Tag: Early Chapter Books

Japan

Cover for Yours Sincerely, Giraffe featuring an illustration of a penguin and a giraffe on a bright red background. Only the giraffe's neck and head are visible and he is poking his head into frame with a letter in his mouth to deliver to the penguin.

Yours Sincerely, Giraffe

Megumi Iwasa

Cathy Hirano (Translator)

Jun Takabatake (Illustrator)

Yours Sincerely, Giraffe. Megumi Iwasa. Translated by Cathy Hirano. Illustrated by Jun Takabatake. Gecko Press USA, 2017. Originally published as ぼくはアフリカにすむキリンといいます (Boku wa Africa ni Sumu Kirin to Iimasu) in Japanese by Kaisei-sha Publishing Co., Ltd., in Tokyo, in 2001. ISBN 9781927271889. 104 p. (Ages 7-10). Fiction.

Africa South of the Sahara

South Africa
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.

Nigeria
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.

India

Cover for The Girl Who Loved to Sing Teejan Bai featuring an illustration of the silhouette of a girl singing up to the sky with her arm outstretched and an instrument in her hand. In the background are the black silhouette of houses and two trees. The cover's background is red with a thick orange flourish down the center.

The Girl Who Loved to Sing: Teejan Bai

Lavanya Karthik

The Girl Who Loved to Sing: Teejan Bai. Lavanya Karthik. Duckbill Books, 2021. ISBN 978014351518. 48 p. (Ages 7-9). Nonfiction.

The Middle East & North Africa

Jordan
Cover for The Little Green Drum featuring an illustration of a young girl wearing a drum on her chest and holding a drumstick to hit it with in one hand and a lantern in the other with a dog by her side on a blue background with stars in the sky.

The Little Green Drum

Taghrīd ʻĀrif Najjār

Lucy Coats (Adapted by)

Hassan Manasrah (Illustrator)

The Little Green Drum (Early Reader). Taghrīd ʻĀrif Najjār. Adapted by Lucy Coats. Illustrated by Hassan Manasrah. Orion Children’s Books, 2015. Originally published as ما المانع in Arabic by Al Salwa Publishers, in Amman, in 2013. ISBN 1444014358. 73 p. (Ages 6-9). Early chapter book.

Latin America

Argentina
Cover for Written and Drawn by Henrietta featuring an illustration of a young girl at a table with a cat looking up at her from behind her while she draws crayon-like cartoonish drawings on a giant piece of paper. The book's title is also stylized like a child's crayon drawing.

Written and Drawn by Henrietta

Ricardo Liniers

Written and Drawn by Henrietta. Ricardo Liniers. Translated by the author. TOON Books, 2015. Also available in Spanish as Escrito y dibujado por Enriqueta. ISBN 9781935179900. 64 p. (Ages 5-7). Early chapter book.

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