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Books to Read - posted from El Cajon, CA
Thank-you for the ideas below, which I included. RAL means that a Read Aloud version is available on YouTube.
Africa by Alan Fowler RAL
Africa by Madeline Donaldson
A Is For Africa RAL
Safari so Good: All About African Wildlife (Cat in the Hat) RAL
Somewhere in Africa by Ingrid Mennen RAL
West Africa: Grandpa Cacao RAL
East Africa : Fatuma's New Cloth
South Africa: Granddad Mandela RAL
South Africa: Desmond and the Very Mean Word: a Story of Forgiveness by Tutu, Desmond RAL
South Africa: On My Papa’s Shoulders RAL
OURS: At the Waterhole by Beth Shoshan (unspecified Jungle)
Nigeria: Baby goes to Market RAL
Bikes for Rent! By Olaleye, Isaac
Chicken in the kitchen Nigeria by McBrier, Page RAL
The Very Best Sukkah: a Story From Uganda by Nambi, Shoshana RAL
Double Trouble For Anna Hibiscus RAL
Uganda (non-fiction books seem to be just age 10+ at my library)
Uganda: The Rock and Roll Rolex, Amino's Choice, and Tendo's Wish (3) by Kathy Kreutter RAL
Gullah people: Circle Unbroken: the Story of a Basket and Its People RAL
Sudan by Jeffries, Corina (age 8)
We Visit Ghana by John Bankston (age 10+, as they all were)
Ghana: Grandma's List RAL
CousCous, the Algerian Detective (Richard Scarry) RAL
Adventures in Botswana RAL
Kenya: Yana Goes to Kenya RAL
Kenya: Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace with Lions RAL
Tanzania: My Rows and Piles of Coins by Tololwa M. Mollel RAL
Tanzania; We All Went on Safari RAL
Let’s Explore Egypt by Elle Parkes RAL
Egyptian Lullaby RAL
E is for Ethiopia RAL
Fatuma’s New Cloth
Great video - posted from Pelham, AL
Facts about some of the countries in Africa.
Great books! - posted from Pelham, AL
We also read Grandpa Cacao, A Is For Africa, and We All Went on Safari.
Africa Facts for Kids - posted from Cankton, LA
African dances from A to Z - posted from Portland, OR
We love this video that shows profesional dancers dancing more than a dozen of African dancing styles. It is amazing, we tried to dance them and had so much fun!
Map Puzzle - posted from Dhahran, Eastern Province
We enjoyed doing this puzzle online.