The singing turtle told by Pamela sunshine

 This is a wonderful story called The Singing Turtle. I learned it from a wonderful book by Margaret Read MacDonald called Look Back and See: Twenty Lively Tales for Gentle Tellers It is my go to book for stories that children love.

Yesterday on our last day of school I told the children the story, “Kanji-Jo, the Nestlings”  a Mende story about a mother bird who loses her babies when she is stolen away before they hatch. The children loved singing along with the song and being part of the story.

The same goes for this story, they love coming up with ideas for animals that the turtle can imitate in its song.