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1. Aardema, Verna (1981). Bringing the rain to kapiti plain. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.

Abstract:
Ki-pat lives in Kapiti Plain where he watches over his herd of cattle. Ki-pat is worried because Kapiti Plain is having a drought, and his cattle and grass need water. A large cloud produces rain when Ki-pat shoots an arrow into it.

Abstract provided by Amy Ball, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [Animals] [Baby] [Clouds] [Conflict Resolution] [Cow] [Critical Thinking] [Family] [Goal Setting] [Multicultural] [Nature] [Patience] [Rain] [Weather]
2. Angelou, Maya (1994). My painted house, my friendly chicken, and me. New York: Clarkson Potter, Inc..

Abstract:
Thandi, an eight-year-old Ndebele girl who lives in a village in South Africa with her mother, aunts, and sisters, and her mischievous younger brother, shares her secrets with her best friend, a chicken.

Abstract provided by Clarkson Potter, Inc, 1994 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [African] [Animals] [Art] [Bicycle] [Chicken] [Colors] [Customs] [Dragonfly] [Family] [Friendship] [Jewelry] [Language] [Mischief] [Multicultural] [Nonverbal Communication] [Parents] [Pattern] [Photograph] [Play] [Siblings] [Storytelling] [Village]
3. Angelou, Maya (1996). Kofi and his magic. New York: Clarkson Potter, Inc..

Abstract:
A young Ashanti boy describes some of the wonders of his life in and around the West African village of Bonwire.

Abstract provided by Clarkson Potter, Inc, 1996 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [Beach] [Bodies Of Water] [Celebration] [Colors] [Culture] [Customs] [Dancing] [Differences] [Dreams] [Imagination] [Instruments] [Language] [Magic] [Multicultural] [Music] [Ocean] [Pattern] [Photograph] [Travel]
4. Base, Graeme (2001). The water hole. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

Abstract:
Enjoy this counting book from one to ten using various animals and wildlife. It takes place around a watering hold and follows the rain cycle. The pictures spring to life and realistically depict life around the world from countries to continents.

Abstract provided by Michele Gillespie, 2005 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [Animals] [Australian] [Catfish] [China] [Counting] [Cycle] [Drought] [Europe] [Fish] [Habitat] [India] [Insects] [Island] [Jungle] [Kangaroo] [Ladybug] [Leopard] [Moose] [Mountains] [Multicultural] [Panda] [Pattern] [Rain] [Rhinoceros] [Sounds] [Tiger] [Tortoise] [Toucan] [Water] [Wildlife]
5. Batezat Sisulu, Elinor (1996). The day gogo went to vote: South africa, 1994. New York: Little Brown and Company.

Abstract:
Thembi and her beloved great-grandmother, who has not left the house for many years, go together to vote on the momentous day when black South Africans are allowed to vote for the first time.

Abstract provided by the Library on Congress, 1996 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [Aging] [Celebration] [Critical Thinking] [Dancing] [Determination] [Election] [Family] [Grandparents] [Helping] [History] [Holidays] [Illness] [Parents] [Politics] [Pride] [Song] [Storytelling]
6. Baylor, Byrd (1978). The way to start a day. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

Abstract:
Morning time is a sacred time. The beginning of a new day is about to unfold. There's a lot of movement around the world. Wake up to enjoy the warmth of the sun.

Mia Garnett, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Activities] [Adventures] [Africa] [Exercise] [Five Senses] [Health] [Magic] [Multicultural] [Music] [Seasons] [Song] [Sounds] [Sun] [Symbols] [Time] [Weather]
7. Beake, Lesley (2006). Home now. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Abstract:
How can Sieta feel happy with so many sad pictures inside her head? She remembers her real home far away over the mountains, her parents getting sick, and Aunty taking her to live in a new place she calls Home Now. There Sieta meets another orphan with memories like her own.

Abstract provided by Charlesbridge, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [Animals] [Author's Note] [Community] [Death] [Diseases] [Elephant] [Empathy] [Family] [Feelings] [Flowers] [Friendship] [Happiness] [Home] [Illness] [Memories] [Orphan] [Parents] [Sadness] [Stars] [Sympathy]
8. Brownlie, Alison (1999). Food and festivals: West Africa. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers.

