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In the Rainfield, A Nigerian Folktale
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A Nigerian folktale about an argument between Wind, Fire and Rain. The three elements - characterized as two men and a woman - squabble over who is greatest and finally hold a contest to determine the mightiest of all. Wind howls, Fire rages, but Rain wins, vanquishing her rivals with a downpour that demonstrates her credo, "The greatest must be the gentlest." Olaleye's prose is sleek and peppered with African words and phrases ("Village children huffed and puffed, kia kia, kata-kiti, running from the wind").
Author: Isaac Olaleye; Ann Grifalconi, illustrator. Ages: 4 - 8. Hardcover. Publisher: Scholastic, 2000. 32 pp.
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