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Mama’s Amazing Cover Cloth (Hardcover)
Age Range: 7 – 12 years
1st Prize, Children’s Storybook, Ghana Association of Writers Awards 2019Do you know that the African woman’s cover cloth has many uses? In this delightful book that young children will enjoy, a little girl shares the many uses of her mother’s amazing cover cloth.₵55.00 -
Kwajo and the Brassman’s Secret – A Tale of Old Ashanti Wisdom and Gold
Age Range: 7 – 12 years
Kwajo’s father makes traditional small figures. One day, he makes him a little brass drummer who comes alive and transforms Kwajo into a land of proverbs and riddles. It is a land where the figures represent money, and the people are citizens in a powerful kingdom. Kwajo is tempted by riches but must first decode a series of riddles and symbols. He falls at the last test, but nonetheless learns an important lesson.
The Brassman’s Secret won The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa 1982. It has become one of the most important children’s books in Africa, and has been translated into several foreign languages. This is a new edition appearing for the first time with full colour-illustrations.
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The Phone Call (Hardcover)
Age Range: 7 – 12 years
God is perhaps just a phone call away! Before the invention of the telephone, talking to people in faraway places was difficult. Now, we can talk to our friends and family from wherever we are. What would you do if you received a phone call from God? That’s the situation the child in this story finds her/himself in one day. The idea of God being just a phone call away is what makes this story so exciting.
Kofi Anyidoho uses the magic of the telephone to give us a story about a child’s curious but lively chatter with God. And the beautiful illustrations by Sela Adjei help to make the story delightful and unforgettable. This book is perhaps most suitable for 7-9 year-olds, but older children and even teenagers and adults will also enjoy reading it because the story reminds us of unanswered questions of our childhood some of which remain with us for the rest of our life. Anyidoho himself once reminded us that “There is a Child in Every Adult and an Adult in Every Child”. With The Phone Call, Kofi Anyidoho, the well-known poet and author of Akpokplo (a play for children written in Ewe and in English), has made a significant contribution to literature for children in Ghana and Africa.
₵55.00The Phone Call (Hardcover)
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Abla Poku – La Reine Baoulé (Hardcover, French)
Age Range: 7 – 10 years
Ce livre illustré d’enfants illustre l’histoire d’Abena Poku. Il était une fois, un royaume puissant dans la partie centrale de l’ancien Ghana connu sous le nom de Royaume d’Asante. Il avait un roi puissant connu sous le nom Otumfuo Osei Tutu I, l’Asantehene. Osei Tutu J’ai eu une nièce appelée Abena Poku. Après quelques troubles Abena Poku et son peuple s’installèrent dans la région entre les rivières Comoe et Bandama dans la partie orientale de la Côte d’Ivoire et fondèrent un royaume avec Abena Poku comme première reine. Son royaume est devenu le royaume de Baoulé. Abena Poku a ainsi fondé une dynastie qui a survécu à ce jour.
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Kente for a King (Hardcover)
Age Range: 7 – 10 years
Kathy Knowles’ retelling of Angela Christian’s Kente for a King describes the journey of Opoku, a weaver from Bonwire, Ghana, and his quest to make the most magnificent kente cloth for his beloved King.
Edmund Opare’s finely detailed illustrations and his ability to capture the magnitude of Opoku’s achievements within a traditional Ghanaian setting are a fitting tribute to Angela Christian’s beautiful story.
₵55.00Kente for a King (Hardcover)
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Black Barbie (Hardcover)
Age Range: 7 – 12 years
Black Barbie, by London-based animator and illustrator Comfort Arthur, is the picture book adaptation of her award winning animated short film by the same name.
Voiced by British-Ghanaian actress, television presenter and producer Ama K. Abebrese, the story grew out of the filmmaker’s own experience with the use of relaxers and skin bleaching products while growing up in the U.K.
