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King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
By Greenberg, Blu & Katz, Avi & Tarry, Linda
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-94370-690-0
- Publisher
- New York : Pitspopany Press, c1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1998
Gr 2-5 This version of the story has exciting original material--fresh new tales and riddles, an equal relationship, and a naturally multicultural, as well as slightly feminist, bias. Beginning like a fairy tale, it introduces the precocious African princess Makeda of Sheba, a child whose wisdom, fame as a riddler, and kindness prompts her elderly father to name her, rather than either of her brothers, his heir. And she becomes Queen. (This is the first time that the Queen of Sheba has been given a history, a fami...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
