Cristina Kessler
Author
Publisher
Cristina Kessler
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ignoring her parents' wishes, as well as the customary place of women in Timbuktu society, twelve-year-old Ayisha joins her twin brother in trying to stop a pair of tourists from stealing an ancient manuscript.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Residents of a Sudanese village rejoice when a traditional water storage method is replaced by modern technology, but Fatima's grandmother knows there is no substitute for the reliability of the baobab tree.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the Ethiopian mountain village of Lalibela, famous for its churches and honey, a young girl determines to find a way to be a beekeeper despite being told that is something only men can do.
