Text by Blaise Cendrars. Caldecott Award Book. Illus. by Frane Lessac. The Distant Talking Drum Pub. Notable Children's Trade Books in the Social Studies.
Poems describe life in a Nigerian farming village.
Could be used in unit on the rain forest. The Day of Ahmed's Secret Illustrated by Ted Lewin. A young boy proudly shows his family he has learned to write his own name. Ages 6 up. Ali, a Moroccan child, is stranded with his family on the Great Sahara Desert.