The Baboons Who Went This Way And That: Folktales From Africa
- 29 Jun 2006
- 9781841957722
- £7.99
- 176 pp
- 111×178mm
- 6 Aug 2009
- 9781847676955
- £6.39
- 176 pp
In a few words
From the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
In a few words
From the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
This is a gem of a book . . . Each tale sparkles with magic.
A collection of charm and tenderness.
This is a gem of a book . . . Each tale sparkles with magic.
More about
the book
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.
More about
the book
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.
Deceptively elegant... these brilliant stories shine through in a way that is wholesome, engaging and highly rewarding.
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.
Alexander McCall Smith
View profileAlexander 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.
Alexander McCall Smith
View profileAlexander 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.
