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The Market Lady and the Mango Tree
By Watson, Pete & Watson, Mary
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68812-970-5
- Publisher
- New York : Tambourine Books, c1994.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 1994
K-Gr 3 A cautionary tale about the dangers of making a profit from what nature provides free of charge. In a village in West Africa, Market Lady, a keen business woman of ample girth, sits under the shade of a mango tree and sells her wares-mangoes, melons, coconuts, sugar-dipped dates. The children who have no money to buy food are accustomed to eating the man...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
