{"id":23741,"date":"2014-05-11T18:32:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T22:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=23741"},"modified":"2014-05-11T18:32:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T22:32:57","slug":"review-of-the-magic-bojabi-tree-by-piet-grobler-and-dianne-hofmeyr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=23741","title":{"rendered":"Review of The Magic Bojabi Tree, by Piet Grobler and Dianne Hofmeyr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/magic_bojabi_tree_large1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/magic_bojabi_tree_large1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"magic_bojabi_tree_large\" width=\"198\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24419\" \/><\/a><em>The Magic Bojabi Tree<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Piet Grobler and Dianne Hofmeyr<\/p>\n<p>Frances Lincoln Children\u2019s Books, 2013.  32 pages.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a picture book that begs to be read aloud.  It\u2019s set in Africa during a drought.  All the animals are hungry.   They find a tree covered in red, ripe fruit smelling of sweetest mangoes, fat as melons, and juicy as pomegranates.  But there is an enormous python twined around the trunk of the tree, holding the branches out of reach.  He will only move if they can tell him the name of the tree.  And only Lion, the King of the Jungle knows the name of the tree.<\/p>\n<p>One by one, the animals go and ask Lion the name of the tree.  One by one, the animals forget on the way back.  Finally, tortoise goes slowly and carefully and makes a song of the name of the tree.<\/p>\n<p>This story has plenty of fun in the animals\u2019 attempts to remember \u201cBojabi\u201d \u2013 \u201cBongani\u201d?  \u201cMunjani\u201d?  And of course tortoise\u2019s chant will be one that will entice children to join in.  <\/p>\n<p>Just right for Storytime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1847802958\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/magic_bojabi_tree.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/magic_bojabi_tree.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but I maintain my website and blogs on my own time.  The views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Magic Bojabi Tree by Piet Grobler and Dianne Hofmeyr Frances Lincoln Children\u2019s Books, 2013. 32 pages. Here\u2019s a picture book that begs to be read aloud. It\u2019s set in Africa during a drought. All the animals are hungry. 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