Book
Title:The
Adventures
of
Hurricane
and
Tornado
Author:Godred
Edusei
Derkyi
Publisher:
Edusei
Derkyi
(Ghana)
ISBN:978-9988-3-1533-7
Hurricane and Tornado set out to build a boat for a 30 meter long river crossing. The river poses a challenge for their schoolmates who have to swim across it daily to and from school at Okorage, a village in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The book offers an interesting way of learning science concepts and acquiring problem solving skills and helps cultivate in children from an early age, curiosity about the world around them.
Book
Title:
Kariza's
Handcraft
Author:Cesar
Hatangimama
Illustrator:
Remmy
Pierre
Nishimwe
Publisher:
The
Peak
Publishing
House
(Rwanda)
ISBN:
978-99977-780-3-1
The young girl at the heart of this story is diligent with her chores and with her school work. She also loves art and creativity. The story communicates the importance of allowing children to express themselves and to do what they love. The author shows the child reader that a balance can be struck between going to school and chasing your dreams.
Book
Title:
Garbage
School
Author:
Abdullahi
Ismaila
Publisher:KraftGriot
(an
imprint
of
Kraft
Books
Limited)
(Nigeria)
ISBN:
978-978-918-656-3
Website:
www.kraftbookslimited.com
This book tells the story of two young boys who summon the courage to fight an unfair system practiced in their school. It is a portrait of a local school which many Africans will recognize: children are made to farm and clear weeds in the school compound as their teachers while away the time.
Book
Title:
I
Love
Domestic
Animals
Authors:
Augustin
Gasake
and
Mugasha
Stephen
Illustrator:
Ngarambe
Albert
Publisher:
Excel
Education
Partners,
Rwanda
ISBN:
978-99977-40-11-3
This book, written to be read aloud, teaches values found in African cultures across the continent: community, hard work and sharing. Numeracy is subtly threaded through the book's storyline will introduce children from urban settings to life in an African village. The book also introduces the origin of certain foods.
Book
Title:
Casket
of
Her
Dreams
Author:
Isaac
Attah
Ogezi
Publisher:Hybun
Publishers
International
(Nigeria)
ISBN:
978-9784960007
Zukaina, a girl in her early teens, is forced to marry a man old enough to be her father in order to save the life of her step-mother.
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