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The Singing Man: Adapted from a West African Folktale

Adapted from a West African Folktale

written by Angela Shelf Medearis, illustrated by Terea Shaffer

32 pages · 1995

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About the book

A couples youngest son is forced to leave his west African village because he chooses music over the more practical occupations of his brothers, but years later he returns to show the wisdom of his choice.

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