{"product_id":"9781485900030","title":"Stories Gogo Told Me","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\n\tThere is a storyteller in almost every village in Africa. Telling stories is not her official job. By \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eday she may be a Gogo, a teacher, a farmer or a seamstress. But at night, round the fire, she will \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003esit surrounded by young children, old friends, neighbours and travellers. She will tell of how it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003ewas in the olden days, when the earth was young, when man was a hunter-gatherer, and when \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003ethe animals roamed wild throughout the continent.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\n\t \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\n\tThe author spent several months hiking around the villages, towns, farms and deserts of \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eZimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and South Africa, asking people who can’t read or write to tell \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eher their favourite stories. The result is this children’s treasury of legends and fables, of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003ewitchdoctors and kingdoms of strange creatures and talking animals, which celebrates Africa \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eand its ancient storytelling culture.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n","brand":"READERS INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39958570238067,"sku":"9781485900030","price":200.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/products\/stories-gogo-told-me-lisa-grainger-15550771396723.jpg?v=1637989569","url":"https:\/\/www.readerswarehouse.shop\/products\/9781485900030","provider":"Readers Warehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}