Children's Fiction Anthologies
Dume's Roar
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry and Whiteside
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1999
- Category
- Anthologies
- Recommended Age
- 3 to 9
- Recommended Grade
- p to 4
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773730038
- Publish Date
- Jan 1999
- List Price
- $9.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554555321
- Publish Date
- Jun 2023
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
Dume's Roar is an original tale inspired by the "King of the Animals" theme and by the "Tortoise Trickster" character so popular in African fables. Here Dume the lion, proud and vain, claims he is best suited to be King of the Forest. Though all the other animals live to regret proclaiming him their leader they are afraid to object when he abuses his power. Only Kobe, the tortoise, is clever enough to admit Dume is the king they need, and to find a way to make him as wise and good as he is fearsome and strong.
With his usual musical language and sense of fun, famed storyteller Tololwa M. Mollel spins and lively yarn with a gentle moral.
About the authors
Tololwa Mollel is a children's author, dramatist and storyteller, who has written sixteen books and several plays as well as stories that he created or adapted for performance. His books include award-winning titles such as Orphan Boy, Rhinos for Lunch and Big Boy, and My Rows and Piles of Coins. His books have been translated into various South African languages and into Korean. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta.
Kathy Blankley Roman has illustrated a number of Mollel's short stories for Cricket Magazine. She has been a student of anthropology, but pherhaps it is her background in the theater arts that helps her react so creatively to Tololwa's storytelling tradition. Kathy and her husband live in Chicago, Illinois.
Editorial Reviews
One of my favourite read-a-loud stories in our library.
- Salt Lake City, Granite District
