Theme: Africa

Meet Me At The Moon

By Book Importer | Published: May 11, 2012

A heartwarming love story between mother and child When Mama Elephant must leave Little One to ask the skies for rain, the young elephant is worried. Who will care for Little One? Who will sing Mama’s special songs? When will she return? Mama is very reassuring – Little One will hear her song on the [...]

Descriptors: Africa, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Vasco da Gama: Quest for the Spice Trade

By Book Importer | Published: July 6, 2011

Each colorful book in this series describes what an explorer’s life was really like on an expedition, from what they wore to what they ate, and includes colorful maps and images showing the areas explored; a look at the political climates of various countries that made explorers venture out into the unknown; and an examination [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Portugal » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Gorillas

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

This introduction explores the fascinating lives of these primates, including what they eat, how they raise their young, and how they adapt to their environment.

Descriptors: Africa, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

A Gift from Childhood:Memories of an African Boyhood

By Book Importer | Published: February 2, 2011

Baba Wagué is only four years old when he is sent to the tiny Malian village of Kassaro to be raised by his paternal grandparents, according to the family tradition. He is most unhappy about this at first, but under his grandmother’s patient and wise tutelage he comes to love his close-knit village community. He [...]

Descriptors: Africa, Awards, Biography, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mali, Nonfiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » 2 Comments

A Is For Africa

By Book Importer | Published: December 7, 2010

The author, a member of the Igbo tribe in Nigeria, presents text and her own photographs of twenty-six things, from A to Z, representative of all African peoples.

Descriptors: Africa, Concept Book, Early Years (ages 2-6), Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Ancient African Town (Picture A Country)

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

The study of cultures of the past. A tour of Benin City, a West African town and capital of the Edo Empire, located in present-day Nigeria.

Descriptors: Africa, All Ages, Nigeria, Nonfiction » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

On a Road in Africa

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Baskets empty on the seat | Must be filled with things to eat…On a road in Africa, On a road in Africa. | Where you gonna go, Mama O, Mama O? Follow real-life animal rescuer Chryssee Perry Martin (a.k.a. “Mama `O’rphanage”) as she makes her daily trek down a dusty road in Africa. Along the [...]

Descriptors: Africa, Kenya, Picture Book, Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Crocodile Burning

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Seraki Mandindi, young man from Soweto, South Africa, learns a life lesson and finds direction when he travels to Broadway with the cast of iSezela.

Descriptors: Africa, Realistic Fiction, South Africa, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Escape Under the Forever Sky

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Loosely based on real-life events this suspenseful story by a debut novelist is also funny and touching and will have readers riveted from start to finish. Lucy’s mother is the U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia so Lucy’s life must be one big adventure right? Wrong. Lucy’s worrywart mother keeps her locked up inside the ambassador’s residence. [...]

Descriptors: Africa, Ethiopia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Zarafa: The Giraffe Who Walked to the King

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Zarafa is a beautiful and gentle giraffe. The ruler of Egypt offers her as a gift to the king of France. She sails up the Nile by felucca, crosses the sea by brigantine and walks the last five hundred miles to Paris. People love it. And they love her, meeting and greeting her along the [...]

Descriptors: France, Historical Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment