HOOF FOR HOOF, PAW FOR PAW BY BENITA MAGOPANE

GENRE: CHILDREN'S LITERATURE  TITLE: HOOF FOR HOOF, PAW FOR PAW WRITER: BENITA MAGOPANE, BOTSWANA. NAME OF REVIEWER: ANTHONY NWAGBAOSO ONYEADOR, NIGERIA.

This thrilling story captures the scenario of Noah's account sighted in the Bible precisely from the book of Genesis 6:5 through 9:17. The story proper in Chapter 7. The writer dives in to narrate how the animals tolerate each other inside the ark as how it affects them describes for younger generations to assimilate and draw lessons from. 
It begins with an introductory theme of what the story is about and how it leads to animals being gathered together. Then like a fire about to be stoked, the cat, cow, gorilla, donkey, pig, lion and elephant take turn on who shall sit on the throne respectively only for the zebra to shake the remaining part of the table leaving all animals in heated arguments in shouts of their various voices. Thus, the story comes to an end as the owl presents a common enemy and uses it to form a unity bond.

The writer really did a great job by merging a strong theme of justice, descriptive animated background and choosing the audience to create a vivid plot, setting and language that have already been created by another work rather than culling it up. The fusion of these imprints a powerful image for the genre and for those outside it to stick to comfortably.