Thirty-One Brothers and Sisters
Thirty-One Brothers and Sisters
Thirty-One Brothers and Sisters
Thirty-One Brothers and Sisters
The South African veld, with its gentle rolling hills and soft green meadows watered by many streams, is the background for this unusual story about Nomusa, daughter of a Zulu chief.
Nomusa is warmhearted and generous and affectionate; she loves all her little brothers and sisters and enjoys helping to care for them. But she is strong and brave and daring, too; she feels that girls’ work is dull and boys’ work is much more exciting, and much more fun.
More than anything else, Nomusa yearns to go with the men on the annual elephant hunt. But she knows this is impossible. As her mother says, “Girlsnevergo on elephant hunts!”
After Nomusa’s adventure with a fierce wild boar, her father, Chief Zitu, rewards her bravery. In a final climax, Nomusa realizes that being a girl has its own rewards.
A sympathetic, engrossing story about a primitive civilization of today. Nomusa is a heroine whom girls will envy and boys will admire.
REBA PAEFF MIRSKYThirty-One Brothers and Sisters[Children]Illustrations by W. T. MarsWilcoxANDFollett companyCHICAGO
REBA PAEFF MIRSKY
REBA PAEFF MIRSKY
REBA PAEFF MIRSKY
Thirty-One Brothers and Sisters
[Children]
Illustrations by W. T. Mars
Illustrations by W. T. Mars
Illustrations by W. T. Mars
Illustrations by W. T. Mars
WilcoxANDFollett companyCHICAGO
WilcoxANDFollett companyCHICAGO
WilcoxANDFollett companyCHICAGO
Copyright 1952, by Reba Paeff MirskyAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publishers, except for brief quotations used in connection with reviews in magazines or newspapers.MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Copyright 1952, by Reba Paeff MirskyAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publishers, except for brief quotations used in connection with reviews in magazines or newspapers.MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Copyright 1952, by Reba Paeff Mirsky
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publishers, except for brief quotations used in connection with reviews in magazines or newspapers.
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To the late John Dube of Ohlangeand my other Zulu friends
To the late John Dube of Ohlangeand my other Zulu friends
To the late John Dube of Ohlange
and my other Zulu friends
_THE Charles W. Follet Award_
PRESENTED ANNUALLYFor Worthy Contributionsto Children’s Literature
PRESENTED ANNUALLYFor Worthy Contributionsto Children’s Literature
PRESENTED ANNUALLY
For Worthy Contributions
to Children’s Literature
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