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Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book

Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book - Paperback

by Muriel Feelings
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Availability:In StockContributor:Muriel Feelings, Tom Feelings (Illustrator)Series:Picture Puffin BooksAudience:Ages 4-8Publish date:1992-08-15Pages:32
Language:EnglishPublisher:Puffin BooksISBN-13:9780140546620ISBN-10:140546626UPC:9780140546620Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Concepts, People & Places, Foreign Language StudyBook Topic:Counting & Numbers, AfricaSize:8.40 x 10.30 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCG3Y7A1CB
A Caldecott Honor Book

Moja Means One introduces children to counting in Swahili with helpful pronunciation keys, while presenting East African culture and lifestyles through an easy-to-understand narrative and vivid illustrations.

"Magnificient, full-page drawings throb with the feeling of East African life."--Child Study Association

Look for the Caldecott Honor Book and companion title: Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book
Language:EnglishPublisher:Puffin BooksISBN-13:9780140546620ISBN-10:140546626UPC:9780140546620Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Concepts, People & Places, Foreign Language StudyBook Topic:Counting & Numbers, AfricaSize:8.40 x 10.30 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCG3Y7A1CB
Muriel Feelings was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended California State College. She lived in Guyana, South America, and in East Africa, where she taught for two years. Upon her return to the United States she taught high-school art in Brooklyn, New York. Her award-winning books Moja Means One and Jambo Means Hello were both illustrated by Tom Feelings. Ms. Feelings passed away in September 2011.

Tom Feelings, well-known illustrator and artist, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended the School of Visual Arts. In 1971 Mr. Feelings became the first African-American artist to win a Caldecott Honor with his illustrations for Moja Means One. Among the other award-winning books he has illustrated are To Be a Slave, a Newbery Honor Book by Julius Lester, and the Coretta Scott King-award winner Soul Looks Back in Wonder, a celebration of African-American creativity for which such distinguished writers as Maya Angelou, Margaret Walker, and Walter Dean Myers wrote poems. Mr. Feelings passed away in August 2003.
Publisher: Puffin Books

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