There aren't even many good animal tales, one dog anticipation story being pretty much like the next.
They can also hear animal tales and decorate monkey masks.
Her father writes children's stories that rework the tragedy of his lost sons into scary animal tales.
There are different types of African stories: animal tales and day-to-day tales.
Kennaway's later work has covered animal tales and natural history from across the world, as both illustrator and writer.
As well as facts, children can hear beguiling fiction: animal tales from a variety of cultures.
When Whitty's stories shift their focus to more human concerns, they don't have the equivalent emotional depth, character development and resonance of her animal tales.
Series of animal tales based on the work of Rudyard Kipling.
He remarks, "While many of these tales were brought over to the South, the African element appears most clearly in the animal tales."
Her work ranged from "beginning to read" picture books to chapter books for young adults and included several collections of prayers, animal tales and verse.
