Cleverness
This month’s read aloud is Mabela the Clever – a lovely African folktale featuring a feisty clever mouse who outwits the crafty cat by following her father’s advice.
As I mentioned before, we can […]
New Year Resolutions
I have to admit that I am not a big fan of making New Year resolutions – maybe because I often find myself mired in midwinter gloom at this time of year, battling those grim gremlins that taunt […]
Happy Epiphany
Earlier this week, Christians across the world celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany—when God was made manifest in the form of the Christ child to the Magi. There are numerous spiritual themes to ponder here, but as I begin a new year of storytelling with […]
Mabela the Clever
Mabela the Clever
Read by Kathleen Pelley
Mabela the Clever, Retold by Margaret Read MacDonald and Illustrated by Tim Coffey
“If a person is clever, it is because someone has taught them their cleverness.” Limba grandparents
Mabella the Clever is a retelling of an African folktale from the Limba people about a mouse […]
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