African Plains Colouring Book
$6.99This exciting colouring book, documenting the flora and fauna of the African plains will thrill young and old alike.
- ISBN: 9780486292304
- Author: Dianne Gaspas-Ettl
- 48 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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Cry, The Beloved Country
$23.00Cry, the Beloved Country, was an immediate worldwide bestseller when it was published in 1948. Alan Paton’s impassioned novel about a black man’s country under white man’s law is a work of searing beauty.
- 316 pages
- Ages: 12+
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Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
$10.50This true biography of a child growing up Maasai on the grasslands in Kenya gives kids a firsthand look of life for a member of a tribe of nomads whose livelihood centers on the raising and grazing of cattle.
Readers share Lekuton’s first encounter with a lion, the epitome of bravery in the warrior tradition.
- 127 pages
- Ages: 8-12, 12+
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Listening for Lions
$12.50Like the lion, Rachel must be patient until she can find her way home to Africa.
A heartwarming, sensitive tale set in Kenya, which reinforces the values of honesty and unselfishness. I couldn’t put it down!
- 208 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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Long Walk to Water
$12.50Based on a true story
The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985.
The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day.
The boy, Salva, becomes one of the lost boys” of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay.
- 128 pages
- Ages 8-12
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Long Walk to Water Audio CD
$16.95In 1985, southern Sudan is ravaged by war. Rebels battle for control, with ordinary people—people like the boy, Salva Dut—caught in the middle. When Salva’s village is attacked, he must embark on a harrowing journey that will propel him through horror and heartbreak, across a harsh desert, and into a strange new life.
- ISBN: 9781501237553
- Author: Linda Sue Park
- Readers: David Baker and Cynthia Bishop
- Ages: 8-12
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Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
$12.00A gripping story of a child who journeyed through hell and back.
In A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Beah, now twenty-six years old, tells a powerfully gripping story: At the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. At sixteen, he was removed from fighting by UNICEF, and through the help of the staff at his rehabilitation center, he learned how to forgive himself, to regain his humanity, and, finally, to heal.
- ISBN: 9780143190172
- Author: Ishmael Beah
- Pages: 240
- Ages: 12+, Adult
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My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me
Original price was: $10.99.$7.50Current price is: $7.50.Bargain Bin products are non-refundable and non-returnable.
Full color photographs. “Hello, Stranger-Friend” begins Maya Angelou’s story about Thandi, a South African Ndebele girl, her mischievous brother, her beloved chicken, and the astonishing mural art produced by the women of her tribe. With never-before-seen photographs of the very private Ndebele women and their paintings, this unique book shows the passing of traditions from parent to child and introduces young readers to a new culture through a new friend.
- ISBN: 9780375825675
- Author: Maya Angelou
- Length: 48 Pages
- Format: Softcover, Colour
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One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
$12.99Inspired by true events, One Hen tells the story of Kojo, a boy from Ghana who turns a small loan into a thriving farm and a livelihood for many.
- 32 pages
- Ages 8-12
- softcover
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Out of Africa Tray Puzzle
$9.99Out of Africa habitat tray puzzle is a great learning activity that grows with the child. For ages 3 and up this is a fun 35 piece tray puzzle with interesting facts about animal life in Africa on the back of each puzzle.
- ISBN: 625012588133
- Author: Cobble Hill Puzzles
- Ages: 3+
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Ryan and Jimmy and the Well That Brought Them Together
$12.99It costs a lot of money to build a well in Africa — a lot more than Ryan Hreljac had thought. Still, the six year old kept doing chores around his parents’ house, even after he learned it could take him years to earn enough money. Then a friend of the family wrote an article in the local newspaper about Ryan’s wish to build a well to supply people with safe, clean water. Before long, ripples of goodwill began spreading. People started sending money to help pay for Ryan’s well. Ryan was interviewed on television. He appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, twice. His dream of a well became an international news story.
- 55 pages
- Ages: 8-14
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The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe’s Very First Case
Original price was: $7.99.$6.00Current price is: $6.00.Have you ever said to yourself, Wouldn’t it be nice to be a detective?
This is the story of an African girl who says just that. Her name is Precious.
When a piece of cake goes missing from her classroom, a traditionally built young boy is tagged as the culprit. Precious, however, is not convinced. She sets out to find the real thief. Along the way she learns that your first guess isn’t always right. She also learns how to be a detective.
- ISBN: 9780449011409
- Author: Alexander McCall Smith
- Ages: 8-12
