Anna Hibiscus

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I worry that kids, especially American children, already think Africa is a country and this isn’t helping them figure out that it’s not.

The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. She is a sweet girl whose life is quite different from a typical American child, especially one who grows up in the city. If kids start yearning to belong to a gigantic fun family like the one Anna Hibiscus belongs to, at least some of the credit is going to have to go to Lauren Tobia for capturing this idyllic community.

But they are also a large family who still keep many of the traditional African ways, living all together in a large compound where the cousins run and play, aunties pound yam in the courtyard after getting home from work in the office, and everyone wears traditional African clothing. At first I was puzzled as to why you’d just thrust the reader into the family situation so abruptly. When Anna's parents decide to go on a vacation to the beach just by themselves, her mom is looking forward to some time alone. The seventh title in this brilliant series about Anna Hibiscus, who lives in Africa with her large extended family, by a renowned Nigerian storyteller. In Anna Hibiscus on Holiday, Anna, her mother and father, and her twin brothers Double and Trouble, attempt to take a holiday away from all of the uncles, aunties and cousins who make their compound so noisy, only to discover that many hands make light work.

One of the first stories in the book is about Auntie Comfort who lives and has a job in America and whom Grandfather worries may have forgotten her African roots (no reason to fear). It’s great for kids to know what life is like overseas, but there’s always the danger that they’ll just assume that all of Africa is one and the same. She waits very patiently for the letter to come back, and finds, to her delight, she has been invited for Christmas. I take issue with book levels, but I do think they can provide some context for comparison and help parents and teachers who need a good, quick way to put the right book in the right hands. It is the first story I can think of for young students that shows what privilege means in a way that respects both rich and poor.

So much in here to recommend - the traditional element of Anna's family, the way they live modern lives as well, the loving relationships, some very sweet stories about a bright and curious girl, and a whole pile of fascinating detail of African life that comes out in the pictures and stories.

It is hard to find books for third world kids and its especially hard to find excellent transitional readers. with Canadian mother, African father, grandmother, grandfather, uncles, aunts, cousins, and her twin brothers Double and Trouble. I can imagine this working for 4 year olds (who like to listen to longer books) on up through 1st or 2nd graders. In the eighth title of the series about the universally loved Anna Hibiscus, written by internationally renowned Nigerian storyteller Atinuke, Anna Hibiscus is worried: her twin brothers, Double and Trouble, have boundless energy. Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa and is so happy she doesn’t know what to do with all her happiness, so she sets off to ask her family.Anna Hibiscus Series 8 Books Collection Set by Atinuke - Anna Hibiscus, Hooray for, Welcome Home, Good Luck, Have Fun, You are Amazing, Go Well : Atinuke, 140630655X 9781406306552 Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke 978-1406306552, 1406349127 9781406349122 Love from Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke 978-1406349122, 1406320811 9781406320817 Welcome Home, Anna Hibiscus! The eighth and final title in this brilliant series about Anna Hibiscus, who lives in Africa with her large extended family, by an internationally renowned Nigerian storyteller.

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Admittedly, I would have liked Atinuke to give her books a country and not just a vague “Africa” for where they take place. Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB. That’s probably part of the reason I’m so enormously fond of this new Anna Hibiscus series by Nigeria-born author Atinuke. In the first story Anna, her father, her mother, and Anna's two baby brothers go on a vacation away from the family, but discover that it's very difficult to take care of babies and cleaning all by yourself. Please do me the favor of now asking yourself the following questions about said book: (A) Does it contain characters from another country?