Under the Baobab Tree

2012-11-20 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Julie Stiegemeyer
Release : 2012-11-20
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 284/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Under the Baobab Tree written by Julie Stiegemeyer. This book was released on 2012-11-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The baobab tree story, which I wrote (the church version) is actually based upon a true story, told by Limakatso Nare, a Lutheran pastor who is currently serving a congregation in Louisiana. When he was growing up in his native Africa, he gathered for Sunday school under the baobab tree. Here he learned the Biblical stories of Noah and the ark, Jonah and the big fish, and the parables of Jesus. His Sunday school experiences inspired my story, Under the Baobab Tree.

Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree

2018-09-04 Young Adult Fiction

Author : Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Release : 2018-09-04
Genre : Young Adult Fiction
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Book Rating : 742/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree written by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani. This book was released on 2018-09-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on interviews with young women who were kidnapped by Boko Haram, this poignant novel by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani tells the timely story of one girl who was taken from her home in Nigeria and her harrowing fight for survival. Includes an afterword by award-winning journalist Viviana Mazza. A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband—these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village. And with a government scholarship right around the corner, everyone can see that these dreams aren’t too far out of reach. But the girl’s dreams turn to nightmares when her village is attacked by Boko Haram, a terrorist group, in the middle of the night. Kidnapped, she is taken with other girls and women into the forest where she is forced to follow her captors’ radical beliefs and watch as her best friend slowly accepts everything she’s been told. Still, the girl defends her existence. As impossible as escape may seem, her life—her future—is hers to fight for.

A Stork in a Baobab Tree

2011-09-27 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Catherine House
Release : 2011-09-27
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 166/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book A Stork in a Baobab Tree written by Catherine House. This book was released on 2011-09-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Africa during the Christmas season, this is the story of a village preparing for a celebration - the birth of a child. The story is told in verse inspired by the traditional carol The Twelve Days of Christmas, but in this version by the author Catherine House the gifts are: 1 stork in a baobab tree, 2 thatched huts, 3 woven baskets, 4 market traders, 5 bright khangas, 6 women pounding, 7 children playing, 8 wooden carvings, 9 grazing goats, 10 drummers drumming, 11 dancers dancing and 12 storytellers. This is a Christmas steeped in the atmosphere of African village life, including descriptions of the objects and activities mentioned in the text.

The Expedition to the Baobab Tree

2014-04-15 Fiction

Author : Wilma Stockenstrom
Release : 2014-04-15
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 925/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Expedition to the Baobab Tree written by Wilma Stockenstrom. This book was released on 2014-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning to survive in the harsh interior of Southern Africa, a former slave seeks shelter in the hollow of a baobab tree. For the first time since she was a young girl her time is her own, her body is her own, her thoughts are her own. In solitude, she is finally able to reflect on her own existence and its meaning, bringing her a semblance of inner peace. Scenes from her former life shuttle through her mind: how owner after owner assaulted her, and how each of her babies were taken away as soon as they were weaned, their futures left to her imagination. We are the sole witnesses to her history: her capture as a child, her tortured days in a harbor city on the eastern coast as a servant, her journey with her last owner and protector, her flight, and the kaleidoscopic world of her baobab tree. Wilma Stockenström's profound work of narrative fiction, translated by Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee, is a rare, haunting exploration of enslavement and freedom.

The Baobab Tree

2015-10-01 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Louie Stowell
Release : 2015-10-01
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 528/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Baobab Tree written by Louie Stowell. This book was released on 2015-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the gods create a talking tree, they soon regret it because it won’t be quiet. So they turn it upside down and bury its head in the dirt. The classic African folktale, specially retold as part of the Usborne Reading Programme for children just starting to read alone. This ebook includes audio and reading-related puzzles. "Crack reading and make confident and enthusiastic readers with this fantastic reading programme." - Julia Eccleshare

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