With the help of a blue crane, a mother dove rescues her babies from a not-so-clever jackal.

Khoikhoi, Southern Africa

• ISBN: 9780679858133
• Author: Aardema, Verna
• Illustrator: Gottlieb, Dale
• Published: 1995 , Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Themes: Birds, clever, Rescues
• Descriptors: Africa, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), South Africa
• No. of pages: 40