OCLF’s Mission: In close partnership with local authorities and communities, the ‘Fund’ develops a network of vibrant libraries, primarily in Ghana, which promote reading for children and literacy classes for adults.
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Jennifer Goes to the Library
Age Range: 2 – 5 years
Jennifer lives in Accra, Ghana. She likes to read storybooks at the Mamprobi Gale Community Library where her mother, Joyce Yeboah, works as a librarian.
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City Sounds
Age Range: 2 – 5 years
Read about daily sounds heard by a young boy living in the vibrant, bustling community of Nima, Accra, Ghana.
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Otu Goes to Sea
Age Range: 5 – 10 years
Photos by Kathy Knowles
Fourteen year old Otu lives in the Ghanaian fishing village of Goi where his family has fished for generations. From Monday to Friday, he is a class four student, but every Saturday he goes to sea with his extended family. This true story describes a family fishing operation. It also highlights the importance of one of Ghana’s valuable natural resources.
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My Orange Book
Age Range: 2 – 5 years
Celebrating the colour orange in Africa.
“I like orange. The comb is orange. The cap is orange…Bye-bye orange.”
₵36.00My Orange Book
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My Pink Book
Age Range: 2 – 5 years
Celebrating the colour pink in Africa.
“I like pink. The doll is pink. The cup is pink…Bye-bye pink.”
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My Green Book
Age Range: 2 – 5 years
Celebrating the colour green in Africa.
“I like green. The shorts are green. The ball is green…Bye-bye green.”
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My Blue Book
Age Range: 2 – 5 years
Celebrating the colour blue in Africa.
“I like blue. The sky is blue. The soap is blue…Bye–bye blue.”
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My Violet Book
Age Range: 2 – 5 years
Celebrating the colour violet in Africa.
“I like violet. The shirt is violet. The cup is violet…Bye-bye violet.”
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One Little Crab: A Counting Book from Ghana
Age Range: 2 – 5 years
Learn to count while celebrating everyday life in Ghana, West Africa.
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See You Later
Age Range: 2 – 5 years
Enjoy the farewell wishes of the Alligator and his friend Crocodile along with Edmund’s whimsical illustrations. Look for the blue bird on each page!
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All About Ama (Hardcover)
Age Range: 2 – 5 years
Read All About Ama as she points to and names different parts of her body.
Illustrated with colour photos, this short, simple concept book, though developed by Kathy Knowles for an African readership, should also have a North American market as nothing in the photos, including the background, situates the book geographically. The concept with which the book deals is that of the body’s principal parts, including the number of each. The book’s narrator, Ama, who is a very cute little girl, begins at her head and simply works her way down to her two feet, before pointing out, almost as an afterthought, “I have LOTS of hair.”
All About Ama, with its tight, brief text, is a fine book for parents to use with their youngsters as they learn the names of body parts. Just 18 cm high by 16 cm wide, the book is also the perfect size for young hands to hold.
An excellent home purchase for toddlers, All About Ama deserves a place in all libraries serving preschoolers.
₵36.00All About Ama (Hardcover)
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Fati and the Honey Tree
Age Range: 5 – 7 years
Every day is a new beginning for Fati, a little girl who tries very hard to do as she is told. In this story, Fati finds that climbing trees can lead to trouble.
Fati and the Honey Tree and is based on the real life adventures of a young girl growing up in northern Ghana. It has been adapted for print by the Osu Library Fund, an organisation which promotes literacy in Ghana.
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Mumaizu and the Hippos
Age Range: 5 – 7 years
Mumaizu lives in Wechiau, a village in the Upper West Region of Ghana. His father, Agba Tungbani, is the head tour guide for the Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary. One day, Agba surprises Mumaizu with an invitation to see the hippos.
The Sanctuary, established in 1998, protects approximately 20 hippos along a 40-kilometre stretch of the Black Volta River.
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Twins Together
Age Range: 2 – 5 years
Four-year-old twins from a village in Ghana go about their daily lives – eating, playing, going to school, having fun with their family, etc.
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A is for Ampe: An Alphabet Book from Ghana
Age Range: 2 – 5 years
Pre-school – Grade 1
A is for Ampe: An Alphabet Book from Ghana is a must-add book for youngsters’ home libraries as well as a must-purchase by day cares, kindergartens, early years classrooms and the children’s section of public libraries.
In this well-designed alphabet book, the entire alphabet, in upper case, runs across the top of each page which has the focused-upon letter being presented in bolded, larger print. At the bottom of the page, the upper case letter appears in one corner and the lower case in the other. In between is the very brief text which follows a simple, standard pattern, eg. “D is for drum” or “T is for twins.” The objects used to represent the letters can be found in Hildebrand’s and Knowles’ full colour photos which occupy most of each page. Children will encounter the familiar, such as “E is for eggs” and “U is for umbrella,” but, as the short title indicates, they will also meet many new words. Hopefully, those adults who will be sharing this book with pre-readers will have, themselves, first read the book so that they will have discovered at the book’s conclusion the “Glossary of Ghanaian Words” in which Knowles, in addition to providing, where needed, a pronunciation guide, has explained eight Ghanaian terms, including the title’s “Ampe [AHM-pay]: A challenging game, usually played by girls, which involves jumping and clapping. The leading player tries to beat her opponent by the tactical placement of her left or right foot.”
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