masai (african people)

A member of the Masai people describes his life as he grew up in a northern Kenya village, traveled to America to attend college, and became an elementary school teacher in Virginia.

Presents information on the Maasai people of Eastern Africa, and includes geography, social structure, law, clothing, food, and art.

Presents an illustrated tale of a gift of fourteen cows given by the Maasai people of Kenya to the U.S. as a gesture of comfort and friendship in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Though delighted that an orphan boy has come into his life, an old man becomes insatiably curious about the boy's mysterious powers.

Though delighted that an orphan boy has come into his life, an old man becomes insatiably curious about the boy's mysterious powers.

In two parallel stories, a fourteen-year-old boy who is NASA's first Junior Astronaut and a fourteen-year-old Maasai herder in Kenya both edge into maturity while questioning their family traditions.

Lonely Lucy is jealous of the time her father, a heart surgeon, spends away from home, but when he brings a Masai girl to America for surgery, both girls find a cure for their particular type of heartsickness.

Rabbit has a problem - someone is inside her house and won't let her in.

Describes the daily activities of two young members of the Masai tribe.