Africa South of the Sahara

Ghana
Cover for A is for Accra featuring an illustration of two children hugging a country. In the background is foliage and buildings and in the foreground is water and a black star with red, yellow, and green flourishes emitting from it. Behind these elements is a background of orange and a greyish sage green as well as a jagged light blue border around the entirety of the cover. The title is displayed in bright yellow.

A is for Accra

Ekow Pierre

Nana Pierre (Translator)

A is for Accra. Ekow Pierre. Illustrated by Nana Pierre. Spiderwize and Book Printing UK, 2017. ISBN 9781911596257. 40 p. (Ages 3-5). Picture book.

Cover for Champion Runner featuring a pencil illustration of a young boy in track gear running to the right and a portrait of a boy's face with a striped t-shirt on in the background. The background is white and the title is in cursive black for the word "Champion" and in a bright red serif font for the word "Runner".

Champion Runner

Adwoa Badoe

Ashalley Mensah (Illustrator)

Champion Runner. Adwoa Badoe. Illustrated by Ashalley Mensah. Smartline Publishing and Worldreader, 2013. Published in Ghana [and the US]. ISBN 9789988600526. 17 p. (Ages 6-10). Picture book.

Cover for Grandma's List featuring an illustration of a young girl in a patterned dress runnng through a colorful market with people looking at her with curiosity and a piece of paper in her hand. The ground is a dusty orange and the buildings in the background are pink and yellow.

Grandma's List

Portia Dery

Toby Newsome (Illustrator)

Grandma’s List. Portia Dery. Illustrated by Toby Newsome. Windmill Books, 2021. Originally published by African Bureau Stories,Ghana, 2017. ISBN 9781499486322. 32 p. (Ages 5-7). Picture book.

Cover for The Kaya Girl featuring a realistic style illustration of a girl with an orange headscarf and blue shirt on carrying a large bowl on her head and the blurred shapes of people in the background. The book's title is displayed in dark red on top of the bowl.

The Kaya Girl

Mamle Wolo

Sasha Illingworth (Illustrator)

The Kaya Girl. Mamle Wolo. Illustrated by Sasha Illingworth. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2022. Originally published by Techmate Publishers Ltd., in Ghana, in 2012 and then by Nsona Books in 2018. ISBN 9780316703932. 336 p. (Ages 9 and up). Fiction.

Central African Republic
Cover for The Magic Doll: A Children's Book Inspired by African Art featuring a stylized illustration and collage of a young girl in a white dress with a citrus tree above and behind her. There is a doll made of wood and two chicken-like animals immediately in the background. The cover is mostly green and the title is displayed in black with patterned letters.

The Magic Doll: A Children's Book Inspired by African Art

Yabouza Adrienne

Paul Kelly (Translator)

Élodie Nouhen (Illustrator)

The Magic Doll: A Children’s Book Inspired by African Art. Yabouza Adrienne. Translated by Paul Kelly. Illustrated by Élodie Nouhen. Prestel Junior, 2020. Originally published as Une Poupée pour Maman in French by L’Élan Vert, in France, in 2019. ISBN 9783791374468. 32p. (Ages 4-9). Picture book.

South Africa
Cover for I am You: A Book about Ubuntu featuring an illustration of four kids who are all of different ethnicities on a tandem bicycle that seats three with a dog in the front basket and the last kid in the back basket. They're riding through a colorful natural landscape of rolling hills where each hill is a different color and orange flowers are in the foreground. The ground is orange and the sky is light pink with blue birds in it. The title is displayed in orange and pink.

I Am You: A Book About Ubuntu

Refiloe Moahloli

Zinelda McDonald (Illustrator)

I Am You: A Book About Ubuntu. Refiloe Moahloli. Illustrated by Zinelda McDonald. Amazon Crossing Kids, 2022. Originally published as We Are One by Pan Macmillan, in South Africa, in 2020. ISBN 9781542035668. 32 p. (Ages 5-7). Picture book.

Cover for Paris Cat featuring an illustration of a cat in a cabaret-like red patterned outfit with a feathered headpiece on and a baton in hand who is dancing with the Eiffel tower and a crescent moon in the background.

Paris Cat

Dianne Hofmeyr

Piet Grobler (Illustrator)

Paris Cat. Dianne Hofmeyr. Illustrated by Piet Grobler. Tiny Owl Publishing, 2020. First published in London, 2020. ISBN 9781910328620. 32 p. (Ages 5-7). Picture book.

Cover for Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa featuring an illustration of a girl carrying a bowl with a melon, a chicken, a bottle, and some straws in it on her head walking away from two colorful buildings while a dog in a tattered outfit looks at her while hiding behind a thin palm tree in the background. The cover's background is white and the title is orange while the subtitle is black.

Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa

Niki Daly

Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa. Niki Daly. Clarion Books, 2007. Originally published as Pretty Salma by Frances Lincoln, in London, in 2006. ISBN 9780618723454. 32 p. (Ages 4-7). Picture book.

Cover for A Good Day for Climbing Trees featuring an illustration of an illustration of a large bushy tree with a boy underneath it looking up at a girl waving from the top of the tree. The background is yellow and there's is a small silhouette of houses in orange in the distance behind the tree. The book's title is displayed in white within the trees branches.

A Good Day for Climbing Trees

Jaco Jacobs

Kobus Geldenhuys (Translator)

Jim Tierney (Illustrator)

A Good Day for Climbing Trees. Jaco Jacobs. Translated by Kobus Geldenhuys. Illustrated by Jim Tierney. Rock the Boat, 2018. Originally published as ‘n Goeie dag vir boomklim in Afrikaans by Lapa, in South Africa, in 2015. ISBN 9781786073174. 160 p. (Ages 8-12). Fiction.

Cover for Here Comes Lolo featuring an illustration of a young girl in jeans, blue sneakers, and a pink floral t-shirt with white flowers on it with a car, house and clouds in the background. The cover's background is orange and the word "Lolo" in the title is displayed in large letters with each letter featuring a different colorful pattern. There is a border of yellow graphic flourishes along the top and bottom of the cover.

Here Comes Lolo

Niki Daly

Here Comes Lolo. Niki Daly. Catalyst Press, 2020. Originally published by Otter-Barry Books, in Great Britain, in 2019. ISBN 9781946395337. 78 p. (Ages 4-9). Fiction.

Cover for Small Mercies featuring an illustration from a bird's eye view of a girl in a blue dress and pants laying in a field of green grass with hands behind her head with a chicken beside her. Red, purple, and yellow flowers are above her as well as two yellow birds with black heads and a red bird with a black head. The book's title is displayed in a pinkish red.

Small Mercies

Bridget Krone

Karen Vermeulen (Illustrator)

Small Mercies. Bridget Krone. Illustrated by Karen Vermeulen. Catalyst Press, 2020. Subsequently published by Walker Books, London, in 2020. ISBN: 9781946395160. 162 p. (Ages 8-12). Fiction.

Nigeria
Cover for Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country featuring an illustrated collage with a large black silhouette of the African continent in the center on a light blue background surrounded by a large number of illustrated items and scenes from a whale to fashion models walking a catwalk to cars and animals. The title is displayed inside the country's silhouette in bright yellow and the subtitle is displayed in rainbow with each letter featuring a different color.

Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country

Atinuke

Mouni Feddag (Illustratror)

Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country. Atinuke. Illustrated by Mouni Feddag. Candlewick Press, 2021. Originally published by its UK sister company Walker Books in 2019. ISBN 9781536205374. 80 p. (Ages 7-10). Nonfiction.

Cover of Too Small Tola featuring an illustration of a young small girl with a colorful orange and green basket on her head with fish and produce in it. The cover's background is bright yellow and the book's title is displayed in a patterned teal and orange.

Too Small Tola

Atinuke

Onyinye Iwu (Illustrator)

Too Small Tola. Atinuke. Illustrated by Onyinye Iwu. Candlewick Press, 2021. Originally published in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries by Walker Books in 2020. ISBN 9781536211276. 96 p. (Ages 7-9). Fiction.

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