Tag: Setting - Ghana

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.

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 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.

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