num_pages: 40
description: Introduce young readers to the life of a Kenyan child in this sweetly imagined, whimsically illustrated picture book.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. 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 with so much going on around you, it’s just as easy for a Kenyan and American child to forget what your mama asked you to do!
language: English
title: For You Are a Kenyan Child
titlecomplete: For You Are a Kenyan Child
genres: Cultural, Family, Fiction, Storytime, Geography, Picture Books, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Africa, Kenya
ratings_count: 315
places: East Africa
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Ezra Jack Keats Book Award
category: New Writer
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers