Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret W. Musgrove, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon ISBN: 0-14-054604-9 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: July, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: African Culture from A to Z with exquisite artwork
Comment: I have long been an admirer of the artwork of Leo and Diane Dillon, who did a lot of covers for the works of Harlan Ellison. So it is because of the Dillons that I picked up this alphabet book in which Margaret Musgrove introduces young readers to twenty-six African peoples by depicting a custom important to each. While some of the customs are unique to a particular people, others are shared throughout the continent, but Musgrove assures her readers that all of these customs reflect African values or philosophies. From the Ashanti weavers who make a beautiful cloth called "kente" to the leaping Zulu dancers saluting their new chief, we learn about these customs. Each entry is accompanied by a gorgeous illustration by the Dillons, who show as much concern for detail and accuracy as the author. Musgrove lived in studied in Ghana where she did extensive research for this volume. For their part the Dillons did considerable further research as well. One of most interesting aspects about their pictures for this book is that most of the paintings include a man, woman, child, their living quarters, an artifact and a local animal. While there is admittedly a degree of artificiality to some of these compositions, there is obviously a concerted effort to provide as much detail in the illustrations as possible. No wonder I have been a big fan of the Dillon's work for thirty years. A map in the back of the volume shows where each of these peoples lives in Africa, which shows that the focus here is on the sub-Sahara peoples rather than the Arab influenced Northern Africa. I can easily see a grade school class studying Africa looking at a couple of pages each day to get a unique sense of the peoples of Africa. Certainly each page could work as a poster; something for teachers to think about when they are planning their unit on Africa.
Rating: 5
Summary: A gorgeous tribute to African culture for children
Comment: "Ashanti to Zulu" presents 26 African tribes, from A to Z, and lets children learn something about the culture and customs of each one. Aside from being a learning experience, the book is visually eye-popping; the illustrations are so gorgeous you'll want to blow them up and frame them. The book won a well-deserved Caldecott Medal for the best illustrated children's book of 1977. It's a great book for helping children to learn about some of the peoples of our least-known populated continent, and the pictures will hold the kids mesmerized. It's a volume that belongs on every youngsters bookshelf.
Rating: 5
Summary: Twenty-six tribes of Africa and some of their customs.
Comment: An A-to-Z alphabet book for children in which the examples for the letters are twenty-six different tribes in Africa, exhibiting some of their varied traditions and customs. Hence, children learn of other peoples. It was illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon and it won the 1977 Caldecott Medal for best illustration in a book for children.
 |
Title: A Is for Africa by Ifeoma Onyefulu ISBN: 0140562222 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: July, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
 |
Title: Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel L. Feelings, Tom Feelings ISBN: 0140546529 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: July, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
 |
Title: A Story, a Story by Gail E. Haley ISBN: 0689712014 Publisher: Scott Foresman (Pearson K-12) Pub. Date: 28 February, 1988 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
 |
Title: Africa Is Not a Country by Margy Burns Knight, Mark Melnicove, Anne Bibley O'Brien, Anne Sibley O'Brien ISBN: 0761316477 Publisher: Millbrook Pr Trade Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
 |
Title: Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale by Verna Aardema, Beatriz Vidal ISBN: 0140546162 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: May, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
