Rachel Isadora
3) Rapunzel
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Recasts in an African setting the familiar fairy tale in which a beautiful girl with extraordinarily long hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, An Imprint of Penguin Young Readers, Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The inhabitants of Old Makimba's farm in Africa, including a baboon, an elephant, and a lion, are described, verse by verse. Includes facts about African animals.
9) Say hello!
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A little girl greets people in her neighborhood in many different languages.
11) Uh-oh!
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
As an African American toddler keeps getting into mischief throughout the day, the reader is invited to discover what the trouble is with each page-turn and to say "uh-oh."
15) Peekaboo bedtime
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A toddler plays peekaboo with parents, grandparents, toys, and the moon while getting ready for bed.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Twilight signals the end of the day for the people of Johannesburg, South Africa, while only two hundred miles away the setting sun lets the animals of Kruger National Park know it is time to wake up and begin their nightly activities in the cool of the dark.
18) My dog laughs
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A diverse group of young children explore all the joys of having a dog"--
20) There was a tree
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A version of the cumulative song "The Green Grass Grew All Around," set in Africa.
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