Abstract:
Describes the West African culture of food, including the kinds of food grown and eaten, and various feast days like Ramadan, Easter, naming ceremonies, and yam festivals.

Abstract provided by Library of Congress, 1999 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [African] [Baby] [Beach] [Bodies Of Water] [Camel] [Cattle] [Celebration] [Ceremony] [Chicken] [Community] [Cooking] [Dancing] [Family] [Farm] [Food] [Friendship] [Fruit] [Ghana] [Goat] [Hard Work] [Holidays] [Language] [Multicultural] [Music] [Muslim] [Parade] [Preparation] [Religion] [Respect] [River]
9. Brown, Marcia (1982). Shadow. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

Abstract:
The village storytellers and shamans of African expound on the important, mysterious, haunted, and enchanted life of shadows.

Abstract provided by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [Animals] [Appreciation] [Birds] [Bodies Of Water] [Cow] [Dancing] [Eagle] [Elephant] [Fable] [Fire] [Forest] [Insects] [Magic] [Mystery] [Night] [Reptiles] [River] [Scorpion] [Shadows] [Snake] [Spy] [Storytelling] [Tree] [War]
10. Bull, Schuyla (1998). Through tsavo: A story of an east african savanna. Norwalk, CT: The Nature Conservancy.

Abstract:
Follows a herd of elephants, including a playful young calf, as it slowly makes its way to Tsavo National Park in Kenya to the Mzima River during a long, dry season.

Abstract provided by Library of Congress, 1998 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [Animals] [Badger] [Birds] [Bodies Of Water] [Buffalo] [Crocodile] [Elephant] [Escape] [Family] [Fire] [Geography] [Giraffe] [Hippopotamus] [Hyena] [Kenyan] [Lake] [Leopard] [Lightning] [Maps] [Migration] [Parents] [Travel] [Water] [Zebra]
11. Bynum, Eboni//Jackson, Roland (2004). Jamari's drum. Toronto, Canada: Groundwood Books.

Abstract:
Jamari grows up drawn to the beating of the djembe, the keeper of the peace, the great drum of his Mali village beating to pacify the mountain. Jamari grows older and becomes the drummer of the djembe. He eventually gets caught up in other aspects of village life. When the village is once again threatened by the angry mountain, Jamari returns to his post as drummer for village peace.

Abstract provided byTony Kinne, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [African] [Clothing] [Community] [Dedication] [Fable] [Family] [Five Senses] [Harmony] [Instruments] [Language] [Marriage] [Mountains] [Multicultural] [Music] [Peace] [Rhythm] [Storytelling] [Traditions]
12. Cave, Kathryn (2002). One child, one seed: A south african counting book. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Abstract:
Starting with a single seed in a child's hand and leading right through to a warm, nourishing meal (with plenty for all), this book offers up a satisfying story of the fruits of a communal effort. Play a simple counting game. Watch a pumpkin grow. Follow young Nothando and discover the rhythms of her daily life in this portrait of one child, one seed, and the South African village in which they thrive.

Abstract provided by Library of Congress, 2002 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [African] [Cattle] [Chicken] [Cleanliness] [Cooking] [Counting] [Cow] [Dog] [Family] [Farm] [Friendship] [Games] [Garden] [Hard Work] [Home] [Language] [Numbers] [Parents] [Photograph] [Plants] [Play] [Preparation] [Siblings] [Summer] [Walking]
13. Cazet, Denys (1999). Minnie and moo go to paris. New York: DK Publishing, Inc..

Abstract:
Minnie and Moo go to see Africa, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and a monsoon in China all in time to be milked in America by five. Moo's delighted to see new places and new faces during her journey.

Abstract provided by Heather Tussey, 2005 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Adventures] [Africa] [America] [Animals] [Bus] [China] [Companion] [Confusion] [Cow] [Culture] [Curiosity] [Determination] [Farm] [Food] [France] [Friendship] [Glasses] [Multicultural] [Reading] [Recognition] [Transportation] [Travel] [Verbal Communication]
14. Coleman, Evelyn (1998). To be a drum. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman and Company.

Abstract:
Daddy Wes whispers to his two young children about the history of Africans forced into slavery and how the pulse of the drum has moved through them over time. Daddy Wes promises his children that as long as they can hear the heartbeat of the earth, they will be free.

