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THE IROKO MAN retold by Phillis Gershator Retail: $5.95  Member Price: $5.36
THE IROKO MAN retold by Phillis Gershator

THE IROKO MAN
retold by Phillis Gershator
illustrated by Holly C. Kim

This is an adaptation of the story "Oluronbi" in Yoruba Legends by M. I. Ogumefu (London: The Sheldon Press, 1929; reprinted by AMS Press in New York).

The iroko tree is Chlorophora excelsa, native to West Africa. It is also called the African oak and Nigeria teak. Its timber is valuable and is used for shipbuilding and furniture. Strange but true, a small number of the trees contain lumps of calcium carbonate, called iroko stones, hard enough to dull woodworking tools. Like other sacred old trees in Nigeria, certain irokos are filled with souls of the newborn.

Published by Orchard Books, New York
For reading ages 4-8
11-1/2"h x 9"w
Fully illustrated
28 pages
ISBN 0-531-06810-2

Item #1000617
Regular retail $5.95

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