The Wild Beast

  • Pages:32
  • Publisher-Sri:Orca Book Publishers
  • Themes:African folktale, creation story of the wildebeest, African creation story, creation story of the earth, the creator
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  • Age Groups:Fiction Picture Book
  • Lexile:560L
Hardcover
9781459815896
$19.95
Inspired by a story told to the author while on safari in 2015, The Wild Beast describes the creation of one of Africa's most unusual animals, the wildebeest. According to oral tradition, the Creator built this unique beast out of leftover parts from other magnificent animals found on the continent. Horns from buffalos and stripes meant for zebras. Tails from giraffes and bumps meant for camels. This creative retelling will introduce little ones to a story rich in both imagery and in lesson: Take what you need to live. Take no more. Waste nothing.