The flying tortoise

By Tololwa M. Mollel

Subjects: Turtles, Juvenile folklore, Juvenile literature, Folklore, nigeria, Igbo (African people), Folklore, juvenile literature, Tales, Children's fiction, Turtles, fiction, Legends, Folklore

Description: Mbeku, the greedy tortoise, gets himself invited to the banquet in Skyland, but is trapped with no way to get back to Earth in this Igbo tale of why the tortoise has a checkered shell.