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Keywords

assertiveness, celebration, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dancing, famine, feelings, food, fruit, happiness, helping, magic, mythical, nutrition, song, spiritual, tree

Title

Matunje and the wooden spoon

Description

During a time of famine, Matunje goes looking for food. He finds mangoes which fall into the water and are carried out to sea. Matunje follows and is led to the sea king who gives him a magical wooden spoon to feed his country.

Author

Mashiri, Pascal

Publisher

Read Educational Trust

Illustrator

Helen Timm

ISBN

1-874978-43-3

City of Publication

Braamfontein, South Africa

Year of Publication

1995

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Rene Koscianski, 2006

Citation

Mashiri, Pascal, “Matunje and the wooden spoon,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed October 1, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13741.