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Only One Cowry
A Dahomean Tale
By Gershator, Phillis & Soman, David
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-53130-288-0
- Publisher
- New York : Orchard Books, c2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 24, 2000
K-Gr 4 Gershator brings her considerable storytelling skills to this tale of a stingy king who wishes to pay only a single cowry shell as a bride-price. Yo, a young and clever subject, accepts the ruler's challenge to find him a spouse for this meager offering. Yo takes the shell and slowly but sur...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
