If you're thinking of purchasing books to donate, please consider donating some of these titles. Or, if you and your kids are hoping to learn more about Africa, check your local library for some of these titles (and then thank your lucky stars for our public library system!). I've created a Book Drive for Africa Wish List on Amazon, to make it easier for you to purchase books and mail them directly to me. Please be sure to have them delivered by May 15!
Picture Books
Aardema, Verna - Bringing The Rain To Kapiti Plain
Aardema, Verna - Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears
Aardema, Verna - Bimwili and the Zimwi
Aardema, Verna - Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion
Alexander, Lloyd - The Fortune Tellers
Andreae, Giles - Rumble In The Jungle
Angelou, Maya - Kofi and His Magic
Angelou, Maya - My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me
Browne, Eileen - Handa's Surprise
Dayrell, Elphinstone - Why The Sun and The Moon Live in the Sky
Feelings, Muriel - Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book Feelings, Muriel and Tom - Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book
Grifalconi, Ann - The Village That Vanished
Hess, Paul - Safari Animals
Isadora, Rachel - Over the Green Hills
Kessler, Christina - The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela
Kroll, Virginia - Masai and I
Lewin, Hugh - Jafta and the Wedding
London, Jonathon - Ali, Child of the Desert
MacDonald, Margaret Reed - Mabela the Clever
McDermott, Gerald - Anansi the Spider: A Tale From The Ashanti
Milway, Katie S. - One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
Modlel, Tololwa - The King and the Tortoise
Musgrove, Margaret - Ashanti To Zulu (Caldecott Medal)
Musgrove, Margaret - The Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloth
Newton Chocolate, Deborah - Kente Colors
Nivola, Claire A. - Planting the Trees of Kenya; the story of Wangari Mathai
Onyefulu, Ifeoma - A is For Africa
Onyefulu, Ifeoma - Emeka's Gift: An African Counting Story
Radcliffe, Theresa - Bashi, Elephant Baby
Simmons, Lesley Anne - Meet Kofi, Maria and Sunita
Stanley Bare, Colleen - Colleen Who Comes To The Water Hole
Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie - Elizabeti's Doll
Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie - Mama Elizabeti
Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie - Elizabeti's School
Tchana, Katrin - Sense Pass King
Wa Mbugua, Kioi -Inkishu Myths and Legends of the Maasai
Washington, Donna L. - A Pride of African Tales
Watson, Pete - The Market Lady and the Mango Tree
Easy Readers
Johnson, Louise - Malunda
Young Adult
Farmer, Nancy - A Girl Named Disaster (1997 Newberry Honor Book)
Farmer, Nancy - The Ear, The Eye and the Arm (1995 Newberry Honor Book)
Kane, Cheikh Amadou - The Ambiguous Adventure