Abstract provided by Kimberly Salvatore, 2001 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [African] [Bodies Of Water] [Careers] [Colors] [Community] [Culture] [Five Senses] [Freedom] [Hearing] [History] [Instruments] [Language] [Multicultural] [Music] [Nonverbal Communication] [Ocean] [Playing] [Pride] [Rhythm] [Sea] [Ship] [Slavery] [Sounds] [Spiritual] [Storytelling] [Symbols] [Time] [Verbal Communication] [War]
15. Conway, David (2006). The most important gift of all. Columbus, OH: Gingham Dog Press.

Abstract:
Ama wants to honor her newborn baby brother with a special gift, as is the custom of the people in her village. When Grandma Sisi suggests the "gift of love" Ama sets off in search of this important presents, but how will she know when she has found it? This story celebrates a young girl's simple, earnest discovery of the most important gift of all.

Abstract provided by Gingham Dog Press, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [African] [Animals] [Baby] [Birds] [Birth] [Celebration] [Clouds] [Community] [Critical Thinking] [Discovery] [Dreams] [Family] [Giraffe] [Grandparents] [Lion] [Love] [Multicultural] [Parents] [Rain] [Siblings] [Stars] [Tree] [Village]
16. Cowen-Fletcher, Jane (1994). It takes a village. New York: Scholastic Inc..

Abstract:
Young Yemi's responsibility is to look after her brother, Kokou, while at the market with her mother. Yemi quickly loses sight of her brother, but Kokou is safe with the neighbors in the community. Yemi learns that "It takes a village to raise a family."

Abstract provided by Danielle Albert, 1996 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [African] [Animals] [Community] [Conflict Resolution] [Family] [Feelings] [Food] [Friendship] [Lost] [Multicultural] [Neighbors] [Nutrition] [Parents] [Shopping] [Siblings] [Traditions] [Verbal Communication]
17. Cumberbatch, Judy (2006). Can you hear the sea?. New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books.

Abstract:
Sarah's grandpa gives her a special shell and says if she listens carefully she can hear the sea, but all she hears are everday village noises.

Abstract provided by Library of Congress, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [African] [Animals] [Beliefs] [Bodies Of Water] [Cooking] [Family] [Food] [Fruit] [Grandparents] [Instruments] [Listening] [Monkey] [Multicultural] [Music] [Nonverbal Communication] [Persistence] [River] [Sea] [Shells] [Sounds] [Trust] [Village]
18. Dawes, Kwame (2005). I saw your face. New York: Dial Books.

Abstract:
A poem and portraits of children illustrate the shared beauty and heritage of people of African descent living throughout the world.

Abstract provided by Library of Congress, 2005 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [African] [Animals] [Author's Note] [Birds] [Body Parts] [Games] [Geography] [Ghana] [History] [Maps] [Market] [Multicultural] [Park] [Play] [Travel] [Tree]
19. Diakite, Penda (2006). I lost my tooth in africa. New York: Scholastic Press.

Abstract:
While visiting her father's family in Mali, a young girl loses a tooth, places it under a calabash, and receives a hen and a rooster from the African Tooth Fairy.

Abstract provided by Library of Congress, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [African] [Animals] [Author's Note] [Birds] [Cattle] [Chicken] [Community] [Cooking] [Donkey] [Games] [Garden] [Goat] [Grandparents] [Language] [Multicultural] [Music] [Parents] [Play] [Singing] [Sleep] [Teeth] [Traditions] [Travel] [Tree] [Vacation] [Village]
20. Diouf, Sylviane (2001). Bintou's braids. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle books.

Abstract:
When Bintou, a little girl living in West Africa, finally gets her wish for braids, she discovers that what she dreamed for has been hers all along.

Abstract provided by Library of Congress, 2001 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [African] [America] [Animals] [Beach] [Birds] [Bodies Of Water] [Celebration] [Chicken] [Clothing] [Critical Thinking] [Dreams] [Envy] [Family] [Feelings] [Fish] [Food] [Fruit] [Grandparents] [Moon] [Multicultural] [Parents] [Prayer] [Pride] [Sadness] [Sea] [Selfishness] [Siblings] [Sleep] [Sounds] [Stars] [Storytelling] [Stress Management] [Sun] [Traditions] [Tree] [Village]
21. Ellis, Veronica (1989). Afro-bets: First book about africa. Orange, NJ: Just Us Books.

