Africa Dream
ISBN: 9780064432771 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An African-American child dreams of long-ago Africa, where she sees animals, shops in a marketplace, reads strange words from an old book, and returns to the village where her long-ago granddaddy welcomes her. 'Greenfield's lyrical telling and Byard's marvelous pictures make this book close to an ideal adventure for children, black or white.' --Publishers Weekly.
1978 Coretta Scott King Award
An African-American child dreams of long-ago Africa, where she sees animals, shops in a marketplace, reads strange words from an old book, and returns...
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38,61 zł |
Pinduli
ISBN: 9780152046682 / Angielski / Twarda / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pinduli's mama has always told her that she's the most beautiful hyena ever. But Dog, Lion, and Zebra don't think so. Why else would they make her feel so rotten about her big ears, her fuzzy mane, and her wiggly stripes? Poor Pinduli just wants to disappear--and she tries everything she can think of to make that happen. Yet nothing goes her way. Nothing, that is, until a case of mistaken identity lets her show the creatures of the African savanna how a few tiny words--bad or good--can create something enormous. Janell Cannon, the creator of the bestselling Stellaluna, ...
Pinduli's mama has always told her that she's the most beautiful hyena ever. But Dog, Lion, and Zebra don't think so. Why else would they make her fee...
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81,55 zł |
The Cow-Tail Switch and Other West African Stories
ISBN: 9780312380069 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The stories of West Africa are about men and animals, about kings, warriors, and hunters. They tell about clever people and stupid people, about good ones and bad ones, about how things and animals got to be how they are. Sometimes they are just tall tales. There are stories about Frog, Rabbit, Turtle, Guinea Fowl, and all the other animals that West Africans know. Some of the stories make you think. Some make you laugh. "The stories of West Africa are about men and animals, about kings, warriors, and hunters. They tell about clever people and stupid people, about g... |
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77,26 zł |
The Day Gogo Went to Vote
ISBN: 9780316702713 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Illustrated in rich pastels, this child's-eye view of an important milestone in South African history allows young readers to experience every detail of this eventful day.
Illustrated in rich pastels, this child's-eye view of an important milestone in South African history allows young readers to experience every detail ...
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The Day of Ahmed's Secret Trade Book
ISBN: 9780688140236 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Day of Ahmed's Secret As young Ahmed delivers butane gas to customers all over the city of Cairo, he thinks, I have a secret. All day long, as he maneuvers his donkey cart through streets crowded with cars and camels, down alleys filled with merchants' stalls, and past buildings a thousand years old, Ahmed keeps his secret safe inside. It is so special, so wonderful, that he can reveal it only to his family, only when he returns home, only at the end of the day. The Day of Ahmed's Secret As young Ahmed delivers butane gas to customers all over the city of Cairo, he thinks, I have a secret. All day lon... |
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42,90 zł |
Saharan Boy
ISBN: 9781403360106 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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74,10 zł |
Mama Panya's Pancakes
ISBN: 9781905236640 / Angielski / Miękka / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On market day, Mama Panya's son Adika invites everyone they see to a pancake dinner! How will Mama Panya ever feed them all? With informative endnotes, this clever and heartwarming story about Kenyan village life will teach children the importance of sharing, even when you have little to give.
On market day, Mama Panya's son Adika invites everyone they see to a pancake dinner! How will Mama Panya ever feed them all? With informative endnotes...
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41,25 zł |
Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope
ISBN: 9780060508012 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We are the young people, We will not be broken For almost fifty years, apartheid forced the young people of South Africa to live apart as Blacks, Whites, Indians, and "Coloreds." This unique and dramatic collection of stories--by native South African and Carnegie Medalist Beverley Naidoo--is about young people's choices in a beautiful country made ugly by injustice. Each story is set in a different decade during the turbulent years from 1948 to 2000, and portrays powerful fictional characters who are caught up in very real and often disturbing events. We are the young people, We will not be broken For almost fifty years, apartheid forced the young people of South Africa to live apart as Bl... |
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33,62 zł |
We're Sailing Down the Nile: A Journey Through Egypt
ISBN: 9781846861949 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is so much in store on this incredible journey - enormous statues and temples, the legendary Sphinx, tombs and mummies, and of course the Great Pyramids. With seven exciting destinations, a god or goddess on each page, and informative notes at the end, you will be an Egypt expert in no time!
There is so much in store on this incredible journey - enormous statues and temples, the legendary Sphinx, tombs and mummies, and of course the Great ...
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42,90 zł |
Home of the Brave
ISBN: 9780312535636 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A man I helped to settle here Kek comes from Africa where he lived with his mother, father, and brother. But only he and his mother have survived. Now she's missing, and Kek has been sent to a new home. In America, he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter--cold and unkind. But slowly he makes friends: a girl in foster care, an old woman with a rundown farm, and a sweet, sad cow... A man I helped to settle here |
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42,90 zł |
The Long Trousers
ISBN: 9781770094994 / Angielski / Twarda / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An adaptation of a traditional African folktale, this tale finds Gaps, a young Nguni calf, in the midst of frantic, colorful preparations for his big sister's wedding. The problem is that the trousers his father has given him to wear to the wedding are much too long Every cow in the family is too busy to shorten the trousers when Gaps asks them, so he gives up and goes to bed leaving the trousers laying in the kitchen. Early the next morning, the family members enter the kitchen one by one and see the neglected trousers. Of course, they all shorten them so the trousers end up much too short,...
An adaptation of a traditional African folktale, this tale finds Gaps, a young Nguni calf, in the midst of frantic, colorful preparations for his big ...
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38,90 zł |
Lila and the Secret of Rain
ISBN: 9781847800350 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For months the sun has burned down on Lila's Kenyan village. It is too hot to gather firewood, too hot to weed the garden, even too hot to milk the cow. Without rain the well will run dry and the crops will fail. Lila is so worried that when her grandfather whispers to her the secret of rain, she decides to go and talk to the sky herself. How Lila saves the village by telling the sky the saddest thing she knows is told in David Conway's elegant and spare prose style, which is complemented perfectly by Jude Daly's beautiful and poignant illustrations. For months the sun has burned down on Lila's Kenyan village. It is too hot to gather firewood, too hot to weed the garden, even too hot to milk the... |
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41,25 zł |
The Missing Ball
ISBN: 9781770097049 / Angielski / Twarda / 31 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gaps and his cousin Sugarbean want to play a game of soccer before sundown Help them find their missing ball, hidden somewhere in this wonderful African setting.
Gaps and his cousin Sugarbean want to play a game of soccer before sundown Help them find their missing ball, hidden somewhere in this wonderful Afri...
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48,24 zł |
Afro-Indian Dreams Trilogy
ISBN: 9781326055714 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a compilation of the 3 stories that Nelson Mandela phoned me personally to say were Wonderful at their publication in the year 2000. The stories are from the individual perspective of 3 children; one from South Africa, one from the Punjab in India and one from Falmouth in Jamaica. Each story provides an accurate historical background setting.
Throughout my life I have always been fascinated by the cultures, customs, development and history of three countries from the other side of my world. The 3 countries are Africa, India and Jamaica. This book is a compilation of the 3 stories that Nelson Mandela phoned me personally to say were Wonderful at their publication in the year 2000. The ...
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62,82 zł |
The Valley of the Two Tall Oaks
ISBN: 9781326057107 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The true test of any great nation is not what it achieves, but how it endures. Africa is a great nation and the endurance of its people over many centuries is a testament to their capacity to survive with dignity within an all-too-often cruel and intolerant world.
For many centuries, the people of Africa experienced colonisation, enslavement, economic exploitation, apartheid, disenfranchisement, resettlement and segregation. Throughout these hardships they kept their faith in their beliefs, culture, traditions, religions and dreams. Many have written about Nelson Mandela, but I wanted... The true test of any great nation is not what it achieves, but how it endures. Africa is a great nation and the endurance of its people over many cent...
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34,25 zł |
Jingle-jingle in my pocket
ISBN: 9781770098329 / Angielski / Miękka / 16 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thandi needs new shoes and she knows they will cost a lot of money for her Gogo. So, together they work out a plan to get the money with a little bit of help from Nosipho, her doll, and Pepi, her pet rooster.
Thandi needs new shoes and she knows they will cost a lot of money for her Gogo. So, together they work out a plan to get the money with a little bit ...
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29,52 zł |
Kite's flight
ISBN: 9781770098046 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richly illustrated, this book tells the story of Andile and his father, who make a beautiful kite that they rush to send aloft. To Andile's horror, however, the string breaks--but father and son are magically lifted on an epic journey across Africa. From the thundering Victoria Falls and the snow tops of Kilimanjaro to the Sahara Desert and ancient Egyptian pyramids, the kite's trajectory takes the travelers over some of the great landmarks of Africa.
Richly illustrated, this book tells the story of Andile and his father, who make a beautiful kite that they rush to send aloft. To Andile's horror, ho...
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58,97 zł |
Goodnight Kuu Kuu: My Cozy All Day Village Safari
ISBN: 9780982746103 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Goodnight Kuu Kuu takes you on a sweet adventure as young Katoto describes the encounters and surroundings as the mother-child bond inevitably keeps growing. Katoto takes in a whirlwind of cozy, familiar sights and startling scenes, skittering movements and bouncy rides, scary sounds and socializing laughter until Katoto must say goodnight. An endearing story told by Wamoro P. Njenga with artwork by award-winning illustrator Anne Sibley O"Brien.
Goodnight Kuu Kuu takes you on a sweet adventure as young Katoto describes the encounters and surroundings as the mother-child bond inevitably keeps g...
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61,77 zł |
Goal!
ISBN: 9780763658229 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A lyrical, strikingly illustrated story celebrates the unifying power of soccer. In a dusty township in South Africa, Ajani and his friends have earned a brand-new, federation-size soccer ball. They kick. They dribble. They run. They score. These clever boys are football champions But when a crew of bullies tries to steal their ball, will Ajani and his friends be able to beat them at their own game?
A lyrical, strikingly illustrated story celebrates the unifying power of soccer. In a dusty township in South Africa, Ajani and his friends...
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38,61 zł |
Between Sisters
ISBN: 9780888999979 / Angielski / Miękka / 205 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When sixteen-year-old Gloria fails thirteen out of fifteen subjects on her final exams, her future looks bleak indeed. Her family's resources are meager so the entire family is thrilled when a distant relative, Christine, offers to move Gloria north to Kumasi to look after her toddler son, Sam. In exchange, after two years, Christine will pay for Gloria to go to dressmaking school.
Life in Kumasi is more grand than anything Gloria has ever experienced. She joins a youth band at church something that allows her to pursue her great love, singing and Christine has even promised to teach her... When sixteen-year-old Gloria fails thirteen out of fifteen subjects on her final exams, her future looks bleak indeed. Her family's resources are meag...
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42,74 zł |