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Author
Series
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. She lives with her whole family in a wonderful house. There is always somebody to laugh or play with. She loves to splash in the sea with her cousins and have parties with her aunties. But more than anything else in the world, Anna Hibiscus would love to see snow.
Author
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Anna Hibiscus lives in amazing Africa. She loves singing to her two baby brothers, Double and Trouble. But when she is chosen to sing for her school in front of the president, her throat runs dry and her bones turn to stone. Can Double and Trouble save her?
Author
Series
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. Anna Hibiscus is back home after visiting her grandma in Canada. But it seems that so much has changed while she was away! Double and Trouble have learned to run, and Grandfather seems to have grown older. One of the chickens has laid its eggs and eventually they hatch--all except one, which Anna looks after. Finally one morning that egg hatches too and a white ball of fluff appears. Anna names her chick...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Description
"Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. Anna is worried: her twin brothers, Double and Trouble, have boundless energy and won't stop climbing. Meanwhile Grandfather is tired and can't stay awake. In this final book, Anna proves just how amazing she truly is" -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
88 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents three tales of an endearing and enduring character, Tola, who lives in an apartment in the busy city of Lagos, Nigeria, with her sister, brother and grandmommy.
In a trio of droll stories, award-winning author and storyteller Atinuke debuts an endearing and enduring character with plenty to prove. Tola lives in an apartment in the busy city of Lagos, Nigeria, with her sister, Moji, who is very clever; her brother, Dapo, who is very fast;...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lami is the best chicken catcher in the whole village. Her sister may be speedy at spelling, her friend fast at braiding hair, and her brother brave with bulls, but when it comes to chickens, nobody is faster or braver than Lami. That is, until the day when Lami chases a little too fast, up the baobab tree, and reaches a little too far . . . ow! How can she catch chickens with an ankle that's puffed up like an angry lizard? Could it be, as Nana Nadia...
Author
Series
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
110 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Oluwalase Babatunde Benson is Number 1. He's the Number 1 car spotter in his village. The Number 1 car spotter in the world! When the family's cart breaks down and there's no way of bringing goods to market, it's Number 1 who devises the Toyota Cow-rolla and saves the day"--Publisher description.
11) Hugo
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Hugo the pigeon, the park warden of a small Parisian park, tries to coax a mysterious Somebody, the only one who never opens the windows for his visits, to come out to enjoy the park and make new friends.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
89 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In ordinary times, Tola lives in an apartment in Lagos, Nigeria, with her clever sister, Moji; her sporty brother, Dapo; and bossy Grandmommy. Tola is so happy! But news of a new virus--and a lockdown, too--sends Moji away in one direction and Dapo in another. Then, when Grandmommy can no longer go out to work, Tola goes instead. She works for the wealthy Diamond family and makes new friends among the household staff. But even the wealthy have problems--and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa- and now she has new baby brothers! Her cousins warn her that boys are "Big Trouble." But could Anna's brothers really be Double Trouble?" -- Page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
92 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Anna Hibiscus and her family are going to the village with Grandfather. They travel by bus through mangrove swamp and rainforest, through scrubland and rivers, over hills and mountains. When they arrive, everyone stays in Anna's family house, which first belonged to her great-grandmother and great-grandfather. Little has changed since then: there is no running water, no electricity, no road and no traffic signals. But Anna Hibiscus' life is about...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
94 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Anna Hibiscus is on holiday with Grandmother and Grandfather in the village where they were born. She befriends the local children there and teaches them their ABCs and 123. When Anna goes to market one day and a boy steals a banana from her, she runs after him. It turns out that the boy is poor; he lives alone. Anna and Sunny Belafonte become friends and when Sunny takes ill, it is Anna who makes sure he gets the medical help he needs. Happily, Grandfather...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st American ed.
Lexile measure
550L
Physical Desc
95 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
No. 1 is always full of good ideas. He figures out what to do when a leopard is bothering the goats and when Mama Coca-Cola has problems with her house. But what will it take to make the fabulous Firebird stop in the village?