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Africa Is Not a Country, 2nd Edition - by Margy Burns Knight & Mark Melnicove (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • Enter into the daily lives of children in the many countries of modern Africa.
  • 9-10 Years
  • 10.6" x 8.0" Paperback
  • 48 Pages
  • Juvenile Fiction, People & Places

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About the Book



"Enter into the daily lives of children in the many countries of modern Africa. Countering stereotypes, this book celebrates the extraordinary diversity of this vibrant continent. With selected updates to the text, statistics, and illustrations"--



Book Synopsis



Enter into the daily lives of children in the many countries of modern Africa.

Countering stereotypes, Africa Is Not a Country celebrates the extraordinary diversity of this vibrant continent. This edition includes updates to the text, statistics, and illustrations to reflect Africa in the 2020s.

"A lovely book about Africa that gets the issue of its enormous diversity right." --Barbara Brown, Director, Africa in our Schools and Community Program, African Studies Center, Boston University

"A book every school must have as we emerge into the global village. Gives good insights into Africa's many cultures, with a balance of the contemporary and traditional that is the way of life now." --Oscar Mokeme, Director, Museum of African Tribal Art, Portland, Maine



Review Quotes




"This book is a beautiful presentation of Africa's stunning range of people, places, and priorities. Children parade across the endpapers waving the flags of the fifty-four countries that make up the African continent. A full-page map shows country names and borders, along with rivers and the continent's three main ecosystems. Introductory paragraphs read like a poem, distilling key demographics for anyone to understand. For example, Africa covers more area than the United States plus China, Japan, and Europe combined. And, if Africa were a pie with ten slices, four would be the deserts. Each of the sixteen subsequent spreads is dedicated to a family or individual in a different country. The first focuses on morning activities while the last features a bedtime moment. The daily routines--breakfast, going to school or work, shopping, studying, playing, and eating meals--will be familiar to readers, but each is shown in a manner that is unique to the featured country. Richly colored art shows culturally distinct details of urban and rural settings as experienced by the children. The art style is rather traditional, and each page has a lot of text. This visual and linguistic tone conveys simple steadiness and is never stale. Extensive backmatter shares brief blurbs of key demographic and historical facts about all of the African countries in this fascinating continent. This approach works as a very kid-friendly reference that tells the elaborate story of Africa in a personal way. Reviewer Rating 4" -Children's Literature

-- (11/14/2022 12:00:00 AM)
Dimensions (Overall): 10.6 Inches (H) x 8.0 Inches (W) x .2 Inches (D)
Weight: .3 Pounds
Suggested Age: 9-10 Years
Number of Pages: 48
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Sub-Genre: People & Places
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
Theme: Africa
Format: Paperback
Author: Margy Burns Knight & Mark Melnicove
Language: English
Street Date: August 2, 2022
TCIN: 91879770
UPC: 9781728460390
Item Number (DPCI): 247-15-1968
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.2 inches length x 8 inches width x 10.6 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.3 pounds
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