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Trouble | 
 enlarge | Author: Jane Kurtz
Creator: Durga Bernhard
Publisher: Gulliver Books
Category: Book
List Price: $16.00
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 431470
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Pages: 40
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 9.2 x 0.4
ISBN: 0152002197
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.209635
EAN: 9780152002190
ASIN: 0152002197
Publication Date: February 1, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Publisher: Gulliver BooksDate of Publication: 1997Binding: Hard CoverCondition: Fair/FairDescription: 0152002197 Ex-Library 1997, ex library stamps, pocket in rear, library bar code in rear, hard cover, slight edgewear, d.j. lightly soiled, label taped to spine of d.j., Color illustrations
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Amazon.com Review
This charming children's story is based on a story that author Jane Kurtz heard growing up in Ethiopia. In it, young Tekleh is always getting into trouble, letting the goats into the garden, kicking dust on the roasting coffee beans. So his father gives him a gift of a wooden board game, which he promises will keep Tekleh out of trouble. We follow Tekleh the next morning as he takes the family's two goats to graze, and has a series of adventures before he returns home, the same but different. Durga Berhnard's warm, earth-toned illustrations are the perfect companion to this book.
Product Description
Tekleh is curious. Tekleh likes adventure. And trouble always seems to find him, no matter how hard he tries to avoid it. One day Tekleh’s father decides that a gebeta (also known as mancala) board will help keep Tekleh occupied--and out of trouble. “Time and place will prove no barrier to kids’ identification with an inadvertent mischiefmaker.”--The Bulletin
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TROUBLE is a charming child-pleaser! June 9, 1997
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
TROUBLE is a circular story in the best tradition of folkloric literature. Young Tekleh is always in the company of trouble as he tends his goats in the Eritrean countryside. He loses the gebata board, which his father has made for him to keep him away from trouble, to a group of traders. Yet another board is cleverly regained, in a circular fashion, by the end of the book. Kurtz's rich imagery enlivens the story as do Bernhard's sprightly folk art illustrations. With an ever changing palette, she tells her own small jokes in the pictures. A wonderful, child-centered story kids will ask for again and again
Finally a tale from Eritrea! December 31, 2001
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I can't wait to share this book with my student and his mother from Eritrea. Most of the time I have to find books on Ethiopia which doesn't sit well with mom even though she understands the difficulty. I also recently purchased a mancala board so we can play that game after we read the book. Mancala has been promoted to teach math and cooperative learning social skills.
A delightful retelling of a traditional tale September 8, 2000
Gwyneth Calvetti (West Salem, WI United States)
Jane Kurtz has once again taken the raw material of the oral tradition and translated it to print, without losing the "feel" of a story told face to face. Tekleh, armed with a plaything that was designed to keep him out of trouble, finds himself trading it and each new item he receives, to stay out of trouble. As is traditional in such a circular tale, he ends where he began. For those who wish to venture into the world of telling a story without the book, this is one story that will help you avoid "trouble" as you retell the tale. For those who appreciate the appeal of an illustrated tale, the pictures are just enough to delight, but will allow the reader/listener their imagination at the same time.
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