As young readers journey into the natural world, they discover that numbers, patterns, shapes, and much more! These can be found in everyday plants and animals. In Shaping Up Summer, the final title in the Math in Nature series, nature comes to life to help children grasp concepts of geometry, symmetry, and spatial sense.
Imani, an African grasshopper, brings music to the new world when he travels aboard a slave ship.
It is Grandmother Bibi’s ninetieth birthday and when she travels to Tanzania from America to visit her son and grandchildren they surprise her with a birthday safari.
A South African girl describes her pet chicken, painting special designs on her house, dressing up for school, and her mischievous brother.
Ondu-ahlem carefully trains his pigeons and prepares them for the day when he and other Ethiopian boys test the homing instinct and loyalty of their precious birds.
A young Ashanti boy describes some of the wonders of his life in and around the West African village of Bonwire.
Osa’s grandmother tells her a tale about the sins of pride and helps Osa gain a better perspective on what things are important.
Anansi and his wife outsmart the Sky God and win back the beloved folktales of their people.
A grandmother explains to her listeners why in their village on the side of a volcano the men live in square houses and the women in round ones.
A biography of the French scholar whose decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphic language made the study of ancient Egypt possible.