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Title Mrs. Chicken and the hungry crocodile / Won-Ldy Paye & Margaret H. Lippert ; illustrated by Julie Paschkis.
Author Paye, Won-Ldy.
Publication Info. New York : H. Holt, 2003.
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 Hiawassee  J 398.2096 PAY    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J 398.2096 PAY    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J 398.2096 PAY    Check Shelves
 South Creek  J 398.2096 PAY    Check Shelves
 Southwest  J 398.2096 PAY    Check Shelves
 Winter Garden  J 398.2096 PAY    Check Shelves
Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Note "A version of this story was previously published in Why Leopard Has Spots: Dan Stories from Liberia by Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert, illustrated by Ashley Bryan, by Fulcrum Publishing, Inc., Golden, Colorado, 1998."
Summary When a crocodile captures Mrs. Chicken and takes her to an island to fatten her up, clever Mrs. Chicken claims that she can prove they are sisters and that, therefore, the crocodile shouldn't eat her.
Subject Dan (African people) -- Folklore.
Folklore -- Liberia.
Chickens -- Folklore.
Crocodiles -- Folklore.
Genre Juvenile materials.
Added Author Lippert, Margaret H.
Paschkis, Julie, ill.
ISBN 0805070478 (alk. paper) : $16.95
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