Africa
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Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
$21.99 Add to cartFor the first time in the United States comes the tragic and profoundly important story of the legendary Canadian general who “watched as the devil took control of paradise on earth and fed on the blo… [more below]
- Author: Dallaire, Roméo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: March 11 2005
- ISBN10: 0786715103
- Language: English
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Children of the Quicksands
$18.99 Add to cartA richly imagined magical adventure set in West Africa by a prize-winning new voice in children’s writing, Children of the Quicksands introduces readers to Yoruba myths and legends while showcasing t
- Author: Traoré, Efua
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1338781928
- Language: English
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Henderson the Rain King
$18.00 Add to cart“It blazes as fiercely and scintillatingly as a forest fire. There is life here; a great rage to live more fully. In this it is a giant among novels.” (San Francisco Examiner)
A Penguin Classic Saul- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Bellow, Saul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0143105485
- Language: English
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Fetching Dreams
$16.99 Add to cartIT WAS JUST A SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT UNTIL IT BECAME A LIFESAVING MISSION.
Two girls living a continent apart become pen pals. Quiet and shy, Neyah lives in a rural African
village and longs for more time in
- Author: Bleckwehl, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1953491553
- Language: English
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Ndima Ndima
$19.99 Add to cartFrom debut Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Mapepa comes the saga of the four Taha sisters, and the indomitable matriarch who carried her daughters-and her community–through times of drought and violence in … [more below]
- Author: Mapepa, Tsitsi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 194639596X
- Language: English
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No Edges: Swahili Stories
$16.95 Add to cartSwahili is the future. The first collection of Swahili fiction in English translation, No Edges introduces eight East African writers from Tanzania and Kenya as they share tales of sorcerers, Nairobi … [more below]
- Series: Calico #7
- Author: Coolidge, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1949641457
- Language: English
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Cornrows
$17.99 Read moreA Coretta Scott King Award Winner for Illustration
Every design has a name and means something in the powerful past and present richness o
A Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies- Author: Yarbrough, Camille
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0593625072
- Language: English
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Las Bellas Hijas de Mufaro: Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters (Spanish Edition) a Caldecott Award Winner
$9.99 Add to cartThis high-quality Spanish-language book can be enjoyed by fluent Spanish speakers as well as those learning the language, whether at home or in a classroom.
Mufaro tiene dos bellas hijas. Nyasha es arn… [more below]
- Series: Reading Rainbow Books
- Author: Steptoe, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 17 2002
- ISBN10: 0688154816
- Language: Spanish
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Hooray for Anna Hibiscus!
$7.99 Add to cartJoin Anna Hibiscus and her big, bustling family in the second of Atinuke’s engaging illustrated chapter-book series set in modern Nigeria.
Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa, amazing Africa. She’s surroun- Series: Anna Hibiscus
- Author: Atinuke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1536225258
- Language: English
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Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Caldecott Honor Book)
$22.99 Read moreA 1973 Caldecott Honor Book.
Anansi the Spider is one of the great folk heroes of the world. He is a rogue, a mischief maker, and a wise, lovable creature who triumphs over larger foes. In this tradit- Author: McDermott, Gerald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 15 1972
- ISBN10: 080500310X
- Language: English
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Into Africa
$50.00 Add to cartJourney Into Africa through the lens of National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting, whose images have created an enduring vision of Africa’s diverse landscapes and wildlife.
Experience the wonders- Author: Lanting, Frans
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1608878899
- Language: English
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Africa Is Not a Country
$9.99 Read moreAfrica is not a country.
From the tiny island nations of Comoros, Seychelles, and S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, to its largest country, Africa is the only continent with land in all four hemispheres. Unlike
- Author: Knight, Margy Burns
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 01 2002
- ISBN10: 761316477
- Language: English
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Akissi: Tales of Mischief: Akissi Book 1
$14.99 Add to cart“utterly unputdownable”–The New York Times
A Kirkus Best Book of 2018, Akissi: Tales of Mischief brings together the first volume of the hilarious and heartfelt Akissi comics by Marguerite Abouet, th- Author: Abouet, Marguerite
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: May 08 2018
- ISBN10: 191117147X
- Language: English
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Afrosurf
$40.00 Add to cartDiscover the untold story of African surf culture in this glorious and colorful collection of profiles, essays, photographs, and illustrations.
AFROSURF is the first book to capture and celebrate the- Author: Mami Wata
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1984860402
- Language: English
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Amazing Africa: A to Z
$18.99 Read moreA fun and resourceful book that takes children and even adults on a visual journey throughout the continent of Africa.
Readers will visit the pinnacle of Mount Kilimanjaro and learn a few new words i
- Author: Habia, Monica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1735123978
- Language: English
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The Travels of Ibn Battutah
$14.99 Read moreIbn Battutah – ethnographer, biographer, anecdotal historian and occasional botanist – was just twenty-one when he set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
He did not return t- Author: Mackintosh-Smith, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 1909621471
- Language: English
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Postcards from Congo: A Graphic History
$19.95 Read moreThe Democratic Republic of Congo, the second-largest country in Africa by area, has had a fractured and bloody history, variously undone by decades of colonialism, civil war, corruption, and totalitar… [more below]
- Author: Trueman, Edmund
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1551528959
- Language: English
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Where Are the Great Pyramids?
$7.99 Add to cartThe Great Pyramids of Egypt–all kids over the age of five recognize them instantly. These massive tombs were built thousands of years ago, and still no one knows exactly how the ancient Egyptians did… [more below]
- Series: Where Is?
- Author: Hoobler, Dorothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0448484099
- Language: English
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Race Forever
$7.99 Add to cartRace Forever by R. A. Montgomery takes YOU on a high-speed, high-stakes race car adventure through the rugged African countryside! 9-12 year old readers will speed through the challenging racecourse o… [more below]
- Series: Choose Your Own Adventure #007
- Author: Montgomery, R. a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1933390077
- Language: English
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Indigo Dreaming
$18.99 Read moreA gorgeous, imagination-sparking introduction to the beauty and interconnectedness of the Black diaspora.
A young girl living on the coast of South Carolina dreams of her distant relatives on the shore
- Author: Johnson, Dinah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0063080206
- Language: English
