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Children's books with an African theme

Last Updated: 29-May-2015

This guide lists children's books and young adult literature in Cubberley Education Library about Africa or its people.

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Recently received

Cover image of The red pencil
The red pencil / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans.
First edition: September 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3566 .I5247 R44 2014
Lexile measure HL620L; Age 8-12; Gr.6-9
The sleeping baobab tree / Paula Leyden.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6112 .E934 S54 2013
Gr.7-12
Old Mikamba had a farm / Rachel Isadora.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3559 .S2 O44 2013
Ages 3-5; Gr.Prk-1
Cover image of Lost girl found
Lost girl found / Leah Bassoff and Laura DeLuca.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .A8492 L67 2014
Lexile measure 770; Ages 12 and up; Gr.8-12
Rain school / written and illustrated by James Rumford.
Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3568 .U445 R35 2010
Lexile measure 420; Ages 4-7; PrK-Gr.2
Cover image of For you are a Kenyan child
For you are a Kenyan child / Kelly Cunnane ; art by Ana Juan.
1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3553 .U4673 F67 2006
Lexile AD760L; Grades K-2; Guided reading level K
Cover image of Deep in the Sahara
Deep in the Sahara / written by Kelly Cunnane ; illustrated by Hoda Hadadi.
1st ed. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3553 .U4673 D44 2013
Lexile measure AD 890L; Ages 5-8; Gr.K-3
Cover image of Papa do you love me?
Papa do you love me? / by Barbara M. Joosse ; illustrated by Barbara Lavallee.
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3560 .O63 P37 2005
Lexile measure 680; Book level 2.9; Ages 2-4; K-2; Guided reading L
Mapping Africa / developed by the Africa Project of the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE).
Revised.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT6.7 .M37 2013
Gr.7-12
Cover image of Bundle of secrets
Bundle of secrets : Savita returns home / by Mubina Hassanali Kirmani, illustrations by Tony Siema.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3611 .I7695 B86 2014
Ages 3-5
Africa is my home : a child of the Amistad / Monica Edinger ; illustrated by Robert Byrd.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3605 .D54 A38 2013
Lexile measure 890; Ages 10-14; Gr.4-7
Cover image of Once upon a time in Ghana
Once upon a time in Ghana : traditional Ewe stories retold in english / Anna Cottrell, Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah.
Ghana edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GR351.62 .E83 C68 2013

Other books

Cover image of Abina and the important men
Abina and the important men : a graphic history / Trevor R. Getz, Liz Clarke.
1st ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Green Library » Stacks » KRX46 .M36 .G48 2012
Gr. 10-12
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Africa dream / by Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Carole Byard.
New York : HarperCollins, c1977.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3557 .R39416 A65 1977
book level 2.5; general fiction;multicultural; poetry, PreK-2
Africa for kids : exploring a vibrant continent, 19 activities / Harvey Croze.
1st ed. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT22 .C76 2006
Ananse and the lizard : a West African tale / retold and illustrated by Pat Cummings.
1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, c2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GR351.6 .C86 2002
Book level 4; Ages 4-8; Gr.K-3
The boy who harnessed the wind / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon.
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TJ140 .K36 A3 2012
Brothers in hope : the story of the Lost Boys of Sudan / by Mary Williams ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3623 .I55867 B76 2005
Chanda's wars / Allan Stratton ; with an afterword by Roméo Dallaire.
1st ed. New York, NY : Harper Teen, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9199.3 .S835 C49 2008
Cover image of Chidi only likes blue
Chidi only likes blue : an African book of colors / by Ifeoma Onyefulu.
1st American ed. New York : Cobblehill Books, 1997.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT515.45 .I33 O5938 1997 F
Chipo and the bird on the hill : a tale of ancient Zimbabwe / story and illustrations by Meshack Asare.
Harare, Zimbabwe : Zimbabwe Pub. House, c1984.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT962 .A79 1984
Chirchir is singing / written by Kelly Cunnane ; illustrated by Jude Daly.
1st ed. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3553 .U4673 C48 2011
Lexile measure 760; Ages 3-7, gr. PreK-1
Don't leave an elephant to go and chase a bird / by James Berry ; illustrated by Ann Grifalconi.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1996.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ8.1 .B4187 1996
Ages 5-8
Cover image of Empires of medieval West Africa
Empires of medieval West Africa : Ghana, Mali, and Songhay / David C. Conrad.
New York : Facts On File, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT532 .C66 2005
Endangered / Eliot Schrefer.
1st ed. New York, NY : Scholastic Press, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .C463 E53 2012
Facing the lion : growing up Maasai on the African savanna / by Joseph Lekuton with Herman J. Viola.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT433.545 .M33 L45 2003
Cover image of A gift from childhood
A gift from childhood : memories of an African boyhood / Baba Wagué Diakité.
Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3554 .I19 Z46 2010
The girl who saw lions / Berlie Doherty.
1st American ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6054 .O36 G57 2008
Head, body, legs : a story from Liberia / retold by Won-Ldy Paye & Margaret H. Lippert ; illustrated by Julie Paschkis.
1st ed. New York : Henry Holt & Co., 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GR352.2 .D36 P39 2002
I dreamed of flying like a bird : my adventures photographing wild animals from a helicopter / Robert B. Haas.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » TR729 .W54 H33 2010
I lost my tooth in Africa / by Penda Diakité ; illustrated by Baba Wagué Diakité.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3604 .I12 I2 2006
Cover image of Ikenna goes to Nigeria
Ikenna goes to Nigeria / Ifeoma Onyefulu.
London : Frances Lincoln, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT515.4 .O585 2007
The lion hunter / Elizabeth E. Wein.
New York : Viking, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .E38955 L56 2007
A long walk to water : based on a true story / a novel by Linda Sue Park.
Boston ; New York : Clarion Books, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3566 .A6739 L66 2010
The magical adventures of Pretty Pearl / Virginia Hamilton.
1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1983.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ7.H1828 M35 1983
Lexile measure 620; book level 4.2; gr. 6-9
Cover image of The matatu
The matatu / Eric Walters ; illustrations by Eva Campbell.
Victoria, BC ; Custer, WA : Orca Book Publishers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9199.3 .W3527 M38 2012
Mother Crocodile = Maman-Caïman / by Birago Diop ; translated and adapted by Rosa Guy ; illustrated by John Steptoe.
New York : Doubleday Book for Young Readers, 1993, c1981.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PQ3989.2 .D55 M3613 1993
Gr.Prk-5
Mufaro's beautiful daughters : an African tale / John Steptoe.
1st ed. New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1987.
Green Library » Stacks » PS3569 .T3868 M8 1987
Lexile measure 720; Book level 4.3; Ages 4-8; Gr.K-2; Guided reading N
The Mzungu boy / Meja Mwangi.
1st North American ed. Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press, 2005, c1990.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9381.9 .M87 L58 2005
Nelson Mandela / words and paintings by Kadir Nelson.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT1974 .N43 2013 F
Lexile measure 960; Ages 6-10; Guided reading Q
Nelson Mandela : the authorized comic book / Nelson Mandela Foundation with Umlando Wezithombe.
1st American ed. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DT1974 .N47 2009 F
Never forgotten / by Patricia C. McKissack ; artwork by Leo & Diane Dillon.
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .C38323 N48 2011
Cover image of Now is the time for running
Now is the time for running / Michael Williams.
1st U.S. ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9369.3 .W544 B55 2011
One hen : how one small loan made a big difference / written by Katie Smith Milway ; illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes.
Toronto ; Tonawanda, NY : Kids Can Press, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3613 .I59197 O54 2008 F
Cover image of Our stories, our songs
Our stories, our songs : African children talk about AIDS / by Deborah Ellis.
Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » RA643.86 .A35 E44 2005
Out of shadows / Jason Wallace.
1st American ed. New York : Holiday House, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6123 .A4544 O98 2011
Owen & Mzee : the true story of a remarkable friendship / told by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Paula Kahumbu ; photographs by Peter Greste.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » QL737 .U57 H38 2006
Cover image of The parade
The parade : a stampede of stories about Ananse, the trickster spider / KP Kojo ; illustrated by Karen Lilje.
London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2011, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6111 .O39 P37 2011
Ages 8-11; Gr.3-6
Planting the trees of Kenya : the story of Wangari Maathai / Claire A. Nivola.
1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, c2008 +
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » SB63 .M22 N58 2008
Seeds of change : planting a path to peace / by Jen Cullerton Johnson ; illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler.
1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » SB63 .M22 J646 2010
Cover image of Seven spools of thread
Seven spools of thread : a Kwanzaa story / by Angela Shelf Medearis ; illustrated by Daniel Minter.
Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co., 2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .E2384 S48 2000
Sosu's call / by Meshack Asare.
1st Amer. ed. La Jolla, CA : Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ7 .A764 S67 2002
Stones for my father / Trilby Kent.
Toronto : Tundra Books, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9199.3 .K422 S86 2011
Stories Gogo told me / Lisa Grainger ; foreword by Iman ; with illustrations by Celia von Poncet.
Johannesburg : Penguin, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PZ8.1 .G735 2008
The village that vanished / Ann Grifalconi ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3557 .R48847 V55 2002 F
When I get older : the story behind "Wavin' Flag" / K'naan ; with Sol Guy ; illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez.
Toronto, Ont. : Tundra Books ; Plattsburgh, N.Y. : Tundra Books of Northern New York, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .K675 W56 2012
Ages 7-11, gr. 2-5
Cover image of Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears
Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears : a West African tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon.
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1975.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551 .A56 W49 1975
Lexile measure 770; Book level 4; Ages 3-9; Gr.k-2; Guided reading N
Wiil Waal : a Somali folktale / retold by Kathleen Moriarty ; illustrated by Amin Amir ; Somali translation by Jamal Adam.
Saint Paul, MN : Minnesota Humanities Center/Somali Bilingual Book Project, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » GR356.3 .M67 2007
Ages 4-8