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African Genre
Books in the African genre:
The Golden Geography: A Child’s Introduction to the World (1964)
This revised edition is significantly shorter than the original.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Mr. Papadilly and Willy (1964)
Mr. Papadilly and Willy try to retire from the circus but can’t stay away from it.
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Author(s):
Florence Slobodkin
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Mogo’s Flute (1966)
A young Kenyan boy discovers his flute can help him recover the respect of the villagers.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Robin Jacques
Doctor Dolittle Boxed Set (1967)
Includes Doctor Dolittle’s Circus, Zoo, Caravan, Garden, In the Moon, Return.
Author(s):
Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s):
Hugh Lofting
Folktales and Fairytales of Africa (1967)
A collection of tales from Africa.
Author(s):
Lila Green
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Tibor Gergely’s Great Big Book of Bedtime Stories (1967)
A colossal collection of picture books.
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Asterix and Cleopatra (1969)
Author(s):
René Goscinny
Illustrator(s):
Albert Uderzo
Five Hundred Animals from A to Z (1970)
Surely the largest, most inclusive animal picture book of them all.
Author(s):
Joseph A. Davis
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Made in Ancient Egypt (1970)
A tour of ancient Egypt in pictures and photographs.
Author(s):
Christine Price
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Christine Price
More Adventures of Spider (1971)
More tales of the trickster spider of West Africa.
Author(s):
Joyce Cooper Arkhurst
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Rich Man and the Singer: Folk tales from Ethiopia (1971)
Thirty-two folk tales from Ethiopia.
Author(s):
Mesfin Habte-Mariam
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Femi and Old Grandaddie (1972)
This folk tale from Sierra Leone tells of a young boy who gives his last bit of food to an old river man, and receives something more valuable in return.
Author(s):
Adjai Robinson
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Baby Wild Animals from A to Z (1973)
Pictures and stories of baby wild animals.
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Kasho and the Twin Flutes (1973)
Kasho neglects his chores to practice his flute.
Author(s):
Adjai Robinson
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Talking Drums of Africa (1973)
A description of the making and use of African drums and their place in Yoruba and Ashanti culture.
Author(s):
Christine Price
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Animals: A Picture Book of Facts and Figures (1974)
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Great Minu (1974)
A traditional African folk tale.
Author(s):
Beth P. Wilson
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Roots of Time (1974)
A brief sociological study of the lives of African peoples.
Author(s):
Margo Jefferson
Elliott Percival Skinner
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Singing Tales of Africa (1974)
A collection of seven traditional African folk tales.
Author(s):
Adjai Robinson
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Dancing Masks of Africa (1975)
The author describes and illustrates a variety of West African ceremonial masks and their meaning.
Author(s):
Christine Price
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price