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published
August 25th 2005
by Chronicle Books
binding
Paperback, 56 pages
isbn
081185101X
(isbn13: 9780811851015)
description
This colorful collection of original, African-inspired rhymes is accompanied by exquisitely detailed illustrations.
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Read in September, 2007
(CIP) A collection of poems featuring the animals, people, and cultures of Africa.
(Claudia) Author Uzo Unobagha, born and raised in Nigeria, emigrated to the U.S. as an adult, and wrote the original nursery rhyme-style poems in "Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa" to introduce her children to their African heritage. With its lively, playful, brightly colored illustrations of African children and scenes, the book provides delightful multi-cultural material for storytimes. The rhyme...more
(Claudia) Author Uzo Unobagha, born and raised in Nigeria, emigrated to the U.S. as an adult, and wrote the original nursery rhyme-style poems in "Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa" to introduce her children to their African heritage. With its lively, playful, brightly colored illustrations of African children and scenes, the book provides delightful multi-cultural material for storytimes. The rhyme...more
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It is a beautiful book full of fun rhymes and vivid illustrations. I'm looking forward to reading it with my grandbaby in Minnesota. I have not found it altogether successful as a read aloud in Africa where children at the age of nursery rhymes do not usually have enough English to even appreciate the sounds much less the sense of the poetry. I find they are confused by multiple pictures on the page, some of which relate to the poem I am not yet reading.
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Read in May, 2001
The author lives near me and is a wonderful, friendly person. These are rhymes and games from her childhood in Nigeria.
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