Abstract:
Mr. Amegashie explores the cultural diversity, rich history, and the beautiful and exciting land of Africa.

Abstract provided by Just Us Books, 1989 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [African] [Animals] [Art] [Bodies Of Water] [Business] [Camel] [Celebration] [Ceremony] [Culture] [Customs] [Dancing] [Desert] [Discrimination] [Diversity] [Egypt] [Family] [Forest] [Geography] [Ghana] [History] [Horse] [Hyena] [Independence] [Instruments] [Islam] [Learning] [Leopard] [Library] [Maps] [Mountains] [Multicultural] [Music] [Muslim] [Nigerian] [Nonfiction] [Nonverbal Communication] [Photograph] [Religion] [River] [School] [Ship] [Slavery] [Storytelling] [Traditions] [Transportation] [Verbal Communication] [Village] [Water] [Zimbabwe]
22. Fleming, Candace (1999). When agnes caws. New York: Antheneum Books for Young Readers.

Abstract:
Agnes Peregrine has always loved birds and has recently found out that she has a true talent for bird calling. She goes to the Himalayan Mountains with her mother in search of the rarest bird of all. Little does she know that an evil colonel has followed them and wants this rare bird for his own collection!

Abstract provided by Katie Fitzpatrick, 2001 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Accomplishment] [Africa] [Assertiveness] [Beauty] [Birds] [Boat] [Careers] [Collection] [Conflict] [Conservation] [Critical Thinking] [Deception] [Decision Making] [Duck] [Hummingbird] [Hunting] [Jungle] [Maps] [Mischief] [Mountains] [Pheasant] [Refusal Skills] [Rescue] [Sounds] [Train] [Travel] [Verbal Communication] [Wilderness] [Yak]
23. Goodall, Jane (2004). Rickie & Henri. New York: Penguin.

Abstract:
A baby chimpanzee, Rickie, gets shot and taken from her mother in the forest, and taken to a market in the Congo Republic. A man takes her and cares for her, along with his dog, Henri. The man and Henri provide love and food for Rickie until they take her to a chimpanzee sanctuary to live with other chimpanzees.

Abstract provided by Anne Jesionek, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [Animals] [Author's Note] [Careers] [Caring] [Chimpanzee] [Conflict Resolution] [Congo] [Critical Thinking] [Death] [Decision Making] [Dog] [Fear] [Feelings] [Friendship] [Hunting] [Love] [Multicultural] [Nonverbal Communication] [Peer Resistance] [Rainforest] [Rescue] [Sadness] [Stress Management]
24. Gustafson, Angela (2003). Imagine a house. Minneapolis, MN: Out of the Box.

Abstract:
Take a walk through 15 countries around the world and learn about different types of dwellings. A brief geographical tour is taken when you traverse the pages of real-life photographs and maps.

Abstract provided by Sarah Gearhardt for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [Architecture] [Author's Note] [Clothing] [Community] [Construction] [Critical Thinking] [Culture] [Decision Making] [Family] [Farm] [Filipino] [Geography] [Goal Setting] [History] [Home] [Indonesian] [Multicultural] [Nonverbal Communication] [Photograph] [Religion] [Shelter] [South American] [Stress Management] [Tools] [Traditions]
25. Haskins, James//Benson, Kathleen (1998). African beginnings. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books.

Abstract:
This book explores and celebrates the powerful impact people of African descent have made on world history, and on the American experience

Abstract provided by Dutton Children's Books, 2000 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Africa] [African] [Animals] [Architecture] [Art] [Bodies Of Water] [Business] [Clothing] [Culture] [Dancing] [Death] [Desert] [Discrimination] [Donkey] [Egypt] [Europe] [Flood] [Food] [Geography] [Ghana] [Hard Work] [History] [Instruments] [Islam] [Leadership] [Lizard] [Maps] [Multicultural] [Music] [Muslim] [Nigerian] [Nonfiction] [Nonverbal Communication] [Ocean] [Religion] [River] [Ship] [Slavery] [Time] [Traditions] [Transportation] [Verbal Communication] [Village] [Work] [Zimbabwe]
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