Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University | The village of round and square houses

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Keywords

african, celebration, coping, family, folktale, generations, grandparents, mountains, multicultural, nature, parents, respect, shapes, siblings, storytelling, traditions

Title

The village of round and square houses

Description

In a village in West Africa, women live in round houses and men live in square houses. After supper, grandmother tells a story about the origin of these houses aand how it is related to the rupturing of volcanic mountain, Naka.

Author

Grifalconi, Ann

Publisher

Little, Brown, & Company

ISBN

316328626

City of Publication

Toronto

Year of Publication

1986

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Miwako Monden, 1995

Citation

Grifalconi, Ann, “The village of round and square houses,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed September 22, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13268.