For You Are a Kenyan Child

For You Are a Kenyan Child PDF Author: Kelly Cunnane
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 068986194X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
From rooster crow to bedtime, a Kenyan boy plays and visits neighbors all through his village, even though he is supposed to be watching his grandfather's cows.

For You Are a Kenyan Child

For You Are a Kenyan Child PDF Author: Kelly Cunnane
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 068986194X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
From rooster crow to bedtime, a Kenyan boy plays and visits neighbors all through his village, even though he is supposed to be watching his grandfather's cows.

Chirchir Is Singing

Chirchir Is Singing PDF Author: Kelly Cunnane
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN: 037586198X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

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Book Description
Chirchir wants to help her family with their daily chores, but each of their tasks proves too challenging for her.

Weep Not, Child

Weep Not, Child PDF Author: Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435908300
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Book Description
"Two small boys stand on a rubbish heap and look into the future. One boy is excited, he is beginning school; the other, his brother, is an apprentice carpetner. Together, they will serve their country--the teacher and the craftsman. But this is Kenya and times are against them. In the forests, the Mau Mau are waging war against the white government, and two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, and the rest of their family, need to decide where their loyalties lie. For the practical man, the choice is simple, but for Njoroge, the scholar, the dream of progress through learning is a hard one to give up"--P. [4] of cover.

Mama Panya's Pancakes

Mama Panya's Pancakes PDF Author: Mary Chamberlin
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 9781905236640
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Book Description
Mama Panya is alarmed at the market when her son Adika invites all of their friends to come over for pancakes. However will she feed them all? This clever and heart-warming story about village life teaches children the benefits of sharing as well as introducing simple Swahili phrases.

What Grew in Larry's Garden

What Grew in Larry's Garden PDF Author: Laura Alary
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 152530531X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Book Description
A girl and her neighbor grow a community from their garden. Grace thinks Larry’s garden is one of the wonders of the world. In his tiny backyard, Larry grows extraordinary vegetables, with Grace as his helper. They water and weed, plant and prune, hoe and harvest. And whenever there’s a problem, Grace and Larry solve it together. Grace soon learns that Larry has big plans for the vegetables in his garden. And when the garden faces its biggest problem yet, Grace follows Larry’s example to find the perfect solution. Amazing things can grow when you tend your garden with kindness.

If You Were Me and Lived In... Mexico

If You Were Me and Lived In... Mexico PDF Author: Carole P. Roman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781947118270
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Book Description
"If You Were Me and Lived in ...Mexico-A Child's Introduction to Cultures Around the World" is the first entry in an exciting new children's series that focuses on learning and appreciating the many cultures that make up our small planet. Perfect for children from Pre-K to age 8, this book is a groundbreaking new experience in elementary education. Interesting facts and colorful illustrations help children realize that although the world is large, people all over the globe are basically the same.

Mama Miti

Mama Miti PDF Author: Donna Jo Napoli
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442459026
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Book Description
NAACP Image Award Nominee “In a word, stunning.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Through artful prose and beautiful illustrations, Donna Jo Napoli and Kadir Nelson tell the true story of Wangari Muta Maathai, known as “Mama Miti,” who in 1977 founded the Green Belt Movement, an African grassroots organization that has empowered many people to mobilize and combat deforestation, soil erosion, and environmental degradation. Today, more than 30 million trees have been planted throughout Mama Miti’s native Kenya, and in 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Wangari Muta Maathai has changed Kenya tree by tree—and with each page turned, children will realize their own ability to positively impact the future.

Deep in the Sahara

Deep in the Sahara PDF Author: Kelly Cunnane
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
ISBN: 0375988939
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

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Book Description
"Poetic language, attractive illustrations and a positive message about Islam, without any didacticism: a wonderful combination," declares Kirkus Reviews in a starred review. Lalla lives in the Muslim country of Mauritania, and more than anything, she wants to wear a malafa, the colorful cloth Mauritanian women, like her mama and big sister, wear to cover their heads and clothes in public. But it is not until Lalla realizes that a malafa is not just worn to show a woman's beauty and mystery or to honor tradition—a malafa for faith—that Lalla's mother agrees to slip a long cloth as blue as the ink in the Koran over Lalla's head, under her arm, and round and round her body. Then together, they pray. An author's note and glossary are included in the back of the book.

Planting the Trees of Kenya

Planting the Trees of Kenya PDF Author: Claire A. Nivola
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
The story of Wangari Maathai, a native Kenyan, who taught the people living in the highlands how to plant trees and care for the land.

Mau Mau’s Children

Mau Mau’s Children PDF Author: David P. Sandgren
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299287831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Book Description
In 1963 David P. Sandgren went to Kenya to teach in a small, rural school for boys, where he remained for the next four years. These were heady times for Kenyans, as the nation gained its independence, approved a new constitution, and held its first elections. In the school where Sandgren taught, the sons of Gikuyu farmers rose to the challenges of this post colonial era and, in time, entered Kenyan society as adults, joining Kenya’s first generation of post colonial elites. In Mau Mau’s Children, Sandgren has reconnects with these former students. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews, he provides readers with a collective biography of the lives of Kenya’s first postcolonial elite, stretching from their 1940s childhood to the peak of their careers in the 1990s. Through these interviews, Mau Mau’s Children shows the trauma of growing up during the Mau Mau Rebellion, the nature of nationalism in Kenya, the new generational conflicts arising, and the significance of education and Gikuyu ethnicity on his students' path to success.