tanzania

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tanzania

The place of lions

1991
When the plane flying Chris and his father crashes on the Serengeti Plain, Chris sets out to find help and finds that his journey is paralleled by that of an aging lion.

Elizabeti's school

2002
Although she enjoys her first day at school, Elizabeti misses her family and wonders if it wouldn't be better to stay home.

Ashley Shuyler

founder of AfricAid
2007
Tells the story of Ashley Shuyler, a young woman who was so impressed by the people of Tanzania when she traveled there with her family at the age of eleven, that she founded AfricAid, a nonprofit organization that raises money to help Tanzanian children, especially girls, get an education.

Serengeti

1989
Describes the history, weather, geography, and natural history of the Serengeti National Park and the human activities that take place there.

The girl who saw lions

2008
In alternating voices, thirteen-year-old Rosa and her mother are trying to adopt a Tanzanian child in England, while in Tanzania, nine-year-old Abela watches her family die and her uncle illegally sends her to England, in the hopes of selling her.

Song bird

1999
An adaptation of a folktale from southern Africa, in which a magical bird helps a kind young girl get back her people's stolen cattle from Makucha the monster.

Tanzania

1996
Introduces the people, food, clothing, and daily life of Tanzania.

We all went on safari

a counting journey through Tanzania
2003
Arusha, Mosi, Tumpe and their friends embark on an exciting counting adventure through the grasslands of Tanzania, discovering all different kinds of African animals as they count from one to ten. Includes facts about Tanzania and information about each animal, the Masai people and the Swahili language.

The amazing tree

2009
A traditional Tanzanian folktale about animals in a dry African plain who work together in order to shake the fruit off of an unusual tree.

Subira subira

2006
Set in contemporary Tanzania, this variation on a traditional tale describes how a young girl learns a lesson in patience when a spirit woman sends her to get three whiskers from a lion.

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