{"product_id":"b078rxgfys","title":"The Magic Flyswatter: A Superhero Tale of Africa, Retold from the Mwindo Epic (Skyhook World Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe storyteller stands beside the fire, swaying, dancing, miming, singing, reciting. With one hand he shakes a gourd rattle, with the other he swings a conga -- a flyswatter made with a buffalo tail on a wooden handle. Anklet bells tinkle as he moves. Three young men beat a wooden drum with sticks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eListening to him is a crowd of men, women, and children. They sing along at a song's refrain, they repeat whole lines of the story when he pauses to see if they're paying attention. They encourage him with little shouts, whoops, claps. Food and drink are passed around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a mountain rainforest of the Congo, a Nyanga village hears once more the tale of its favorite hero -- Mwindo, the one born walking, the one born talking . . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor ages 10 and up. Not illustrated!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAaron Shepard is the award-winning author of The Baker's Dozen, The Sea King's Daughter, Lady White Snake, and many more children's books. His stories have appeared often in Cricket magazine, while his Web site is known internationally as a prime resource for folktales, storytelling, and reader's theater. Once a professional storyteller, Aaron specializes in lively retellings of folktales and other traditional literature, which have won him honors from the American Library Association, the New York Public Library, the Bank Street College of Education, the National Council for the Social Studies, and the American Folklore Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCover artist Xiaojun Li, a native of Inner Mongolia, was an award-winning children's book illustrator and art director in China before moving to the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSAMPLE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe-Mwindo heard the noise. He went to the house of his favorite wife. He saw the boy and was full of rage. What is this? Did I not say 'no sons'? Did I not say I would kill him?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe threw his spear at the baby. Mwindo waved his conga. The spear fell short and stuck in the floor. Mwindo pulled it up. He broke it in two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe-Mwindo cried out. Aieeeeeee! What kind of child is this?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMwindo sang and danced and waved his conga.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI am Mwindo,\u003cbr\u003e\nthe one born walking,\u003cbr\u003e\nthe one born talking.\u003cbr\u003e\nO my father, you do not want me.\u003cbr\u003e\nO my father, you try to kill me.\u003cbr\u003e\nBut what can you do against me?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52836691378392,"sku":"YSL62775","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/71usdSe6i0L._SY1500.jpg?v=1793273196","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b078rxgfys","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}