Author: Margaret Musgrove
Illustrator: Leo and Diane Dillon
Why Selected: Illustrator Study and Award winner
Literary Merit: This alphabet book of African Traditions has words on one page and the illustration on the other. The story pulls the reader more than the pictures at first. But upon closer look the pictures are very deep and include everything described in the story. It is a great use of African words/traditions and includes phonetics for the words.
Share: Would make a great culture study or guided class discussion on cultures. Would be a good part of a whole collection of different alphabet books.
Appeal: Elementary up to 6th grade.
Awards: Caldecott - 1977
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