McDermott, Gerald

Jabuti the tortoise: a trickster tale from the Amazon /told and illustrated by Gerald McDermott.
Orlando :Harcourt,c2001.

unpaged :col. ill.

All the birds enjoy the songlike flute music of Jabuti, the tortoise, except Vulture, who jealous he cannot sing, tricks Jabuti into riding his back toward a festival planned by the King of Heaven.

1.Indians of South America--Amazon River Valley2.Tales--Amazon River Region3.Turtles--Folklore4.Vultures--FolkloreDynamic Details
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