Weatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WEAVerde, Susan
Summary: With its wide sky and warm earth, Princess Gie Gie's kingdom is a beautiful land. But clean drinking water is scarce in her small African village. And try as she might, Gie Gie cannot bring the water closer; she cannot make it run clearer. Every morning, she rises before the sun to make the long journey to the well. Instead of a crown, she wears a heavy pot on her head to collect the water....
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Applegate, Katherine
Summary: Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories both happy and sad of her life before the circus, and she recounts the time she spent in the African savanna to Ivan and Bob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC APPAtinuke
Summary: "Anna Hibiscus is back from Canada, and so much has changed while she was away! Double and Trouble have learned to run, and Grandfather has gotten older, too. One of the chickens has laid eggs, and Anna hatches her very own chick--Snow White!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ATIMontgomery, R. A.
Summary: You are a race car driver alone in Africa where the course is tough, hazardous, and risky, with unscrupulous competitors. Floods, elephants and local guerrillas are nothing compared to the drivers who will do anything to win. The race course you choose may spell the beginning or end of your career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chooseco 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MONStojic, Manya.
Summary: The animals of the African savanna use their senses to predict and then enjoy the rain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC STOOsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Africa where they meet up with wonderful wild animals, a very hungry warrior, and where they even solve a riddle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1998
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JFIC OSBDavies, Stephen
Summary: After carrying a bowl of milk on her head across dunes and the River Niger, and even up a mountain, without spilling a drop despite many distractions, Penda gets a surprise when she arrives at the grasslands to give her father his lunch.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DAVHunter, Erin
Summary: "The true Great Parent has finally risen and must unite all the animals of Bravelands to prevent an ancient evil from taking root"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Summary: Wanda visits the hair salon, but when Aunty Ada wants to straighten Wanda's hair instead of giving her the style she wants, Wanda and her new friend Nkiruka come up with a plan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crocodile Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NONHunter, Erin
Summary: At long last, the Great Herd is united against Titan -- now so powerful that even Fearless, who vowed to avenge his father's death, cannot defeat the rogue lion alone. Thorn may have a plan to bring about Titan's downfall, but the animals of Bravelands must decide how much they are willing to risk--and who they are willing to lose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Series HunterMakatini, Bella
Summary: Danny spends a week with his Grandpa, who tells Danny about one animal from his homeland each day that he is there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MAKPatterson, James
Summary: "Twelve-year-old twins Bickford and Rebecca Kidd and their two older siblings travel to Africa to track down priceless artifacts that will keep the family's treasure hunting business afloat long enough to rescue their kidnapped mother--and possibly find their missing father"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PATGilligan, Alison.
Summary: A safari trip to Kenya leads to a search for one of the rarest animals on Earth, in a book where the reader determines the path and ending of the story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chooseco 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GILSt. John, Lauren
Summary: A second prophesy, this time involving dolphins, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical powers over animals, when she embarks on a school trip to study marine life off the coast of Mozambique.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2008
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Summary: A second prophesy, this time involving dolphins, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical powers over animals, when she embarks on a school trip to study marine life off the coast of Mozambique.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD ST JBrett, Jan
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION BrettKeene, Carolyn.
Summary: Nancy Drew's latest involvement in a mystery begins in her home town and concerns a synthetic sapphire with a spider embedded in it, and the strange disappearance of Ned Nickerson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 1968
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Summary: Anna Hibiscus is going to Grandmother and Grandfather's village. They travel by bus through plantations, farms, and even the rain forest! Life in the village has changed very little, but Anna Hibiscus might just do something about that!--Cover [page 4].
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, A Division of EDC Publishing 2017
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Summary: When a Masai father in Africa answers his son's questions, the boy learns that his father's love for him is unconditional. Years ago, I visited Kenya and never left. More accurately, I returned to my home in Wisconsin, but Kenya never left me. It happens to everyone. The sky was so wide and blue that it didn't seem to have a top at all. The silence was so deep I could hear my own heart thunder...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOOHunter, Erin
Summary: For generations, the animals of the African plains have followed a single rule: only kill to survive. But when an unthinkable act of betrayal shatters the peace, the fragile balance between predators and prey will rest in the paws of three unlikely heroes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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Summary: "Grandmother's attacks on the creatures of Bravelands come to a head"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC HUNErlund, Beth.
Summary: Kenge, a small monitor lizard, surprises all the animals of the Serengeti when he bravely faces off with a pride of lions over food. Based on a true story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Erlund Johnson Studios 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Erlund 2010Kronish, Miriam
Summary: Quickly the Magic Spatula goes on an alphabetical safari to South Africa.--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dancing Mommy Press 2016