Photographs : Margaret Courtney-Clarke
Publisher: Clarkson Potter, Inc./Publishers; 1994
Nonfiction for grades 1-3
Topics:
Friendship, world cultures, Africa, art
Opening: “Hello
Stranger-friend. I am Thandi, an Ndebele
girl in South Africa. I am eight years
old, and my best friend is a chicken.”
Synopsis:
Thandi shares the unique beauty of her culture (painted houses and beaded
clothes) while relating the universal themes of friendship, family, and
fun. Readers connect to Thandi as she
proudly looks inward at her people and outward to the world, full of hope at
making a new friend from afar.
Resources: How
to pronounce Ndebele - http://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/ndebele
When I was a third grade teacher, I used this book during
our African studies unit. You could
easily create art projects around the painted houses and beadwork shown in the
book. As a writing exercise, students
can write a letter to Thandi in a similar style, sharing what is important in
their own culture.
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This sounds like a wonderful book! I love Maya Angelou and didn't realize she had written a picture book. Thanks so much for sharing! (I've hopefully got your link up now :))
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I think we are on the same page...no pun intended. :) I've been passionate about picture books for over 60 years...and have always used the messages in them to help the kids in my care...as a kindergarten teacher, daycare provider and mom. Now I read and craft with kindergartens for fun...and write picture books, also for fun. :)
What a great book...I love Maya Angelou! Great resources and activities as well! Thanks for reviewing this book.
A picture book by Maya Angelou! Wonderful. Thank you for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteI also didn't know Maya Angelou wrote a picture book. Lovely to discover this.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your positive comments! Another book by the same team (Maya Angelou and photojournalist Margaret Courtney-Clarke) is Kofi and His Magic, told by a boy who lives in Ghana. Maya Angelou has also written a series of multi-cultural books from around the world (Maya's World), but they are hard to find. She's also written/collected a few books of poetry for children. What an amazing writer!
ReplyDeleteI'll have to look this up. It's above my kiddo's "pay grade," but I like the nonfiction books and he likes to check them out with me.
ReplyDeleteI love Maya Angelou -- will have to check this out. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to PPBF! This sounds like a wonderful book. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLauara, am not familiar with this book. I love Maya Angelou, so this is a great offering to our growing PPB list. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of this book, but it sounds like one I will like! Thank you for telling us about it!
ReplyDeleteHi Laura! What a great selection for the PPBF list! I love it! Maya Angelou is wonderful. Thank you!
ReplyDeletesounds like a wonderful, educational book. will have to check it out. didn't realize Maya Angelou did children's books. very cool.
ReplyDeleteI love Maya Angelou!!!!!!! This book looks awesome and I am not familiar with it at all. Never knew she had written it. This looks like a book I would read over and over. Thanks so much for sharing. And welcome to PPBF. It is a pleasure to read your reviews. Sorry I'm late getting over here. I was finishing a short story I wrote about my son Christopher. I am subbing it to an anthology. *waving*
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this book. It looks delightful.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this book with PPBF as it sounds perfectly delightful. I like what you suggested as the resources, too. :)
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