Who's in Rabbit's House and other Stories from the African Tradition

Who's In Rabbit's House? Written by Verna Aardema Read by James Earl Jones -- Adapted from a Masai folktale about a rabbit who can't get into her house, because the 'Long One' who eats trees and tramples elephants, is hiding inside. A Story, A Story Written by Gail E. Hailey -- An African tale of how Ananse, the spider man, buys stories from Nyame, the Sky God, so they can be retold to the children on earth. Village of Round & Square Houses Written by Ann Grifalconi, Read by Cheryl Lynn Bruce -- A young girl, from the West African village of Tos, movingly tells how the men came to live in square houses and the women in round ones. Anasi the Spider Written by Gerald McDermott, Read by Dr. John J. Akar -- Anasi, one of the great folk heroes of the world, is saved from a terrible fate by his six sons, in this traditional tale from West Africa. Hot Hippo Written by Mwenye Hadithi, Read by Terry Alexander -- Hippo was hot. He longed to live in the water. But this required permission from the god of Everything and Everywhere. Lovely African music accompanies the story of how Hippo came to make his home in in the water.