Cultural Region/African
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Ra the Mighty: Cat Detective
$8.99 Add to cartAn egotistical royal cat and his dung beetle sidekick track a jewelry thief in this hilarious new series set in ancient Egypt.
Nominated for an Edgar Award Can a lazy cat and a dung-obsessed beetle- Series: Ra the Mighty #1
- Author: Greenfield, Amy Butler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0823444384
- Language: English
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Bottle Tops: The Art of El Anatsui
$20.95 Add to cartThe inspiring biography of Ghanaian artist El Anatsui whose handmade sculptures, created from discarded bottle tops, have received international acclaim and been showcased around the world.
“If you tou
- Author: Goldberg, Alison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1620149664
- Language: English
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Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War
$17.99 Read moreMichel Chikwanine was five years old when he was abducted from his school-yard soccer game in the Democratic Republic of Congo and forced to become a soldier for a brutal rebel militia. Against the od… [more below]
- Series: CitizenKid
- Author: Chikwanine, Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1771381264
- Language: English
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Mummy Cat
$19.99 Add to cartDeep within this maze of stone,
Mummy Cat prowls his pyramid home, longing for his beloved owner. As he roams the tomb, lavish murals above his head display scen
a creature wakes up, all alone . . .- Author: Ewert, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: July 21 2015
- ISBN10: 0544340825
- Language: English
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Handa’s Surprise Big Book: Read and Share
$27.99 Read more“In the best pantomime spirit, readers long to tell Handa what’s happening just behind her.” — The Guardian (U.K.)
Handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend, Akeyo. Which fr- Series: Reading and Math Together
- Author: Browne, Eileen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 08 2011
- ISBN10: 0763653853
- Language: English
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David Livingstone: African Trailblazer
$11.99 Add to cartWith the heart of an explorer and the passion of an evangelist, David Livingstone mapped vast, unexplored areas of Africa, sharing the gospel with whomever he encountered. His stamina, perseverance, a… [more below]
- Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now
- Author: Janet, Benge
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: October 26 2015
- ISBN10: 1576581535
- Language: English
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Nya’s Long Walk: A Step at a Time
$19.99 Add to cartIn this picture book companion to the beloved bestseller A Long Walk to Water, a young South Sudanese girl goes on a journey that requires determination, persistence, and compassion.
Young Nya takes li
- Author: Park, Linda Sue
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 132878133X
- Language: English
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The Clue in the Papyrus Scroll
$7.99 Add to cartIn this all-new very special mini-series, the Aldens have been recruited by a secret society to return lost artifacts and treasures to their rightful locations–all around the world! The Aldens arrive… [more below]
- Series: Boxcar Children Great Adventure #2
- Author: Warner, Gertrude Chandler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0807506990
- Language: English
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The Villain’s Dance
$16.95 Add to cartFull of wit, music, and a rollicking cast of characters, The Villain’s Dance shows Fiston Mwanza Mujila is back with a bang.
Zaire. Late 90’s. Mobutu’s thirty-year reign is tottering. In Lubumbashi, th
- Author: Mwanza Mujila, Fiston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1646051270
- Language: English
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The Caliph’s House: A Year in Casablanca
$18.00 Add to cartIn the tradition of A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun, acclaimed English travel writer Tahir Shah shares a highly entertaining account of making an exotic dream come true. By turns hilarious… [more below]
- Author: Shah, Tahir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 26 2006
- ISBN10: 0553383108
- Language: English
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Whatever You Do, Don’t Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
$19.95 Read moreA new and expanded edition of Peter Allison’s hilarious, highly original collection of essays based on the Botswana truism: “Only food runs!”
With biting wit and tales of outrageous adventure, Peter Al
- Author: Allison, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 149303538X
- Language: English
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Kibogo
$18.00 Read moreFINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
A new masterwork of satire, lore, and living memory from the leading voice of French-Rwandan literature “Mukasonga breathes upon a vanished world and brings i- Author: Mukasonga, Scholastique
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1953861369
- Language: English
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Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book
$8.99 Add to cartA Caldecott Honor Book
Moja Means One introduces children to counting in Swahili with helpful pronunciation keys, while presenting East African culture and lifestyles through an easy-to-understand narr… [more below]- Series: Picture Puffin Books
- Author: Feelings, Muriel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 15 1992
- ISBN10: 0140546626
- Language: English
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Mummies Unwrapped
$19.99 Add to cartWhat is a mummy? How exactly were they made? Is there really such a thing as a mummy’s curse? And find out why mummies were unwrapped in modern times.
Find out the answers to these questions (and man- Author: England, Victoria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 9798887770505
- Language: English
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Chicken in the Kitchen
$18.99 Read moreWhat would you do if you woke up one night to find the shadow of a giant chicken passing your bedroom door? Go and investigate, of course!
When Anyaugo follows a giant chicken into her kitchen one w
- Author: Okorafor, Nnedi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1911373153
- Language: English
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Lunchbox Is On The Case Episode 3: Lunchbox Goes to Kenya
$11.99 Add to cart2nd Place Winner of The Book Fest Awards Spring 2023!
This is the third episode of Lunchbox Is On the Case series.
For Lunchbox the crime fighting dog, no case is too hard… or too far! When poachers t
- Author: Schick, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1087954754
- Language: English
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Mimi’s Village: And How Basic Health Care Transformed It
$18.99 Read moreIn this fictionalized story about a real humanitarian problem facing many countries in the developing world today, readers meet Mimi, an ordinary girl from an ordinary family in Africa. When her young… [more below]
- Series: CitizenKid #10
- Author: Milway, Katie Smith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1554537223
- Language: English
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Imani’s Moon
$8.99 Add to cartA delightful mix of folklore and fantasy follows Little Imani as she works up the courage and confidence in herself to achieve big things.
Little Imani is the smallest one in her village. The other ch- Author: Brown-Wood, Janay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 14 2014
- ISBN10: 1934133582
- Language: English
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The Day of Ahmed’s Secret Trade Book
$9.99 Add to cartThe 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 w
- Author: Parry, Florence H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 25 1995
- ISBN10: 688140238
- Language: English
