How The Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots by Barbara Knutson

Love and Roast Chicken is the first book of Barbara Knutson’s that I’ve read. She will be greatly missed by many people around the world. Hiking and traveling in Bolivia and Peru, she learned an Andean trickster tale that eventually turned into the picturebook Love and Roast Chicken.īarbara passed away in May 2005. A trip to Tanzania led to two more African animal tales: How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots: A Swahili Tale of Friendship and Sungura and Leopard: A Swahili Trickster Tale.įor two years Barbara lived in Lima, Peru, where her husband Chris Jensen taught biology. But reading, drawing, and “making things” prevailed, and on returning to the United States she wrote and illustrated her first book, Why the Crab Has No Head. With degrees in Art Education and French, she went to Nigeria to teach at an international school for two years. Olaf College and the University of Minnesota. After high school in Bloomington, MN, Barbara attended St. She was twelve when her family moved to the United States. Drawing, reading, and “making things” were her favorite pastimes, and animals, wild or tame, were her favorite subject. The following bio is from (linked above):īarbara Knutson was born in South Africa as the child of American missionaries. Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale From the Andes Mountains written and illustrated by Barbara Knutson (1959 – 2005) is one such story. When you find a story that combines the two, you know you’ve got something special.

Not only do I love guinea pigs, I love trickster tales as well.

How The Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots by Barbara Knutson