kenya

"The story of conservationist Anna Merz and the baby rhino she adopted and raised"--Provided by publisher.

"Situated hundreds of miles from any other settlement, deep within the inhospitable desert of northern Kenya where only thorn bushes grow, Dadaab is a city like no other. Its buildings are made from mud, sticks or plastic, its entire economy is grey, and its citizens survive on rations and luck. Over the course of four years, Ben Rawlence became a first-hand witness to a strange and desperate limbo-land, getting to know many of those who have come there seeking sanctuary. ... In City of Thorns, Rawlence interweaves the stories of nine individuals to show what life is like in the camp and to sketch the wider political forces that keep the refugees trapped there"--Amazon.com.

In a garden outside a Kenyan schoolhouse, the children work together to harvest the vegetables they have grown and make them into a soup for everyone to share, but Kioni's goats have followed her to school today and they are trying to eat all the vegetables.

A collection of personal stories, paintings, and folktales by refugee children in Kenya who fled their homelands of Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia because of civil war.

A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain.

"An eighty-five-year old student has faced several obstacles throughout his life, but that has never stopped him from pursuing his dream. He attends school where he learns to read, write, and study in order to become a veterinarian. Second-grader Kamau, his buddy, learns that he too can achieve his dreams if he keeps trying no matter what"--Provided by publisher.

The author describes her life on a coffee plantation in Kenya for seventeen years before returning to Denmark in 1931 to write.

Jack Stalwart, an ordinary boy who fights evil as a secret agent by night, while looking for his brother Max, receives a coded message and is called away to stop poachers from killing elephants in Kenya for their ivory tusks.

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.

While young Wambui's family happily gathers to celebrate the wedding of her sister, Wangari, Wambui feels sad that Wangari will be moving away. Includes information on the Kenyan community portrayed in the story.