Monday, December 3, 2007

"Mabela, the Clever" by Margaret Read McDonald


This is a tale from Africa. Mabela is a little mouse and her father is always concerned about her safety. So, he teaches her wisdom and cleverness. One day a cat comes to the mice village and invites all the mice to her house to learn the secrets of the Cat. She teaches them a song, and leads them to the forest. With every "fo, feng" in the song, the cat does something..... No one but Mabela figures it out! What did the cat do?
Come and check the book out and discover for yourself!

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

It sounds clever and fun sometimes I wish I am going to check me that book. From: Kim

Anonymous said...

This story sounds like a good book. How ever I will like to cheek out this book. love,Keontae

Anonymous said...

I have not read Mabela, the Clever before, but I heard it alot of times. This book shows that no matter how small you are, you can always be clever than people bigger than you.

Love,
Kristal O.

Anonymous said...

Dear Mrs. Khosla,
I tinck this story is great
because I learnd that even
if you are little or
big you can alwas be
clever.


love,
Debany

Anonymous said...

Dear Mrs.Khosla,
I like this book because it shows
me to listen to your mom and dad.
love,
Monica

Anonymous said...

Dear Mrs.khosla ,
I like the book because when Mabela lisened what her father sad.When you are out and about,keep your ears open and lisened. This clever look like fun.
Love,
Hawo

Brother Wolf said...

I think this book looks like a good read.

I interviewed Margaret Read McDonald on the Art of Storytelling with children Podcast and blog. She spoke about telling across language barriers when telling stories.

http://www.storytellingwithchildren.com/?p=74

Eric wolf

Anonymous said...

My favorite part about this book is when all the mouse are singing and the cat is getting them one by one.



BY: Carlos Aleman

Anonymous said...

My favorite part about this book is when all the mouse are singing and the cat is getting them one by one.



BY: Carlos Aleman

Brother Wolf said...

The URL for that interview with Margaret Read McDonald has moved too...

http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/2007/12/06/margaret-read-macdonald/

If you want to find it...