African Safari Discovery (Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures, #6) (Flat Stanley)
by Josh Greenhut
Flat Stanley, his father, and his brother travel to Africa in search of a recently discovered flat skull, hoping it will provide clues to Stanley's condition.
A little Nigerian girl describes her village, and the way it is divided into ogbo, or age groups. Each ogbo is assigned to a different task, from that of her brother which helps sweep clean the village ilo, to her grandfather's, which spreads words of wisdom to the villagers. Ifeoma Onyefulu's beautiful photographs once again capture the age-old customs of Nigerian village life.
Now in reprint, this folklore story collection offers a feast of enjoyment for young readers. It contains ten enchanting tales, steeped in the imaginative richness of African oral tradition. Told with inimitable aplomb by South Africa's most popular performance storyteller and illustrated by a lively selection of KwaZulu-Natal artistic talent, Stories of Africa is a classic to delight new readers across the multicultural spectrum. This translation is in the South African language Sepedi.
This book is a compilation of the 3 stories that Nelson Mandela phoned me personally to say were 'Wonderful' at their publication in the year 2000. The stories are from the individual perspective of 3 children; one from South Africa, one from the Punjab in India and one from Falmouth in Jamaica. Each story provides an accurate historical background setting. Throughout my life I have always been fascinated by the cultures, customs, development and history of three countries from the other side o...
The Adventure at Simba Hill (Kari + Lucas Mystery (Hardback))
by Susan Runholt
When fourteen-year-old best friends Kari and Lucas travel to an archaeological dig in Kenya with Kari's uncle Geoff, they help expose a smuggling ring.
Once Upon A Time In Ghana. Second Edition
by Anna Cottrell and Agbotaduah Togbi Kumassah
Born of Ibo parents in Nigeria, Buchi Emecheta is widely known for her multi-layered stories of black women struggling to maintain their identity and construct viable lives for themselves and their families. She writes, according to The New York Times, with subtlety, power, and abundant compassion. George Braziller is proud to have published nine of Emecheta's novels over the course of twenty-four years.Children in a Nigerian village grow up during the Nigerian Civil War.
In the shade of the Giant's Throne Mountain, and on the coast of the Indian Ocean, Port St. Christopher is home to Apley Towers; a riding school for girls and boys, young or old, who learn what it means to be a true horse rider. Angela has got herself a secret admirer all thanks to Kaela playing the stable cupid. But for both girls, this has disastrous consequences: Kaela has become too wrapped up in the excitement to see the stressful decisions her friend is facing. Will Kaela's meddling pay of...
From Beads to Drums to Masquerades, from Grandmother to Yams, this photographic alphabet book captures the rhythms of day-to-day village life in Africa. Ifeoma Onyefulu's lens reveals not only traditional crafts and customs, but also the African sense of occasion and fun, in images that will delight children the world over. The book introduces children to African crafts and customs.
`"I want a roast hippopotamus stuffed with figs and dates, three lots of French fries, no ketchup - and a slice of birthday cake." The Pharaoh glared at Mr Lightspeed. "You are nothing but a small worm," he added. Then he sank unconscious into a puddle.' Tony Lightspeed is always bringing home sick and injured animals, so when he turns up with an unconscious man dressed from head to foot in rather stinky bandages, his family aren't too surprised. But then they discover that the man is an Ancie...
A stunning, wordless version of one of Aesop’s best-loved fables, from one of America’s most acclaimed artists.In this Caldecott Medal-winning, wordless picture book, one of America's most acclaimed artists retells one of Aesop's best-loved fables. The fable is a favourite and familiar one: a mouse inadvertently disturbs a lion, who lets the mouse go … and is later himself freed by the mouse from a poacher’s trap. With art inspired by the Kenyan Serengeti, Jerry Pinkney’s jaw-droppingly gorgeous...
A pen pal picture book companion to the award-winning and bestselling Same, Same but Different-set in America and Africa-that celebrates the value of compassion, curiosity, and a global community. Tulsi and Vanessa live on separate continents-one in the mountains in North America, and the other beside the sea in Africa. By exchanging letters, they learn that they both have prankster brothers, love music, and collect treasures from nature. Their daily sights and sounds may be different, but their...
We may look different you and I, sound different, act different, eat different food, and live in different places but when I look into your eyes, I see myself. A comforting and lyrical book about friendship and ubuntu that celebrates both our and differences and similarities.