For You Are a Kenyan Child

Imagine you live in a small Kenyan village, where the sun rises over tall trees filled with doves. You wake to the sound of a rooster's crow, instead of an alarm clock and the school bus. Your afternoon snack is a tasty bug plucked from the sky, instead of an apple. And rather than kicking a soccer ball across a field, you kick a homemade ball of rags down a dusty road. But despite this, things aren't that different for a Kenyan child than they would be for an American kid, are they? With so much going on around you, it's just as easy to forget what your mama asked you to do

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 01/01/2006
ISBN: 9780689861949
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 10.80h x 11.34w x 0.41d
Award: Lupine Award - Winner
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Texas 2x2 Reading List - Recommended

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 12/01/2005 pg. 1273
Publishers Weekly 01/02/2006 pg. 61
School Library Journal 01/01/2006 pg. 94
Booklist 02/01/2006 pg. 66
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2006 pg. 170
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2006 pg. 306 - Recommended
Multicultural Review 06/01/2006 pg. 94
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2006 pg. 297 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 103585 / For You Are a Kenyan Child
Reading Level: 2.8 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5