Anna Hibiscus

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Readers will happily follow as she goes on a seaside vacation, helps plan a party for Auntie Comfort from Canada (will she remember her Nigerian ways? Applicability of cancellation rights: Legal rights of cancellation under the Distance Selling Regulations available for UK or EU consumers do not apply to certain products and services.

Considerations or precautions for readers advisory (strong language, sex, death, religious overtones, violence, etc. But being around the people she loves so much only makes her happiness grow and grow; she is SO happy, she is going to EXPLODE! I’ve almost never seen a book that talks about the amount of work that goes into styling African hair that is “thicker and shinier and curlier than any other hair in the whole world. When the babies wear everyone out, Anna's dad starts to bring his family members out to the beach house for extra hands and help.As a school librarian and a parent, I know how hard it is to find books that engage children who are beyond "readers" and ready to move into chapter books. If you are under 16, please obtain your parent/guardian’s permission before submitting or ask your parent/guardian to submit on your behalf. It’s interesting to me that the very first story in Anna Hibiscus is a tale of how Anna and her mom, dad, and brothers try to take a vacation without the extended relatives, only to realize that they need them more than they thought.

Happily, Grandfather invites Sunny Belafonte to come and live with them, and be part of their family. So much in here to recommend - the traditional element of Anna's family, the way they live modern lives as well, the loving relationships, some very sweet stories about a bright and curious girl, and a whole pile of fascinating detail of African life that comes out in the pictures and stories. Aided by Lauren Tobia’s charming illustrations, readers will delight in exploring Anna’s world alongside her in this series from beloved Nigerian storyteller Atinuke. But the activist in me loved the essay edge of the first volume and rejoiced in parts of the later books that emphasized it, especially "Anna Hibiscus and the New Generator," and "The Other Side of the City" (Hooray for Anna Hibiscus) and "Anna Hibscus's New Clothes" (Good Luck, Anna Hibiscus).At the same time, the story “Auntie Comfort” defines the traditions of the family that are still in place. The chapters each feel like a stand-alone story, and are filled with wonderful descriptions and details about Anna's life in Africa with her large family. Kids who are looking for chapter books a little more challenging looking than The Jackson Friends Series (like Pa Lia's First Day) by Michelle Edwards or the Little Rat books by Molly Bang. Glorious images of an African village convey the sights, smells and colours of the landscape, its animals and its food in a story told as much through pictures as through words.