My 5-year old son and I are studying geography and reading books from different countries. This week we're in East Africa.
For You Are a Kenyan Child
by Kelly Cunnane
Category: Kenya
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Elizabeti's School
by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen
Category: Tanzania
The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks
by Verna Aardema
Category: Kenya
Who's in Rabbit's House?
by Verna Aardema
Category: Kenya
Bimwili and the Zimwi: A Tale from Zanzibar
by Verna Aardema
Category: Zanzibar
How the Ostrich Got Its Long Neck: A Tale from the Akamba of Kenya
by Verna Aardema
Category: Kenya
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Give Up, Gecko!
by Margaret Read MacDonald
Category: Uganda
Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion
by Verna Aardema
The Lion's Share Qayb Libaax
by Said Salah Ahmed
Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book
by Muriel Feelings
Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book
by Muriel Feelings
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Esta, from Tanzania
Tadesse, from Ethiopia:
Children Just Like Me
by Anabel Kindersley
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The Dancing Hyena
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Dinner for All
White Pebbles:
Around the World in 80 Tales
by Saviour Pirotta
Category: Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia
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