A lazy Jackal tricks his friend, Crane into catching fish for him. Soon after he gobbles up Crane and all the other animals as well all while chanting a little rhyme about why he gobbled all these animals.

A lazy jackal gobbles up all of his friends. This picture book is illustrated using black and white prints on craft paper. The animals which the jackal eats are shown in his stomach .

This book provides culture to a classroom and knowing the history of it would be great to inform children on. I really like how it showed that the art form of this book is practiced by only women, and they usually don't display their art outside of their village. Books like these would support their beautiful artwork and provide children with the knowledge of the history.

This traditional tale from India centers on a jackal that eats other animals that approach him. He starts off eating 12 fish, and as he comes into contact with other animals, he eats them too! Sometimes he doesn't like what they say, if he feels offended, and eats them. In the end, he even eats an elephant. Then, he tries to get a drink and all the animals come falling out. He ends up skinny and trying to find a "tailor bird" to stitch up his tummy.

This book follows the traditional folktale from a village in India. The jackal becomes gluttonous and eats every animal he runs into. At the end, his stomach explodes and the animals are free to return to where they came from.