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Animal Village (Hardcover)

Weight	0.470 kg
Year Published	2018
Author	Nelda LaTeef
Publisher	Sub-Saharan Publishers

Animal Village (Hardcover)

Name: Animal Village (Hardcover)
SKU: BK1097
Price: 40.00 GHS
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Nelda LaTeef

Age Range: 7 – 12 years

Animal Village is an authentic folk tale from the Zarma culture of West Africa about a tortoise who saves her village from the ravages of drought with wisdom passed down from an “old story.” Nelda LaTeef’s colorful and strikingly brilliant montage of illustrations, in acrylic and collage, captures the richness and vibrancy of the sub-Saharan culture from which the story springs.

The story is especially relevant to sub-Saharan Africa as it focuses on the devastation of drought and the importance of received knowledge. With its dual themes of wisdom and grit, the book happily entertains while it teaches the importance of hard work and persistence as keys to success.

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SKU: BK1097 Categories: 9-12 years, Action & Adventure, African Authors, Age Range, Ages 3-5 years, Ages 6-8 years, Author Origin, Children & Teens, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Illustrated books, Literature & Fiction Tags: Animal Village, Nelda LaTeef, Talking Baobab

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“In her book, Animal Village, such mighty lessons Nelda LaTeef teaches the young and those of us who are not so young. Listen to the ‘old stories’ passed down from ‘the ancestors;’ it is always better to pull together rather than stand against each other; keep at a task until it is done; and everything is possible, by and by.”

Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art

“Animal Village is an inspiring story that teaches us perseverance and the value of working together. What is true in the animal village equally holds for our global village.”

Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for Trade and European Neighborhood Policy and Chief of Protocol for the United Nations

“LaTeef is an author/illustrator to watch… World folktale collections should welcome this beautifully illustrated volume.”

Weight	0.470 kg
Year Published	2018
Author	Nelda LaTeef
Publisher	Sub-Saharan Publishers

Nelda LaTeef

While living in the Republic of Niger, Nelda LaTeef traveled by Land Rover to the fabled city of Timbuktu. Her children’s picture book, The Hunter and the Ebony Tree, received the Storytelling World Honor Award. It was translated into Italian, Korean, and Gaelic; and the illustrations showcased at the Society of Illustrators in New York and the McLean Project for the Arts.

LaTeef studied at Harvard University and her book, Working Women for the 21st Century: Fifty Women Reveal Their Pathways to Success, was selected as recommended reading for young adults by The New York Public Library. She lives with her family in Virginia.