"Children's stories." . . . . "Folklore Congo (Democratic Republic)" . . "JUVENILE FICTION / Readers / Beginner." . . "Crabs Folklore." . . . . "Folklore" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . "Retells the African folktale from the Bakongo people of Zaire in which Crab's pride influences his creator, who leaves Crab without a head to make him humble." . . "Juvenile works" . . . "Why the crab has no head : an African tale" . "Why the crab has no head"@en . "Nzambi Mpungu, creator of the earth and sky, has spent a long hard day making the Elephant. By nightfall, Nzambi still hasn't finished her next creation, the Crab, and she tells the little creature to return the following day for a fine head. That night, the proud Crab boasts about the promised head to all the other animals and ends up learning a hard lesson. This tale from the Bakongo people of Zaire, retold and illustrated by Barbara Knutson, will delight readers of all ages."@en . .