Folktales All About Tortoise

This book contains sixty-five old-time bedtime stories

Two opposite faces of Tortoise's character are revealed here: the good and the bad. Tortoise, once loved and respected for his kindness, hard work, persistence, patience, wisdom, and super intelligence to dig out and solve the toughest puzzles or the most difficult and mysterious problems, is the same Tortoise who lost all that to lying, tricking, selfishness, revengefulness, greed, stealing, jealousy, and exploiting others' weaknesses under the pretense of helping when he is actually out to hurt those he claims to help so as to achieve his goals.

Parents, teachers, or others who use these stories for moral and life skills education should emphasize genuine moral values or virtues and also point out that how one gets to one's goal should be as morally sound as the goal itself. So their discretion is crucial when addressing moral relativism, if any is obvious.

Emma Umana Clasberry has authored many books on African culture purposed to promote cultural awareness among youth and young adults, and to aid them understand how adequate knowledge of their ethnic culture or lack of it can impact their cultural identity, self-esteem and confidence, their education and career choices as well as economic development, welfare and cultural pride of a people. Her interest in Nigerian-Ibibio folklore remains stronger than ever. Emma earned a B.A in Political Science and an M.A. in Urban Planning & Policy from University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Doctor of Education degree from California Coast University.