Award-Winning Children's Books About Africa
30 handpicked award-winning children's books about Africa, chosen to help kids grow up curious about the wider world.
Books in this collection
A Girl Named Disaster
A Story A Story
Akata Warrior
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions (Picture Puffin Books)
Beatrices Goat
Binti Home
Boundless Grace (Picture Puffins)
Bundle of Secrets: Savita Returns Home (Best Children’s Book 2014 – Africana Children’s Book Award)
Chicken in the Kitchen
Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books
Mama Africa!: How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song
Mirror
My Rows And Piles Of Coins
Once Upon A Time In Ghana Traditional Ewe Stories Retold In English
Seeds of Change: Wangari’s Gift to the World
Sundiata: Lion King of Mali
The Bitter Side of Sweet
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Young Reader’s Edition
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
The Egypt Game
The Fortune-Tellers (Picture Puffin Books)
The Red Pencil
The Shadows of Ghadames
The Storyteller
Wangari Maathai The Woman Who Planted Millions Of Trees
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale
Why The Sun And The Moon Live In The Sky
Wind, Sand and Stars (Harvest Book)
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