Description: Chinye lives with her cruel stepmother and lazy stepsister, but her life changes for the better when a mysterious old woman in the forest directs her to a magic gourd.
Synopsis Chinye lives with her cruel stepmother and lazy stepsister, but her life changes for the better when a mysterious old woman in the forest directs her to a magic gourd.
Details
Publication Date:
1994-05-01
Illustrator:
Evie Safarewicz
Size
Length:
26 pages
Height:
11.0 in
Width:
9.0 in
Thickness:
0.5 in
Weight:
12.0 oz
Publisher's Note Poor Chinye braves the perils of the dark forest as she fetches and carries for her cruel stepmother and lazy stepsister, but unbeknownst to her, strange powers are watching over her, in a lively Cinderella tale from the Igbo people of Nigeria.