Bimwili & the Zimwi

a tale from Zanzibar

By Aardema, Verna & Meddaugh, Susan

Publishers Summary:
A Swahili girl is abducted by a Zimwi and told to be the voice inside his singing drum.

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ISBN
978-0-80370-212-7
Publisher
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1985.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on November 1, 1985

K-Gr 4 In a fluid style, Aardema retells a folk tale from Zanzibar that was first published in 1896. As in some of her previous books, she creates words to express various sounds throughout the text. Whether it's the t-lopping of a wave, the che, che, che of laughter or a crab making a guga, guga, guga sound as it skitters along, young and old alike will enjoy vocali...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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