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MOROCCO
For Kids
The Butter Man
• Elizabeth Alalou
LITERATURE •
2008 •
FLEXI-BOUND
• 31 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
As a young girl waits for her father to make couscous, he tells her a story of a famine during his childhood in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The charming tale is llustrated with warm-toned folk art. Ages 6-8.
(MRC92, $14.95) |
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This Is The Oasis
• Miriam Moss
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2005 •
HARD COVER
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
A lyrical account of the life of the Tuareg in the North African desert, their animals and way of life. With full-page illustrations and simple text. Each stanza begins without the words This is the place.
(NAF48, $14.95) |
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52 Days by Camel, My Sahara Adventure
• Debora Pearson
• Lawrie Raskin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2008 •
PAPER
• 88 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
A travelogue for middle readers, much in the spirit of an adult travelogue but with full-color pictures and a child-friendly emphasis on camels, unusual people, outsize weather and benign adventure. Raskin's journey was inspired by a signpost in Morocco which read "Timbuktu 52 Days". He sets out from Fez and ends up (52 days later?) in Timbuktu, whence he continues on to the salt mines of Taoudenni, Mali.
(NAF11, $14.95) |
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Morocco in Pictures
• Francesca Di Piazza
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2006 •
HARD COVER
• 80 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
An entry in the "Visual Geography" series, this book presents cityscapes, landscapes and desertscapes of Morocco in color photographs and accessible, fact-filled text. It's meant for schools and libraries serving readers ages 9 to 14.
(MRC47, $31.93) |
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North Africa, Peoples and Cultures of Africa
• Peter ( Mitchell
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2006 •
HARD COVER
• 112 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
This geographically organized introduction to the African continent includes coverage of ethnic groups, performing arts, literature, religion, social life and customs. Each volume in this set, geared toward young adults, includes color photographs and illustrations.
(NAF77, $39.00) |
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Crab With the Golden Claws
• Herge
LITERATURE •
1974 •
PAPER
• 62 PAGES
• FAMILY
In this ninth book in the series, set in the Sahara and aboard a ship, Herge has his intrepid young reporter Tintin, faithful Snowy, Captain Haddock and others tangle with kidnappers, smugglers and pirates.
(NAF65, $10.99) |
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