How the Ostrich Got Its Long Neck: A Tale from the Akamba of Kenya

One morning, long, long ago, in the days when the ostrich had a very short neck, Crocodile woke up with a terrible toothache. Her pained cries touched Ostrich's heart, and as Ostrich played dentist to the hungry crocodile — KBAK! — she clamped her jaws on Ostrich's head! But when Ostrich tried to pull away, a most peculiar thing happened.

• Author
• Verna Aardema, Marcia Brown

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 32

• Publisher
• Scholastic

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780590483674

• Settings
• East Africa

• Genres
• childrens, folklore, africa, animals

• Release date
• 1995