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22) Man-eater
Author
Series
Extreme adventures volume 6
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen-year-old Sam is at a youth conference in Africa when the bus takes off without him, leaving him stranded. Within minutes he's attacked by an angry elephant and half-blinded by a spitting cobra. A young Masai tells Sam he needs medical attention--fast. But the only way to the hospital is through the Chui Hills. The same hills being terrorized by a ferocious, man-eating leopard"--
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
After working together to obtain honey, the African honey badger always shares it with his partner, the honeyguide bird, until one day when the honey badger becomes greedy and his feathered friend decides to teach him a lesson.
26) Where's Jamela?
Author
Series
Jamela books volume 3
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
When Mama gets a new job and a new house, everyone is excited about moving except Jamela who likes her old house just fine.
27) Cool time song
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
After a hot day on the African savannah, the animals begin to move and make sounds in the cool air of evening.
Author
Publisher
Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Written in the voice of Mother Africa, who speaks to her children--human beings--this stunning picture book thrums with the love between mother and child as it celebrates humanity's common roots. Before words or tools or fire, Mother Africa's caves sheltered us and her forests fed us. She could not protect us from all dangers, but, like mothers everywhere, she gave her children all she could and sent us into the world with confidence and love. Told...
29) Goal!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In a dangerous alley in a township in South Africa, the strength and unity which a group of young friends feel while playing soccer keep them safe when a gang of bullies arrives to cause trouble.
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When T'Challa gets special permission to have his friends from America, Sheila and Zeke, come to Wakanda, he can't wait to show them his home for a change. But their tour is brought to a halt when one of T'Challa's peers, Tafari, summons dark forces in order to return Wakanda to the "old ways" before Vibranium was discovered. Tafari manages to banish the King and Queen along with all the tribal elders to an alternate dimension in exchange for the...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Kids, Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Every morning, Shaka and his little sister Nandi walk with their father to school. Though the journey is long and hot, they arrive at school happy to see their friends and ready to learn. Then one day, their father gives them terrible news: he has to go work in a mine far away, and they won't be able to go to school anymore. The route is too dangerous for them to walk alone, so they'll have to stay home. But when they discover a yellow toy bus in...
33) Gumption!
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When Peter goes on an African adventure with his beloved Uncle Nigel, who hopes to spot a rare gorilla, the oblivious Nigel urges Peter on by telling him to have gumption, while Peter keeps his eyes open and uses his ingenuity.
Author
Series
Black Panther. Young prince volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
Black Panther. Ruler of Wakanda. Avenger. This is his destiny. But right now, he's simply T'Challa-the young prince. Life is comfortable for twelve-year-old T'Challa in his home of Wakanda, an isolated, technologically advanced African nation. When he's not learning how to rule a kingdom from his father-the reigning Black Panther-or testing out the latest tech, he's off breaking rules with his best friend, M'Baku. But as conflict brews near Wakanda,...
Author
Series
Akimbo series volume 5
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Akimbo and his cousin Kosi accompany a scientist into the African bush to study the behavior of a troop of baboons.
36) The big five
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Danny spends a week with his Grandpa, who tells Danny about one animal from his homeland each day that he is there.
38) Rescue!
Author
Series
Bindi wildlife adventures volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
While horse-riding in South Africa, Bindi and Hannah discover a nature preserve for the giant sable antelope that's being used for illegal hunting at night, and when they try to help, they get caught spying.
39) Shifting shadows
Author
Series
Bravelands. Original series volume 4
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
With the false leader destroyed, the animals of Bravelands are searching for the true Great Parent, but a mysterious new menace is threatening their lives.
Author
Series
Loula books (Anne Villeneuve) volume 1
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Loula has had enough of her terrible triplet brothers and decides to run away to Africa. Luckily, her mother's chauffeur, Gilbert, knows just how to get there. Together, Loula and Gilbert ride camels, cross a desert and, most important, use heaps of imagination in this heartwarming adventure."--Publisher's website.
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