The+Fortune+Tellers

Alexander, Lloyd. **//The Fortune Tellers//**//.// New York, NY: Dutton, 1992. Illus. by Trina Schart Hyman. A carpenter in the West African country of Cameroon goes to a fortune teller and finds the predictions about his future coming true in an unusual way.

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Lexile: 750L; SLJ: gr. 1-4; PW: ages. 4-8; BJH: gr. 2-3 Humor Logical fallacies Imagination Why were the carpenter and others ready to pay to have fortunes told? How does this story relate to common experiences in advertising? science? politics? Fortune-telling --Juvenile fiction. Humorous stories. Cameroon --Juvenile fiction. An old fortune-teller; a carpenter; the carpenter’s wife; carpenter show strong reasoning skills and imaginational overexcitability. [] [] [] [] [] E.F. The Fortune-Tellers. //Horn Book Magazine//, Sep 92, Vol. 68, Issue 5 Boyles, Linda. The Fortune-Tellers (Book). //School Library Journal//, Jan 93 Supplement, Vol. 39, Issue 1 Halstead, p 271 Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #566,419
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