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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 10 books in this booklist
£7.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781913322366 | ISBN 10: 191332236x
In a remote Nigerian village, thirteen-year-old Simi is desperate to uncover a family secret... Â City girl Simi is sent to stay with her long-lost grandmother in a remote Nigerian village. There's no TV, internet or phone. Not a single human-mad ... more
View book details£11.99 hardback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781406371086 | ISBN 10: 1406371084
B is for Baby. B is for Brother. B is for going to see Baba! Baby’s brother is getting ready to take a basket of bananas all the way to Baba’s bungalow in the next village. He will have to go along the bumpy road, past the baobab trees, ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781911171478 | ISBN 10: 191117147x
This collection of the hilarious Akissi comics by critically acclaimed author Marguerite Abouet will delight young readers with its cheeky protagonist and the mischief she gets up to in her West African village. Poor Akissi! The neighbourhoo ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781509871353 | ISBN 10: 1509871357
Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her West African-inspired fantasy debut Children of Blood and Bone. They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now we rise.  Zélie remembers whe ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781783445004 | ISBN 10: 1783445009
All aboard for the Bobo Road! Fatima and Galo load the luggage while their dad Big Ali drives the bus. Help count on bikes, sacks of rice, melons and even goats and chickens as the bus travels past Gurunsi houses, the hippo lake, waterfalls ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781445142432 | ISBN 10: 1445142430
The moving story of how one ordinary bicycle can change lives across the world. As soon as Aliseta sees the red bicycle, she knows it's the one for her. But she doesn't know that Big Red has travelled across the ocean from America, where it once ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780993225307 | ISBN 10: 0993225306
*WINNER CHILDREN’S AFRICANA BEST BOOK AWARD 2016* What would you do if you woke up one night to find the shadow of a giant chicken passing your bedroom door? Go and investigate of course! When Anyaugo follows a giant chicken into her ki ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2003) - ISBN 13: 9780711217300 | ISBN 10: 0711217300
When a baby eagle is blown from its nest, a farmer raises it with his chickens. But will this eagle be forever limited to life in the farmyard or will it learn to follow its destiny in the skies? With a foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, this dram ... more
View book details£4.99 paperback (1999) - ISBN 13: 9780859537841 | ISBN 10: 0859537846
Salamatu's goat follows her to school, leading to a series of misadventures. Provides an insight into life in Ghana and allows comparisons to our own country. Published in conjunction with Action Aid. ... more
View book details£5.99 paperback (1996) - ISBN 13: 9780152010102 | ISBN 10: 0152010106
Zomo the rabbit, a trickster from West Africa, wants wisdom. But he must accomplish three apparently impossible tasks before Sky God will give him what he wants. Is he clever enough to do as Sky God asks? "The tale moves along with the swift conc ... more
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