Abiyoyo Returns

Thirty years later...The little town that was once threatened by the giant Abiyoyo has grown by leaps and bounds. But now that the townspeople have chopped down all their trees, every year they have floods and droughts. Worse yet, there's a giant boulder blocking up the site of their new dam! Something has to be done.Well, the young boy who helped make Abiyoyo disappear way back when now has a little girl of his own. And she knows the only way to save the town: Bring back Abiyoyo to help move the boulder. "Bring back Abiyoyo?" the townspeople cry. "The giant that eats people up?" But the little girl has a plan for that, too....Fifteen years after Pete Seeger's storysong "Abiyoyo" came to life as a picture book, his beloved giant is back in a wonderful new story. With Michael Hays's brilliant illustrations and a sing-along score included,Abiyoyo Returnsis destined to become a family favorite.

Pete Seeger has been a storyteller for fifty years and has written such songs as "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," "Turn, Turn, Turn," and, with Lee Hays, "If I Had a Hammer." In 1952, he improvised a story for his children about the giant Abiyoyo, using a song from South Africa. Now, with the help of Paul DuBois Jacobs and Michael Hays, Abiyoyo returns! Pete still lives with his wife, Toshi, near Beacon, New York.