Night Has Ears: African Proverbs PG efficient” (School Library Journal

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My heart is a slide

Hilo was supposed to save everyone

And James falls asleep gathered in his mother's arms

Night Has Ears: African Proverbs PG efficient” (School Library JournalAshley Bryan says, "My mother had a proverb for any situation, attitude, or event." Many of us have had the same experience. But have you ever heard, "As a crab walks, so walk its children" or "A log may lie in the water for ten years, but it will never become a crocodile"? These are two of the twenty six African proverbs Ashley Bryan has chosen to illustrate in this book. Having grown up with proverbs, it was no surprise to Mr. Bryan when he began