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The Village of Round and Square Houses
The Village of Round and Square Houses
Author: Ann Grifalconi
Grade 2-4 — The telling of this beautifully coordinated African folk tale is shared by a little girl and her grandmother who live in the village of Tos in West Central Africa. This village in Cameroons is located at the foot of Naka Mountain, which is believed by the grandmother to be partially responsible for the "natural order of things" which ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780316328623
ISBN-10: 0316328626
Publication Date: 5/30/1986
Pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Publisher: Little, Brown
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Beautiful book for learning about the African culture. In Tos - a real life village in Cameroon - the men live in square houses and the women live in round. The story behind this custom is sensitively retold through the eyes of a young girl brought up there.
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