Bent Northrop Memorial Library

A little lamb uses her clever wiles to keep a coyote from eating her up.

A secret joke almost leads to disaster in this comic Sudanese folktale. A Swahili tale of a wily little rabbit outwitting the big brawny lion.

In this retelling of a Masai tale, a mongoose helps an ostrich get her chicks back from the lonely lioness who has stolen them.

An African folktale in which the son of the chief must make his way in the world with only a sackful of kola nuts and the help of some creatures that he has treated with kindness.

On his way to his wedding, with his friends as attendants, a civet cat meets with extraordinary and unexpected delays.

With the help of a blue crane, a mother dove rescues her babies from a not-so-clever jackal.

Lazy Anansi seeks to trick someone into doing the heavy work of laying his fish trap, but instead he is fooled into doing the job himself.

Relates how a young man named Kojo finally gets the better of the tricky Anansi.

A greedy poor man tests the patience of Imana, Lord of Rwanda, until he loses everything.

A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit.