UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
I. PRIMARY & ELEMENTARY GRADES

I. PRIMARY & ELEMENTARY GRADES


AUTHOR: AARDEMA, VERNA
TITLE:
ANANSI FINDS A FOOL
Publisher: Dial
Copyright: 1992
Type: Book
Grade: P
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 0 8037 1164 6

Subjects: Folklore/West Africa

Lazy Anansi seeks to trick someone into doing the heavy work of laying his fish trap, but instead he is fooled into doing the job himself.

AUTHOR: AARDEMA, VERNA
TITLE:
BIMWILI AND THE ZIMWI: A TALE FROM ZANZIBAR
Publisher: Dial
Copyright: 1985
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $10.95
ISBN: 0-241-11883-2

Subjects: Tanzania/Folklore/East Africa/Zanaibar/Swahili language materials

In this adaptation of an old Swahili tale, young Bimwili rescues herself from a cruel monster.

AUTHOR: AARDEMA, VERNA
TITLE:
WHY MOSQUITOES BUZZ IN PEOPLE'S EARS
Publisher: Weston Woods

Type: Filmstrip
Collation: 11 min.
Grade: P
Price: 30.00

Subjects: West Africa/Folklore

A filmstrip version of the popular oral narrative by the same title.

AUTHOR: AARDEMA, VERNA
TITLE:
WHY MOSQUITOES BUZZ IN PEOPLE'S EARS
Publisher: Dial
Copyright: 1975
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 0 8037 6089 2
Price (pap): $4.95
ISBN (pap): 0-8037-6088-4

Subjects: West Africa/Folklore

This award-winning picture book reveals the meaning of the mosquito's buzz.

TITLE: ADINKRA BULLETIN BOARD KIT
Publisher: AFAM International Educational Consultancy
Copyright: 1991
Type: Chart
Collation: Eleven 8 x 11 posters ; background notes
Grade: P/E
Price (pap): o.p.

Subjects: Art/Ghana/West Africa

This kit includes 8 x 11 posters of Adinkra symbols. The poster provides the meaning of each symbol and related proverbs.

TITLE: AFRICA BINGO GAME
Publisher: AFAM International Educational Consultancy
Copyright: 1987
Type: Game
Collation: game board, instructions, game cards
Grade: P/E
Price: o.p.

Subjects: Game/Africa/Geography

A game based on African country names.

AUTHOR: ALEXANDER, LLOYD
TITLE:
THE FORTUNE - TELLERS
Publisher: Dutton
Copyright: 1992
Type: Book
Collation: 32 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 0-525-44849-7

Subjects: Cameroon/Folklore/West Africa

A carpenter goes to a fortune teller and finds predictions about his future come true in an unusual way.

AUTHOR: ANDERSON, DAVID
TITLE:
THE ORIGIN OF LIFE ON EARTH: AN AFRICAN CREATION MYTH
Publisher: Sights Productions
Copyright: 1991
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P/E
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 0-9629978-544

Subjects: Folklore/Mythology/Yoruba/Nigeria/West Africa

This beautifully illustrated picture book tells of the adventures of Obatala, a Yoruba deity who descends from the sky to create the world. Winner of the 1992 African Studies Association's Children Book Award.

AUTHOR: ANDERSON, DAVID
TITLE:
THE REBELLION OF HUMANS
Publisher: Sights Productions
Copyright: 1994
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P/E
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 0 9629978 6 2
Place Of Publication: Mt. Airy, MD
Subjects: Nigeria/Fiction/West Africa

Having lost respect for the natural world and all that it supports, the young people of Ife are consumed by their greed and laziness and almost destroy themselves.

AUTHOR: ANDERSON, JOY
TITLE:
JUMA AND THE MAGIC JINN
Publisher: Lothrop
Copyright: 1986
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 0-688-05443-9

Subjects: Kenya/Fiction/East Africa

Juma likes to sing and draw but dislikes school until the jinn of the jar teaches him better.

AUTHOR: APPIAH, PEGGY
TITLE:
TALES OF AN ASHANTI FATHER
Publisher: Beacon
Copyright: 1989
Type: Book
Grade: P/E
Price: $12.95
Price (pap): $6.95
ISBN (pap): 0 8070 8313 5

Subjects: Ghana/Folklore

AUTHOR: APPIAH, SONIA
TITLE:
AMOKO AND EFUA BEAR
Publisher: Macmillan
Copyright: 1989
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 0-02-705591-4

Subjects: Ghana/Fiction/West Africa

Amoko, a little girl living in Ghana, takes her favorite teddy bear everywhere that she goes and is heartbroken when she thinks he's lost.

AUTHOR: ARKHURST, JOYCE COOPER
TITLE:
THE ADVENTURES OF SPIDER
Publisher: Little, Brown
Copyright: 1964
Type: Book
Collation: 58 pp.
Grade: P/E
ISBN: 0-316-05107
Price (pap): $6.95
ISBN (pap): 0-316-05107-1

Subjects: Ghana/Folklore/West Africa/Anansi

Presents six tales about Spider, including those which explain how he got a thin waist and a bald head and why he lives in ceilings and dark corner.

AUTHOR: ASARE, MESHACK
TITLE:
CAT IN SEARCH OF A FRIEND
Publisher: Africa World Press
Copyright: 1988
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price (pap): $6.95
ISBN (pap): 0-86543-107-8

Subjects: Fiction

In this picture book, cat is searching for a friend to protect her.

AUTHOR: BARTOK, MIRA
TITLE:
WEST AFRICA : NIGERIA
Publisher: HarperCollins/ScottForesman/GoodYear Books
Copyright: 1994
Type: Book
Collation: 24 pp.
Grade: P/E
Price (pap): $9.95
ISBN (pap): 0 673 36137 3
Place Of Publication: Glenview, IL

Subjects: West Africa/Nigeria/Yoruba/Art

Part of the "Ancient and Living Cultures Stencils" series, this activity booklet explores the world of Yoruba culture, from proverbs and animals fables, to festivals and traditional crafts. There are five art projects, each using ancient symbols. Included are activites for making a mask, palace door, adire cloth, armlet, and talking drum.

AUTHOR: BENITEZ, MIRNA
TITLE:
HOW SPIDER TRICKED SNAKE
Publisher: Raintree/Steck Vaughn
Copyright: 1992
Type: Book
Collation: 32 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $13.32
ISBN: 0 8172 3524 8

Subjects: Diaspora/Anansi/Folklore

An easy-to-read Jamaican folk tale featuring Anansi the spider.

AUTHOR: BROWDER, ATLANTIS; BROWDER, ANTHONY
TITLE:
MY FIRST TRIP TO AFRICA
Publisher: Institute of Karmic Guidance
Copyright: 1991
Type: Book
Collation: 38 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 0-924944-02-1
Price (pap): $8.95
ISBN (pap): 0-924944-01-3

Subjects: History/Egypt/North Africa

In this easy-to-read book, 8 year old Atlantis Tye Browder chronicles her 13-day tour of Egypt.

AUTHOR: BURDEN - PATMON, DENISE
TITLE:
IMANI'S GIFT AT KWANZAA
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Copyright: 1992
Type: Book
Collation: 23 pp.
Grade: P
Price (pap): $4.95
ISBN (pap): 0-671-79841-3

Subjects: Kwanzaa/African Americans/Diaspora

A little girl learns the real meaning of Kwanzaa.

AUTHOR: CAREW, JAN
TITLE:
CHILDREN OF THE SUN
Publisher: Little, Brown
Copyright: 1980
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: o.p.

Subjects: Subjects: Fiction

The Sun asks his two children whether they would rather be great or good. Each son follows a different path. Stunning illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon make this picture book very special.

AUTHOR: CHOCOLATE, DEBORAH
TITLE:
MY FIRST KWANZAA BOOK
Publisher: Scholastic / Cartwheel
Copyright: 1992
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $10.95
ISBN: 0-590-45762-4

Subjects: Kwanzaa/African Americans/Diaspora

Introduces Kwanzaa, the holiday in which African Americans celebrate their cultural heritage.

AUTHOR: COWEN - FLETCHER, JANE
TITLE:
IT TAKES A VILLAGE
Publisher: Scholastic
Copyright: 1994
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 0 590 46573 2
Place Of Publication: New York

Subjects: Benin/West Africa/Fiction

On market day in a small village in Benin, Yemi tries to watch her little brother Kokou and finds that the entire village is watching out for him too. Winner of the 1995 African Studies Association award for the Best Childrens Book on Africa.

AUTHOR: DALY, NIKI
TITLE:
NOT SO FAST, SONGOLOLO
Publisher: Macmillan
Copyright: 1985
Type: Book
Collation: 30 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 0 696 50367 9
Price (pap): $3.50
ISBN (pap): 4 050715 9

Subjects: Fiction/South Africa

Shepherd (nicknamed Songololo) helps his granny on a shopping trip.

AUTHOR: DE SAUZA, JAMES
TITLE:
BROTHER ANANSI AND THE CATTLE RANCH
Publisher: Childrens Press
Copyright: 1989
Type: Book
Collation: 32 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 0-89239-0441

Subjects: Folklore/Central America/Nicaragua/Diaspora/Anansi

A bilingual folktale in which the trickster, Brother Anansi, persuades Brother Tiger to go into the cattle-raising business.

AUTHOR: DEE, RUBY
TITLE:
TOWER TO HEAVEN
Publisher: Henry Holt
Copyright: 1991
Type: Book
Collation: 32 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 0-8050-1460-8

Subjects: Ghana/Folklore/West Africa

When Yaa, who loves to talk while she works, hits the sky god one too many times with her pestle, he disappears high up into the heavens.

AUTHOR: DEMPSEY, ROBERTA
TITLE:
WEST AFRICA : GHANA
Publisher: HarperCollins/ScottForesman/GoodYearBooks
Copyright: 1993
Type: Book
Collation: 24 pp.
Grade: P/E
Price (pap): $9.95
ISBN (pap): 0 673 36053 9
Place Of Publication: Glenview, IL

Subjects: West Africa/Ghana/Art

Part of the "Ancient and Living Cultures Stencils" series, this activity booklet explores the world of Ghanaian culture, from proverbs and animals fables, to festivals and traditional crafts. There are five art projects, each using ancient, adinkra symbols. Included are textile printing, a balancing scale and weights, jewelry, a musical instrument and a board game.

AUTHOR: DJOLETO, A.
TITLE:
THE FRIGHTENED THIEF
Publisher: Chelsea (dist.) / Heinnemann
Type: Book
Grade: P/E
Price (pap): $4.49
Place Of Publication: Broomall, PA

Subjects: Fiction

AUTHOR: DJOLETO, A.
TITLE:
TWINS IN TROUBLE
Publisher: Chelsea (dist.) / Heinnemann
Type: Book
Grade: P/E
Price (pap): $4.49
Place Of Publication: Broomall, PA
Subjects: Fiction

AUTHOR: ECHEWA, T. OBINKARAM
TITLE:
THE ANCESTOR TREE
Publisher: Dutton / Lodestar
Copyright: 1994
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $13.99
ISBN: 0 525 67467 5
Place Of Publication: New York
Subjects: Nigeria/Fiction/West Africa

Sad after the death of the old man who had told them stories and jokes, the village children want to plant a tree for him in the Forest of the Ancestors.

AUTHOR: ELLIS, VERONICA FREEMAN
TITLE:
AFRO-BETS FIRST BOOK ABOUT AFRICA
Publisher: Just Us Books
Copyright: 1990
Type: Book
Collation: 135 pp.
Grade: P/E
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 0-940975-12-2
Price (pap): $6.95
ISBN (pap): 0-940975-03-3

Subjects: Africa - Description and travel

This overview of Africa for young readers provides brief information on history, geography, wildlife, art, religion and music.

AUTHOR: FEELINGS, MURIEL
TITLE:
JAMBO MEANS HELLO: SWAHILI ALPHABET BOOK
Publisher: Dial
Copyright: 1974
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $13.89
ISBN: 0-8037-4350-5
Price (pap): $4.95
ISBN (pap): 0-8037-4428-5

Subjects: Language and languages/Swahili/East Africa

This alphabet book introduces Swahili words and provides scenes of East Africa.

AUTHOR: FEELINGS, MURIEL
TITLE:
MOJA MEANS ONE
Publisher: Dial
Copyright: 1971
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 0 8037 5776 X
Price (pap): $4.95
ISBN (pap): 0 803705711 5

Subjects: Language and languages/Swahili/East Africa

This counting book gives the number from 1 - 10 in Swahili.

AUTHOR: FREEMAN, DOROTHY; MACMILLAN, DIANNE
TITLE:
KWANZAA
Publisher: Enslow
Copyright: 1992
Type: Book
Collation: 48 pp.
Grade: P/E
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 0-89490-381-0

Subjects: Kwanzaa/Diaspora/African Americans

Introduces the African American holiday begun in 1966 which celebrates seven important principles.

AUTHOR: GERSHATOR, PHILLIS
TITLE:
IROKO - MAN : A YORUBA FOLKTALE
Publisher: Watts / Orchard
Copyright: 1994
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 0 531 06810 2
Place Of Publication: New York
Subjects: Nigeria /Folklore/West Africa/Yoruba

An adaptation of a Yoruba tale. When the terrifying Iroko-man tries to take a woodcarver's first-born child as partial payment for bringing fertility to his village, the father must find a clever solution.

AUTHOR: GERSON, MARY-JOAN
TITLE:
HOW NIGHT CAME FROM THE SEA : A STORY FROM BRAZIL
Publisher: Little, Brown
Copyright: 1994
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 0 316 30855 2
Subjects: Fiction/Diaspora/Brazil/Nigeria/Yoruba

The daughter of the Yoruba goddess, Iemoja, brings the gift of night to the land of daylight thus permitting rest for the workers under Brazil's hot sun.

AUTHOR: GERSON, MARY JOAN
TITLE:
WHY THE SKY IS FAR AWAY
Publisher: Little, Brown
Copyright: 1992
Type: Book
Collation: 32 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 0-316-30852-8

Subjects: Nigeria/Folklore/West Africa

The sky was once so close to the Earth that people cut parts of it to eat, but their waste and greed caused the sky to move far away. A new version of a picture book first published in the 1970s.

AUTHOR: GOODSMITH, LAUREN
TITLE:
THE CHILDREN OF MAURITANIA : DAYS IN THE DESERT AND BY THE RIVER SHORE
Publisher: Carolrhoda
Copyright: 1993
Type: Book
Collation: 56 pp.
Grade: P/E
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 0 87614 759 7
Place Of Publication: Minneapolis

Subjects: Mauritania/West Africa

Introduces young readers to the West African country of Mauritania through the eyes of two of its children. Focuses primarily on family life and the activities of young children. Lovely color photographs, a well written text, and respect for values and customs of the people make this an excellent purchase. One wishes, however, that the avoid had avoided using the word "tribe" and making a racial distinction between Arabs and so-called black Africans within Mauritania.

AUTHOR: GRAY, NIGEL
TITLE:
BALLOON FOR GRANDAD
Publisher: Orchard
Copyright: 1988
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 0-531-08355-1

Subjects: North Africa/Fiction

Sam and his dad imagine that his lost balloon is traveling to North Africa where Grandad Abdulla lives.

AUTHOR: GREENE, CAROL
TITLE:
DESMOND TUTU: BISHOP OF PEACE
Publisher: Childrens Press
Copyright: 1986
Type: Book
Collation: 31 pp.
Grade: P/E
Price: $11.93
ISBN: 0-516-03634-3
Price (pap): $3.95
ISBN (pap): 0-51643634-1

Subjects: South Africa/Biography/Desmond Tutu

An easy-to-read biography of Nobel Prize winner, Desmond Tutu of South Africa.

AUTHOR: GREENFIELD, ELOISE
TITLE:
AFRICA DREAM
Publisher: HarperCollins
Copyright: 1977
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $13.89
ISBN: 0-690-04776-2

Subjects: Africa/Fiction

A black child's dreams are filled with images of the people and places of Africa.

AUTHOR: GRIFALCONI, ANN
TITLE:
DARKNESS AND THE BUTTERFLY
Publisher: Little, Brown
Copyright: 1987
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 0-316-32863-4

Subjects: Cameroon/Fiction/West Africa

Small Osa is fearless during the day, climbing trees or exploring nearby valleys but at night she is afraid. This is Grifalconi's second picture book about little Osa. Presumably it is set in Cameroon.

AUTHOR: GRIFALCONI, ANN
TITLE:
OSA'S PRIDE
Publisher: Little, Brown
Copyright: 1990
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 0-316-32865-0

Subjects: Cameroon/Fiction/West Africa

Osa's grandmother tells her a tale about the sin of pride and helps Osa gain a better perspective on what things are important. This is Grifalconi's third picture book about little Osa.

AUTHOR: GRIFALCONI, ANN
TITLE:
THE VILLAGE OF ROUND AND SQUARE HOUSES
Publisher: Little, Brown
Copyright: 1986
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 0-316-32862-6

Subjects: Cameroon/Folklore/West Africa

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.

AUTHOR: HALEY, GAIL
TITLE:
A STORY, A STORY
Publisher: Macmillan
Copyright: 1970
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 0 689 20511 2
Price (pap): $4.95
ISBN (pap): 0 689 71201 4

Subjects: West Africa/Folklore/Anansi/Ghana

This tale explains how Anansi obtained the world's stories from God.

AUTHOR: HARTMAN, WENDY
TITLE:
ALL THE MAGIC IN THE WORLD
Publisher: Dutton
Copyright: 1993
Type: Book
Collation: 21 pp.
Grade: P

Subjects: South Africa/Fiction

Joseph, the odd-job man, shows children how a collection of minor objects can be transformed through the magic of fantasy and play.

AUTHOR: HEIDE, FLORENCY AND GILLILAND, JUDITH
TITLE:
THE DAY OF AHMED'S SECRET
Publisher: Lothrop
Copyright: 1990
Type: Book
Grade: P
Price: $13.88
ISBN: 0-688-08895-3

Subjects: Egypt/Fiction/North Africa

A young boy in Cairo works hard selling fuel. He is most proud, however, of his ability to write his name. The illustrations are an outstanding feature of this picture book.

AUTHOR: HOFFMAN, MARY
TITLE:
BOUNDLESS GRACE
Publisher: Penguin/Dial
Copyright: 1995
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $14.99
ISBN: 0 8037 1715 6
Place Of Publication: New York
Subjects: Gambia/West Africa/Fiction/Diaspora

In this sequel to Amazing Grace, young Grace goes to visit her father and his new family in Gambia, West Africa.

AUTHOR: HULL, ROBERT
TITLE:
AFRICAN STORIES
Publisher: Thomson Learning
Copyright: 1993
Type: Book
Collation: 48 pp.
Grade: P/E
Price: 15.95
ISBN: 1 56847 004 5

Subjects: Folklore/Africa

A collection of myths, dilemma tales, and other oral narratives. Includes stories from various parts of Africa. The stories are well-told and the illustrations are excellent.

AUTHOR: ISADORA, RACHEL
TITLE:
AT THE CROSSROADS
Publisher: Morrow / Greenwillow
Copyright: 1991
Type: Book
Grade: P
Price: $13.88
ISBN: 0-688-05271-1

Subjects: South Africa/Fiction

South African children gather to welcome home their fathers who have been away for several months working in the mines. Preliminary discussions about conditions in South Africa will make this story more meaningful.

AUTHOR: ISADORA, RACHEL
TITLE:
OVER THE GREEN HILLS
Publisher: Morrow / Greenwillow
Copyright: 1992
Type: Book
Collation: 32 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 0-688-10509-2

Subjects: South Africa/Fiction

This picture book presents an idyllic portrait of black life in South Africa. In the story a young South African boy and his mother travel over the green hills of Transkei to visit his grandmother. Use with other books on South Africa to provide a fuller picture of life in that racially-divided country.

AUTHOR: JACOBSEN, KAREN
TITLE:
EGYPT
Publisher: Childrens Press
Copyright: 1990
Type: Book
Collation: 47 pp.
Grade: P/E
Price: $9.95
ISBN: 0-516-01184-7

Subjects: Egypt/North Africa

Examines the geography, history and modern life of Egypt.

AUTHOR: JACOBSEN, KAREN
TITLE:
SOUTH AFRICA
Publisher: Childrens Press
Copyright: 1989
Type: Book
Collation: 48 pp.
Grade: P/E
Price: $9.95
ISBN: 0-516-01176-6

Subjects: South Africa/History

Discusses South Africa's geography, history, people, government, and anti-apartheid movement.

AUTHOR: JACOBSEN, KAREN
TITLE:
ZIMBABWE
Publisher: Childrens Press
Copyright: 1990
Type: Book
Collation: 48 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $15.27
ISBN: 0 516 01110 3
Price (pap): $4.95
ISBN (pap): 0 68547209 4

Subjects: Zimbabwe/Southern Africa

Introduces the geography, history, people and culture of Zimbabwe.

AUTHOR: JOHNSON, DELORES
TITLE:
NOW LET ME FLY : THE STORY OF A SLAVE FAMILY
Publisher: Macmillan
Copyright: 1993
Type: Book
Grade: P
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 0 02 747699 5
Place Of Publication: New York
Subjects: Fiction/Diaspora

A fictionalized account of the life of Minna. Kipnapped as a girl in Africa, as she endures the harsh life of an enslaved person on a Southern plantation in the 1800s and tries to help her family survive.

AUTHOR: KIMMEL, ERIC
TITLE:
ANANSI AND THE MOSS COVERED ROCK
Publisher: Holiday House
Copyright: 1988
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 0-8234-0689-X
Price (pap): $5.95
ISBN (pap): 0-8234-0798-5

Subjects: West Africa/Folklore/Anansi

Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.

AUTHOR: KIMMEL, ERIC
TITLE:
ANANSI GOES FISHING
Publisher: Holiday House
Copyright: 1992
Type: Book
Collation: 32 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 0-8234-0918-X

Subjects: Folklore/Anansi/Diaspora

Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal. Explains the origin of spider webs.

AUTHOR: KIMMEL, ERIC
TITLE:
ANANSI AND THE TALKING MELON
Publisher: Holiday House
Copyright: 1994
Type: Book
Collation: 32 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 0 8234 1104 4

Subjects: Anansi/Folklore/West Africa/Ghana

Anansi, the spider, talks inside a melon and fools Elephant into thinking the melon is talking.

AUTHOR: KITSAO, J.
TITLE:
MCHESHI GOES ON A JOURNEY
Publisher: Jacaranda Designs
Copyright: 1991
Type: Book
Collation: 24 pp.
Grade: P
Price (pap): $7.95
ISBN (pap): 9966 884 25 4

Subjects: Kenya/Fiction/East Africa

In this third book in the series, Mcheshi travels with her aunt from rural Kenya to the capital city of Nairobi and continues on to the coastal city of Mombasa. The story shows how traditional and modern forms of transport are used in today's Kenya.

AUTHOR: KITSAO, J.
TITLE:
MCHESHI GOES TO THE MARKET
Publisher: Jacaranda Designs
Copyright: 1991
Type: Book
Collation: 24 pp.
Grade: P
Price (pap): $6.95

Subjects: Kenya/Fiction/East Africa

This picture book tells about the visit of a little Kenyan girl and her mother to the weekly market.

AUTHOR: KITSAO, J.
TITLE:
MCHESHI GOES TO THE GAME PARK
Publisher: Jacaranda
Copyright: 1991
Type: Book
Grade: P
ISBN: 9966 884 48 3
Price (pap): $6.95

Subjects: Kenya/Fiction/East Africa

In this second book in the series, Mcheshi and her younger brother visit a game park in Kenya with their uncle, the game ranger.

AUTHOR: KNUTSON, BARBARA
TITLE:
HOW THE GUINEA FOWL GOT HER SPOTS
Publisher: Carolrhoda
Copyright: 1990
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 0-87614-416-4

Subjects: Folklore/Swahili/East Africa

An explanation for the guinea fowl's protective coloration that enables it to hide from its natural predator, the lion.

AUTHOR: KNUTSON, BARBARA
TITLE:
WHY THE CRAB HAS NO HEAD
Publisher: Carolrhoda
Copyright: 1987
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $9.95
ISBN: 0-87614-322-2
Price (pap): $4.95
ISBN (pap): 0 87614 489

Subjects: Zaire/Folklore/Central Africa

A picture book retelling of a tale from the Bakongo people of Zaire in which Crab's boastfulness influences the creator to leave him without a head to make him humble.

AUTHOR: KUKLIN, SUSAN
TITLE:
HOW MY FAMILY LIVES IN AMERICA
Publisher: Macmillan / Bradbury Press
Copyright: 1992
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 0-02-751239-8

Subjects: Diaspora/Senegal/African Americans/West Africa

African American, Asian American, and Hispanic American children describe their families' cultural traditions. The African American child's father is originally from Senegal.

AUTHOR: KURTZ, JANE
TITLE:
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Copyright: 1994
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 0 671 88268 6
Place Of Publication: New York
Subjects: Ethiopia/Folklore/East Africa

In this tale from Ethiopia, a clever young shepherd uses his wits to gain a fortune for himself and his sister from a haughty rich man.

TITLE: KWANZAA: A NEW AFRO-AMERICAN HOLIDAY
Publisher: Society for Visual Education
Copyright: 1986
Type: Filmstrip
Collation: 1 sound filmstrip, 13 min.
Grade: P/E
Price: $37.00

Subjects: Kwanzaa/African Americans/Diaspora

Explains Kwanzaa and reviews the seven principles of the holiday.

AUTHOR: LADZEKPO, C. K.; TIEKO, VICTOR
TITLE:
AFRICAN FOLKSONGS: CHILDREN'S SONGS FROM GHANA
Publisher: Spoken Arts
Copyright: 1986
Type: Audio cassette
Collation: 1 cassette, guide
Grade: P/E
Price: $11.95
ISBN: 0-8045-1163-2

Subjects: Ghana/Music/West Africa

The cassette contains 11 songs from Ghana. The accompanying teacher's guide includes the words to the songs with phonetic transcriptions, background, translations, and follow-up activities.

AUTHOR: LESTER, JULIUS
TITLE:
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH : A MORAL TALE FROM THE BAILA OF ZAMBIA
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin / Clarion
Copyright: 1994
Type: Book
Collation: 32 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 0 395 60521 0

Subjects: Folklore/Zambia/Southern Africa

A husband does not believe it when his wife tells him that their crying baby is comforted by a huge eagle who flies down with its sharp talons and alights on the baby.

AUTHOR: LUNDGREN, GUNILLA
TITLE:
MALCOLM'S VILLAGE
Publisher: Annick Press
Copyright: 1985
Type: Book
Collation: 37 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $4.95
ISBN: 0 920303 28 5

Subjects: East Africa - Social life and customs

Malcolm is a Swedish boy who lives in an East African village. This is a story about his experiences, particularly the sad loss of his African grandmother.

AUTHOR: LYE, KEITH
TITLE:
TAKE A TRIP TO NIGERIA
Publisher: Watts
Copyright: 1984
Type: Book
Collation: 32 pp.
Grade: P/E
Price: $10.95
ISBN: 0-531-04742-3

Subjects: Nigeria/West Africa

Religion, art customs, politics, the economy, and geography are discussed in this easy-to- read book.

AUTHOR: LYE, KEITH
TITLE:
TAKE A TRIP TO ETHIOPIA
Publisher: Watts
Copyright: 1986
Type: Book
Collation: 32 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $9.90
ISBN: 0 865313335 5

Subjects: Ethiopia - Description and travel/ East Africa

An introduction to the geography, history and culture of Ethiopia.

AUTHOR: MADDERN, ERIC
TITLE:
THE FIRE CHILDREN: A WEST AFRICAN CREATION TALE
Publisher: Dial
Copyright: 1993
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $14.50
ISBN: 0-8037-1477-7

Subjects: Folklore/Ghana/West Africa/Creation/Akan

A retelling of an Akan tale about the creation of the world and all its different peoples. An adaption of a legend that appears in Gods and Men : Myths and Legends from the World's Religions (Bailey, John et al, 1981)

AUTHOR: MADHUBUTI, SAFISHA L.
TITLE:
THE STORY OF KWANZAA
Publisher: Third World Press
Copyright: 1989
Type: Book
Collation: 32 pp.
Grade: P/E
Price (pap): $5.95
ISBN (pap): 0 88378 001 1

Subjects: African Americans/Holidays/Kwanzaa/Diaspora

Discusses the African roots of Kwanzaa, particularly in Egypt through the ancient Egyptian family of Knemu and Sati. Describes the seven principles of Kwanzaa and provides teaching strategies.

AUTHOR: MCDERMOTT, GERALD
TITLE:
ANANSI THE SPIDER
Publisher: Weston Woods
Type: Filmstrip
Collation: 1 sound filmstrip, guide, 10 min.
Grade: P
Price: $30.00

Subjects: Folklore/Anansi/Ghana/West Africa

A delightful filmstrip version of McDermott's popular book.

AUTHOR: MCDERMOTT, GERALD
TITLE:
ANANSI, THE SPIDER: A TALE FROM THE ASHANTI
Publisher: Henry Holt
Copyright: 1972
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 0 8050 0310 X
Price (pap): $5.95
ISBN (pap): 0 8050 0311 8

Subjects: Ghana/Folklore/Anansi/West Africa

This picture book uses Asante art forms to tell the story of Kwaku Anansi and his six sons.

AUTHOR: MHLOPHE, GCINA
TITLE:
QUEEN OF THE TORTOISES
Publisher: African Books Collective / Skotaville
Copyright: 1990
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P/E
Place of Publication: Oxford, England
Price (pap): $11.50
ISBN (pap): 0 947479 39 2

Subjects: Folklore

A proud tortoise learns a lesson in humility.

AUTHOR: MOLLEL, TOLOWA
TITLE:
BIG BOY
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Clarion
Copyright: 1995
Type: Book
Collation: 28 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 0 395 67403 4
Place Of Publication: New York

Subjects: Tanzania/Fiction

Little Oli wants to be big enough to go bird hunting with his older borther but has to take a nap instead. Through the assistance of the magical Tunukia-zawadi bird, he becomes very big indeed.

AUTHOR: MOLLEL, TOLOLWA M.
TITLE:
THE FLYING TORTOISE : AN IGBO TALE
Publisher: Clarion
Copyright: 1994
Type: Book
Collation: 32 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 0-395-68845-0
Place Of Publication: New York
Subjects: Igbo/Nigeria/West Africa/Folklore

This tortoise story retells how the birds successfully punished Mbeku, the tortoise, for being so greedy and proud.

AUTHOR: MOLLEL, TOLOLWA
TITLE:
ORPHAN BOY: A MAASAI STORY
Publisher: Clarion Books
Copyright: 1990
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 0-89919-985-3

Subjects: East Africa/Fiction/Tanzania

Though delighted that an orphan boy has come into his life, an old man becomes insatiably curious about the boy's mysterious powers.

AUTHOR: MOLLEL, TOLOLWA
TITLE:
A PROMISE TO THE SUN: AN AFRICAN STORY
Publisher: Little Brown / Joy Street Books
Copyright: 1992
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 0-316-57813-4

Subjects: Folklore

Explains why bats come out of their caves only at night.

AUTHOR: MORNINGHOUSE, SUNDAIRA
TITLE:
HABARI GANI? WHAT'S THE NEWS
Publisher: Open Hand / Talman
Copyright: 1992
Type: Book
Collation: 32 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 0-940880-39-3

Subjects: African Americans/Holidays/Kwanzaa/Diaspora

An African American family celebrates each day of Kwanzaa.

AUTHOR: OLALEYE, ISAAC
TITLE:
BITTER BANANAS
Publisher: Boyds Mills
Copyright: 1994
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $14.95
Place Of Publication: Honesdale, PA

Subjects: Africa/Fiction

When baboons steal the palm sap Yusuf is planning to sell at the market, he devises a clever plan to stop them.

AUTHOR: OLALEYE, ISAAC
TITLE:
THE DISTANT TALKING DRUM
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Copyright: 1995
Type: Book
Collation: 32 pp.
Grade: P/E
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 1 56397 095 3

Place Of Publication: Honesdale, PA

Subjects: Poetry/Nigeria/West Africa

These poems (15 in all) give a sense of life in a Yoruba village. Sweet and gentle, the poems show people at work and at play. Written by a Nigerian, the poems provide a positive picture of village life. Useful for units on Nigeria, poetry, and the rain forest.

AUTHOR: OWOO, IFE NII
TITLE:
A IS FOR AFRICA: LOOKING AT AFRICA THROUGH THE ALPHABET
Publisher: Africa World Press
Copyright: 1991
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 0-86543-182-5
Price (pap): $5.95
ISBN (pap): 0-86543-183-3

Subjects: Africa - Description and travel/Alphabet books

Depicts glimpses of Africa through images of the work, culture, history and aspirations of Africans.

AUTHOR: PORTER, A. P.
TITLE:
KWANZAA
Publisher: Carolrhoda
Copyright: 1991
Type: Book
Collation: 56 pp.
Grade: P
Price: $9.95
ISBN: 0-87614-688-X
Price (pap): $5.95
ISBN (pap): 0-87614-545-4

Subjects: African Americans/Holidays/Kwanzaa/Diaspora

Describes the origins and practices of Kwanzaa, an African American holiday created to remind African Americans of their history and their cultural origins.

AUTHOR: RAPPAPORT, DOREEN
TITLE:
THE NEW KING
Publisher: Penguin/Dial
Copyright: 1995
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $14.99
ISBN: 0 8037 1460 2
Place Of Publication: New York

Subjects: Madagascar/Southern Africa/Folklore

Young Prince Rakoto learns to cope with his father's death.

AUTHOR: ROTH, SUSAN
TITLE:
FIRE CAME TO EARTH PEOPLE: A DAHOMEAN TALE
Publisher: St. Martin's / Macmillan
Copyright: 1988
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $9.95
ISBN: 0-312-01723-5

Subjects: Benin/ Folklore/Dahomey /West Africa

The earth animals fail in every attempt to capture fire from the selfish moon god Mawu, until Chameleon and Tortoise combine their talents and help bring light and warmth to the newly-created earth.

AUTHOR: SABUDA, ROBERT
TITLE:
TUTANKHAMEN'S GIFT
Publisher: Macmillan/Atheneum
Copyright: 1994
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 0 689 31818 9
Place Of Publication: New York
Subjects: Egypt/Fiction/North Africa

A picture book about the life of the Egyptian king, Tutankhamun, who came to the throne at a young age, after the short-lived religious revolution of his predecessor.

AUTHOR: SCHERMBRUCKER, REVIVA
TITLE:
CHARLIE'S HOUSE
Publisher: Viking / Penguin
Copyright: 1991
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 06-70-84024-6

Subjects: South Africa/Fiction

Charlie's house in Guguletu, South Africa leaves much to be desired. Little Charlie builds his own dream house with bottle caps, cardboard, earth and popsicle sticks.

AUTHOR: SCHUR, MAXINE
TITLE:
DAY OF DELIGHT : A JEWISH SABBATH IN ETHIOPIA
Publisher: Dial
Copyright: 1994
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $15.99
ISBN: 0 8037 1413
Place Of Publication: New York

Subjects: Ethiopia/Beta Israel/Jews-Ethiopia/Fiction

Depicts a young Ethiopian Jewish boy and his family, including their typical daily routine followed by preparation for and celebration of the Sabbath.

AUTHOR: SEEGER, PETE
TITLE:
ABIYOYO: SOUTH AFRICAN LULLABY AND FOLK STORY
Publisher: Macmillan
Copyright: 1986
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 0 02 781490 4

Subjects: South Africa/Fiction

Banished from town for making mischief, a little boy and his father are welcomed back when they make the monster, Abiyoyo disappear. Adapted from a South African tale.

AUTHOR: SERWADDA, A. MOSES
TITLE:
SONGS AND STORIES FROM UGANDA
Publisher: World Music Press
Copyright: 1974
Type: Kit
Collation: Book with 1 audio cassette
Grade: P/E
Price: $20.95
ISBN: 0-937203-77-3

Subjects: Uganda/Folklore/Music/East Africa

Presents thirteen songs with accompanying stories retold from Ugandan folklore.

AUTHOR: SISULU, ELINOR BATEZAT
TITLE:
THE DAY GOGO WENT TO VOTE
Publisher: Little, Brown
Copyright: 1996
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P/E
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 0 316 70267 6
Subjects: South Africa/Fiction

Thembi and her beloved great-grandmother, who has not left the house for many years, go together to vote on the momentous day when black South Africans vote for the first time.
AUTHOR:
STANLEY, DIANE
TITLE:
SHAKA: KING OF THE ZULUS
Publisher: Morrow
Copyright: 1988
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P/E
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 0-688-07343-3

Subjects: South Africa/Biography/Shaka

A picture book biography of the powerful nineteenth century military genius and Zulu leader.

AUTHOR: STANLEY, SANNA
TITLE:
THE RAINS ARE COMING
Publisher: Morrow / Greenwillow
Copyright: 1993
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 0-688-10949-7

Subjects: Zaire/Fiction

This very simple story, set in a small village in Zaire, is about Aimee, a little American girl whose parents, like those of the author, are missionaries. Aimee is having a birthday party and wants her new Zairian friends to come.

AUTHOR: STEPTOE, JOHN
TITLE:
MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS
Publisher: Lothrop
Copyright: 1987
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 0-688-04046-2

Subjects: Zimbabwe/Fiction/Southern Africa

In this stunning picture book, Mufaro's beautiful daughters, one selfish and unkind, the other sweet and generous, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.

AUTHOR: STEWART, DIANNE
TITLE:
THE DOVE
Publisher: Morrow / Greenwillow
Copyright: 1993
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 0-688-11265-X

Subjects: South Africa/Fiction

A visiting dove provides the answer to Grandmother Maloko's financial problems when floodwaters destroy her crops.

AUTHOR: STOCK, CATHERINE
TITLE:
ARMIEN'S FISHING TRIP
Publisher: Morrow Junior Books
Copyright: 1990
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 0-688-08395-1

Subjects: South Africa/Fiction

A young boy visits an aunt in Cape Town and winds up being a hero.

AUTHOR: STOCK, CATHERINE
TITLE:
WHERE ARE YOU GOING MANYONI?
Publisher: Morrow
Copyright: 1993
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 0-688-10353-7

Subjects: Zimbabwe/Fiction

A child living in Zimbabwe encounters several animals during her walk to school. The pastel illustrations reflect the lovely grassland countryside as well as scenes of home and school.

AUTHOR: TADJO, VERONIQUE
TITLE:
LORD OF THE DANCE
Publisher: Harper / Lippincott
Copyright: 1989
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P/E
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 0-397-32352-2

Subjects: Ivory Coast/Folklore/West Africa

Poetically retells the story of the Senufo people of Ivory Coast.

AUTHOR: WASHINGTON, DONNA
TITLE:
HOW ANANSI OBTAINED THE SKY GOD'S STORIES
Publisher: Childrens Press
Copyright: 1991
Type: Kit
Collation: Book , 1 cassette
Grade: P
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 0-516-05134-2

Subjects: West Africa/Folklore/Anansi/Ghana

In this trickster tale from West Africa, Anansi the spider sets out to retrieve all the stories of the world from Nyame, the sky God.

AUTHOR: WILLIAMS, KAREN
TITLE:
GALIMOTO
Publisher: Lothrop
Copyright: 1991
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price: $12.88
ISBN: 0-688-08790-6

Subjects: Malawi/Fiction/Southern Africa

Walking through his village in Malawi, a young boy finds the materials to make a special toy.

AUTHOR: WISNIEWSKI, DAVID
TITLE:
SUNDIATA: LION KING OF MALI
Publisher: Clarion / Houghton Mifflin
Copyright: 1992
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P/E
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 0 395 61302 7

Subjects: Mali/West Africa /Sundiata

The story of Sundiata, who overcame physical handicaps, social disgrace, and strong opposition to rule Mali in the thirteenth century. Winner of the 1993 ASA's Best Children's Book on Africa.

AUTHOR: YARBOUGH, CAMILLE
TITLE:
CORNROWS
Publisher: Coward
Copyright: 1979
Type: Book
Collation: Unpaged
Grade: P
Price (pap): $5.95
ISBN (pap): 0 698 20529 4

Subjects: African Americans/Fiction/Diaspora

Explains how the hairstyle of cornrows, a symbol in Africa since ancient times, can symbolize the courage of outstanding African Americans.


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