Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters  
Written and illlustrated by John Steptoe

32 pages. 9.8" x 11.5" hardcover.

A picture book retelling of an African folktale is the story of two beautiful sisters: the kind and good Nyasha and the selfish and evil-tempered Manyara. An African king requests that "the most worthy and beautiful daughters in the land" appear before him so that he can select an appropriate bride. Will Nyasha's loving heart and generous spirit help her win the hand of the King?

John Steptoe has said that the ruins of an ancient city near Zimbabwe, Africa, inspired his 1988 Caldecott honor-winning watercolor-and-ink illustrations.

Once a Mouse  
Written and illlustrated by Marcia Brown

A hermit knows the magic to change a small mouse into a cat, a dog, and a majestic tiger -and Marcia Brown's magical woodcuts bring this Indian fable to life with the mastery that won her her second Caldecott Medal.

Full-color illustrations, 42 pages.
Level: Ages 4-8

Paperback, Regularly priced at $6.99.
Internet special. $4.00.

Poster, 17.5" x 22", $5.00.

Shadow  
Translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown    

Shadow lives in the forest...
It goes forth at night to prowl around the fires.
It even likes to mingle with the dancers...
Shadow...
It waves with the grasses, curls up at the foot of trees...
But in the African experience Shadow is much more. The village storytellers and shamans of an Africa that is passing into memory called forth for the poet Blaise Cendrars an eerie image, shifting between the beliefs of the present and the spirits of the past.
Shadow...
It does not cry out, it has no voice...
It can cast a spell over you...
It follows man everywhere, even to war...
Marcia Brown's stunning illustrations in collage, inspired by her travels in Africa, evoke the atmosphere and drama of a life now haunted, now enchanted by Shadow.

Level: Ages 5-8

Paperback, Regularly priced at $7.99.
Internet special. $4.00.

Poster, 17.5" x 22", $5.00.

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