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kristinannie
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Posted: Jan 28 2012 at 2:56pm \| IP Logged

We are almost done with South America and are moving onto Africa next. I would love some recommendations of picture books or chapter books suited for early elementary! It can be about the countries or the animals that live there! Thanks so much!

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Posted: Jan 28 2012 at 8:12pm \| IP Logged

Jan Brett has a book that takes place in Africa called Three Little Dassies. It is based on animals that live in Namibia, and she clothes the animals in African prints based on the style of dress in Namibia.
I read a book to my daughter called I Lost my Tooth in Africa. To the best i can remember it was good. Hopefully it didn't have anything anti-Christian in it, I can't remember.

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Posted: Jan 28 2012 at 9:15pm \| IP Logged

Yes, The Three Little Dassies is a great Africa book - I'm partial to versions of "the three little pigs" of which this one.

Some old threads with recommendations:
I'm looking for some suggestions
An African Safari Trail

Homeschool Share has units based on these books:

Masai and I (Kenya and Tanzania)

When Africa was Home (Malawi)

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (western Africa)

The Day of Ahmed's Secret (Cairo)

Fatuma's New Cloth (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)

Lake of the Big Snake (Nigeria)

My Rows and Piles of Coins (Tanzania)

Faraway Home (Ethiopia)

Honey, Honey, Lion! (Botswana)

Some of my favorites are here - I wrote the unit studies for Honey, Honey Lion and Fatuma's New Cloth.

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Posted: Jan 28 2012 at 9:45pm \| IP Logged

Additional recommendations for Africa

Picture books:
Mama Panya's Pancakes (Julia Cairns)
One Hen (Katie Smith Milway)
Amadi's Snowman (Katia Novet Saint-lot)
Elisabeti's Doll (Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen) - looks like she has a series of books which follow this one - haven't read those, only the first

Early chapter:
Mogo's Flute (Hilda Van Stockum)

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Posted: Jan 30 2012 at 7:22am \| IP Logged

http://ebeth.typepad.com/serendipity/2009/05/continents-and- cultures-africa.html is an entire unit study on Africa with every resource you could possibly need. We did this a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it.

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Posted: Jan 30 2012 at 7:55am \| IP Logged

Two of our favorites are:

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

and

Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai

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My little guys have enjoyed Jumbo's Lullaby by Laura Krauss Melmed. It's a nicely illustrated lullaby about African animals.

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Posted: Jan 30 2012 at 10:21pm \| IP Logged

Kristinannie,

Journeying with you

We just started Africa today and will be there for a month. I have some picture books previously read (see my impressions) and currently have a stack of chapter books to read. I'll try and be back to type the list soon.

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Posted: Jan 30 2012 at 11:06pm \| IP Logged

Thanks ladies!!!! You are awesome!

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