The Legend of the Baobab
The Legend of the Baobab

Author: Marsha Key

Publisher:

Published: 2014-05-13

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781632322807

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If you ever visit the Savannah of West Africa and see a tree that looks like it is turned upside down exposing its root system instead of limbs, you have just encountered the unusual Baobab tree of Africa. Join the author and illustrator as they share the African legend and origin of the Baobab tree. This legend has been passed down from one generation to the next in the traditional way, by telling and retelling the legend around nightly cooking fires. Now, you can read it for yourself in this delightful story that both children and adults will enjoy.

The Legend of the African Baobab Tree
The Legend of the African Baobab Tree

Author: Bobbi Dooley Hunter

Publisher: Bobbi Dooley Hunter

Published: 2022-08-31

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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The Legend of the African Baobab Tree is a story of a beautiful tree who complained to the great spirit of the wild plains about wanting to be the best and brightest and most handsome of all the African trees. The great spirit became tired of the complaints, and reached down from the sky, yanked the tree out of the ground, and placed it back in upside down! All the animals were alarmed, and so was the huge tree. For after that, the magnificent tree only grew leaves once a year. The other months, the roots seem to bend and grow towards the sky.

African Tree Tales
African Tree Tales

Author: Ivy Newton

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-08-06

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 9781515322788

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The baobab (bay-oh-bab) is known as the tree God planted upside down and also the tree of life. There are many folktales, myths and legends surrounding the baobab tree, stories were told to an ancestor whose ancestors told them to them, who had received them from their ancestors, and so back into the ancient San Tribe storytelling history. The baobab is truly the tree of life this is why the African San people believe the tree has enchanted powers. Baobab tree African folktales teach powerful lessons on resilience, inner strength and the unyielding hopefulness of the human spirit.

The Legend of the Dancing Baobab Tree
The Legend of the Dancing Baobab Tree

Author: Wakanyi Hoffman

Publisher:

Published: 2022-05-13

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 9781919613307

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The Legend of the Dancing Baobab Tree is an old folktale from Africa. It takes place in the savanna in a time when there was a great drought that threatened to destroy the earth. The animals were suffering from great hunger and thirst as all the rivers, lakes and streams had dried up. But the mighty baobab tree kept all the water stored inside its big, fat trunk and would not share with the rest of the creatures or plants.​ This left the animals with no choice but to pull the baobab tree from the ground and try to get the water out. But the baobab tree went flying up in the sky and returned back to earth upside down! In many legends across Africa, the baobab tree is now known as the upside-down tree. This version of the story will leave young readers with an open discussion about sharing, fairness and how to ensure that every creature, every plant and every person has what they need to live a happy and healthy life on our shared planet.

A Stork in a Baobab Tree
A Stork in a Baobab Tree

Author: Catherine House

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Bks

Published: 2011-09-27

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781847801166

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Set in Africa during the Christmas season, this is the story of a village preparing for a celebration - the birth of a child. The story is told in verse inspired by the traditional carol The Twelve Days of Christmas, but in this version by the author Catherine House the gifts are: 1 stork in a baobab tree, 2 thatched huts, 3 woven baskets, 4 market traders, 5 bright khangas, 6 women pounding, 7 children playing, 8 wooden carvings, 9 grazing goats, 10 drummers drumming, 11 dancers dancing and 12 storytellers. This is a Christmas steeped in the atmosphere of African village life, including descriptions of the objects and activities mentioned in the text.

This is the Tree
This is the Tree

Author: Miriam Moss

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781929132775

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A lyrical, poetic, and informative look at life on the African Plain, and the lives which surround the Baobob tree. This is dialogue with text that begs to be read aloud matched in magic by exquisite and realistic illustrations of wildlife and weather, seasons and survival.

The Talking Baobab Tree
The Talking Baobab Tree

Author: Nelda LaTeef

Publisher:

Published: 2020-06-02

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9789988860387

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A rabbit, lost in the desert and saved by a baobab tree, outwits a stronger, envious neighbor.

The Legend of the African Bao-Bab Tree
The Legend of the African Bao-Bab Tree

Author: Bobbi Dooley Hunter

Publisher:

Published: 1997-03-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780865434219

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Tired of the complaints of a beautiful tree growing on the African plains, the Great Spirit turns the tree upside-down so that its branches look like roots growing toward the sky. Includes a section with information about some African animals.

Lost Crops of Africa
Lost Crops of Africa

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2006-10-27

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 0309164540

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This report is the second in a series of three evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume describes the characteristics of 18 little-known indigenous African vegetables (including tubers and legumes) that have potential as food- and cash-crops but are typically overlooked by scientists and policymakers and in the world at large. The book assesses the potential of each vegetable to help overcome malnutrition, boost food security, foster rural development, and create sustainable landcare in Africa. Each species is described in a separate chapter, based on information gathered from and verified by a pool of experts throughout the world. Volume I describes African grains and Volume III African fruits.

The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia
The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia

Author: G.E. Wickens

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-03-02

Total Pages: 535

ISBN-13: 1402064314

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This is the only comprehensive account of all eight species in the genus Adansonia. It describes the historical background from the late Roman period to the present. It covers the extraordinary variety of economic uses of baobabs. There are also appendices on vernacular names, gazetteer, economics, nutrition and forest mensuration. This book fills a gap in the botanical literature. It deals with a genus that has fascinated and intrigued scientists and lay persons for centuries.