Kofi can’t sleep in his new home in the United States, so his older sister Abena soothes his fears about life in a different country by telling him two folktales from their native Ghana about the nature of wisdom and perseverance.

• ISBN: 9780066238142
• Author: Kurtz, Jane
• Illustrator: Isadora, Rachel
• Published: 2005 , Amistad
• Themes: Family, Fear, Immigrants, Storytelling, Wisdom
• Descriptors: Ghana, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, United States
• No. of pages: 32