While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.
Africa
Materials from Africa
The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela: A Tale from Africa
In the Ethiopian mountain village of Lalibela, famous for its churches and honey, a young girl determines to find a way to be a beekeeper despite being told that is something only men can do.
Stories Of The Caliphs: The Rulers Of Islam
This collection of stories concerns the lives of the early Muslim leaders, known as Caliphs or successors to the Prophet, who ruled from Medina, then Damascus, and later from Baghdad, over an empire that included a large part of the world.
The Stars in My Geddoh’s Sky
Alex’s Arabic-speaking grandfather comes to visit the United States, and Alex learns about his grandfather’s Middle Eastern homeland.
Croco’nile
Set sail for adventure with Hamut and his sister Nekatu as they stow away on a sailboat, paint a pyramid, win the favor of a pharaoh, and escape their kidnappers on the back of a crocodile.
The First Bear in Africa!
When a little girl leaves her little stuffed bear behind, young Meto must race against time to give it back to her and enlists the help of his friends, Hippopotamus, Lion, Elephant, and Giraffe.
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
An African folktale tells how the sun and water once lived on earth as friends, but because the sun failed to build his house large enough, he and his wife, the moon, were driven into the sky when the water came to visit them.
Beatrice’s Goat
More than anything, Beatrice longs to be a schoolgirl. But in her small African village, only children who can afford uniforms and books can go to school. Beatrice knows that with six children to care for, her family is much too poor. But then Beatrice receives a wonderful gift from some people far away — a goat! Fat and sleek as a ripe mango, Mugisa (which means “luck”) gives milk that Beatrice can sell. With Mugisa’s help, it looks as if Beatrice’s dream may come true after all. Based on a true story about the work of Project Heifer.
Hieroglyphs From A To Z
An ABC book showing the relationships between the English alphabet and Egyptian hieroglyphs. Includes a stencil for creating words and sentences in hieroglyphs.
Free As the Desert Wind
A Sudanese boy befriends a young camel while helping his father drive a camel herd to Egypt.