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Th e Fearless Badger
Aft er several misadventures, the Lion who’s been
hunting to bring food to his ravenous family is
heading back to the den empty-handed. Just some
yards from his den, the Lion encounters the Bad-
ger…. Will this be at last his lucky catch, or….?
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B OOKS • S EPT . 24, 2016
MEET THE AUTHOR
Muabilai Tshionyi, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo,
is a long-time resident of Eugene, Oregon. He obtained two Bachelor of
Arts degrees, one in English and another in Humanities, from Oregon State
University, and aft er his graduate studies at the University of Oregon, he
obtained an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction.
Dr. Tshionyi is a retired educator who has taught at the university level,
at several middle schools, and for the last several years prior to his retirement,
Dr. Tshionyi taught Advanced Rhetoric and English Language Composition
at a local high school.
Now a great-grandfather, Dr. Tshionyi enjoys reading, writing, fl ower
gardening, and visiting his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren
and their families.
Dr. Muabilai Tshionyi (Mwa-bee-lie Chō-nee), captures on paper the
traditional folktales he grew up listening to in his childhood country of Congo.
Th e Hen and Th e Weasel
Weasels and chickens are archenemies. But the
Weasel in this story tries to convince fi ve big
chickens that they could squeeze and fi t in a tiny
makeshift cage.
Will the chickens take the bait?
Th e Tricky Trickster
In this tale, Boa, trapped under a huge tree branch,
is rescued by a young, robust buck. Having saved
Boa’s life, the Antelope fi nds himself in need of
rescue. What a predicament!
Th ese folktales constitute a treasure trove of fascinating intrigue embodying
ancestral wisdom. What was formerly passed down orally through stories
told by fathers and uncles from one generation to the next, is presented here
in entertaining and captivatingly illustrated books.
Th e reader will discover that animals talk and behave like humans. Th ey
use wit or trickery, or both to extricate themselves from predicaments, or to
save their lives or others’ lives, or to deceive and take advantage of others.
Sometimes the less powerful employ quick wit to trick or make fools of the
more powerful. Tshionyi’s “picture books’ [themes] seem as universal as
Aesop’s fables,” asserts Th e Register Guard (November, 2015).
Th e principal goal of these folktales is to entertain, to teach or instruct,
and sometimes to transmit moral lessons necessary to handle life events.
Equally the author aims to preserve and memorialize these stories. For with
the rapid advent of technology and social media, this valuable piece of history
is becoming a thing of the past and will likely be lost to posterity.
Th e Antelope And Th e Spider and Th e Worst Best
Friend
Th is book contains two tales. Th e fi rst tale is about a
craft y spider who repaid his debt to a frightened ante-
lope. Th e second, is about two best friends who found
themselves in a diffi cult situation, and how the out-
comes were very diff erent for each of the two friends.
Th e Sticky Attraction
Th is is a tale about a farmer who solved the mys-
tery of what was happening to his vegetable crops.
In the end, it becomes a sticky situation.
Sasquatch Tales, Stew and Sue and the Very Special Shell
by Gerald “Boomer” Wright
From the magical woods on the edge of Boomer’s Pond comes
a delightful series of adventures, of a whimsical family of
Sasquatch. Th is is the third book from the series “Adventures at
Boomer’s Pond”.
All three books by Wright will
entertain as well as educate.
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