing, the Saga Award, and in the same year he won the Glenfiddich Award for Writing. Alexander McCall Smith lives in Scotland.