Mufaros’s Beautiful Daughters

• Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters is an African folktale.

The Author is John Steptoe

Main Characters and Secondary Characters

Main Characters

Manyara

Nyasha

Mufaro

Secondary Characters

The kingThe little boyThe old ladyThe snake

Setting

•A small village in Africa•And the forest

Problem

Manyara keeps being mean to her sister Nyashabecause she wants to be the queen.

And Manyara escapes from the village becauseshe was mad and wanted to be the queen.

Solution

•The solution is that Manyara runs out of the forest and they find her.

• Manyara stops being mean to her sister becauseNyasha is the queen.

The students who read this book

MonserathAlinDaniel R.

Our Favorite PartsMonserath’s: My favorite part is when Nyasha gets married.

Alin’s: My favorite part is when Manyara gives food to the little boy

Daniel R.’s: My favorite part is when the king turns himself into a snake, a little boy, and an old lady.