After debuting in 2016, Black Barbie became an international sensation, screened at various film festivals in over 50 countries and winning numerous awards, including Best Animated Film at the Ghana Movie Awards and Best Spoke Word Film at the Realtime Film Festival in Lagos, Nigeria.
With powerful moments of sadness, humor and introspection, Black Barbie explores the artist’s personal journey toward self-acceptance, empowerment and loving the skin she’s in.
While intended to be a great catalyst for discussion for children of all background, in the words of Dr. Tyner, “This powerful book reminds every young Black woman that you are more than enough. You are the standard of beauty, with your glowing melanin skin, the intricacy of your precious locks, and the vibrancy of Black Girl Magic that fills every room that you enter.”
₵50.00Black Barbie (Hardcover)
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Dede Sa Wɔ Our Day (Asante Twi)
Age Range: 6 – 8 years
Ɔkyena yɛ Our Day. Sukuu no aba awieɛ na aduru apontoɔ mmerɛ, adidie ne asa. Nanso
Dede suro sɛ ɔbɛsa wɔ sukuu mu. Wɔdwene sɛ nkurofoɔ bɛsere no na ɛbɔ ne hu pa ara.
Ne tiri nkwa, Dede abusua nim kwan a wɔbɛfa so aboa no ama wadi Our Day.
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Dede Dances at Our Day
Age Range: 6 – 8 years
Tomorrow is Our Day. The school term has ended and it is time to party, eat and dance. But Dede is afraid to dance in school. She thinks people will laugh at her and that frightens her. Luckily, Dede’s family know just how to help her enjoy Our Day.
₵48.00Dede Dances at Our Day
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Akosua’s Gift
Age Range: 7 – 10 years
Original Ghanaian story by Angela Christian and retold by Kathy Knowles; illustrations by Edmund Opare
A “Notable Book” designation by the 2012 Children’s Africana Book Award jury.
Akosua learned to make clay pots by watching her mother. She decides to make a water pot to present as a gift to her sister on her wedding day.
₵48.00Akosua’s Gift
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Akiki Learns Healthy Habits
Age Range: 3 – 9 years
Akiki learns Healthy Habits with Activities and Recipes.
Enjoy this book as Akiki discovers and learns ‘a healthy body is a happy body’.
This book has been designed with fun engagement activities to encourage healthy eating behaviour and easy recipes that will be exciting to add to school snacks.
₵45.00Akiki Learns Healthy Habits
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A Durbar Festival for Hassan and Hussaina
Age Range: 3 – 8 years
The Durbar festival in Katsina is here and everyone is excited to see the Emir leading a colourful procession on horseback. Hassan and Hussaina jump up and down when they see their brother riding behind the Emir.
Inspired by the festivities, the twins decide to organise a Durbar festival of their own. They do not have horses or colourful costumes but they have a clever plan. Soon, the twins are on their way to join in the fun.
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Jamila’s Clever Plan
Age Range: 3 – 8 years
Jamila lives with her grandmother in Bebeji, Kano state. Her grandmother, Kaka, is a dressmaker. One day, Kaka decides to pack away her sewing machine because she can no longer see.
Sad and scared, Jamila stops school to care for her blind grandmother. Together, they beg for alms in the marketplace until they come across a new eye clinic.
Jamila hatches a clever plan to help Kaka get her sight back.
₵42.00Jamila’s Clever Plan
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Iyaji, the Housegirl
Six-year old Iyaji loves going to school in Igede, Benue State. One day, her father tells her she has to go and work as a housegirl in a big house in Lagos.
Little Iyaji works as hard as she can but she misses her house, her family and her books. Just when Iyaji begins to lose all hope of going back to school, a policewoman follows her home.
₵42.00Iyaji, the Housegirl
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Do As You Are Told, Baji!
Baji goes to Kaduna to spend the weekend with his grandfather, Baba. Baba takes Baji to his farm but soon finds that Bajo doesn’t often do as he is told. As an eventful day on the farm ends, fun loving Baji encounters a stubborn donkey.
₵42.00Do As You Are Told, Baji!
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