There are threads tying each set of stories together - Anna’s anxiety about having to sing in front of an important audience or her visit with her Canadian grandmother - but it is the individual little stories that make these books so powerful.
Amazing Africa.” In each of these early chapter books mostly set in an unnamed city, professional storyteller Atinuke gently, authentically, and lyrically strings together a series of episodes that present life for one extended Nigerian family. My special thanks to reviewer and teacher Robin Smith who just now reminded me of them as she mentioned them on the ccbc-net discussion list as exemplars for raising issues of economic differences for children.įor those still unfamiliar with this charming series, the books are from the point of view of a young biracial child, Anna Hibiscus who lives in “… Africa. Since then I’ve been delighted to see others in America become equally smitten, say the folks over at Horn Book who have just given two in the series well-deserved stars. After reading Betsy’s review last summer I requested the books and fell completely and totally in love with them. I am overdue writing this post about the remarkable, amazing, and wonderful Anna Hibiscus books by Atinuke.
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