This story is about a young girl who loses a tooth while visiting her father's family in Mali. She then places it under a calabash amd receives a hen and rooster from the African Tooth Fairy. This book is very enjoyable. The story captures the audience with rich tradition. African tradition is displayed throughout the book. The book includes interesting facts about the culture in the types of food, where and how the family eats, types of furniture like her "bamboo bed", hobbies, and so much more. The illustrations are beautiful. The illustrator used vibrant ceramic-tile illustrations that earned this book the Coretta Scott King Honor Book award. This story would be a great story to share with your student if you want to share a culture that is very beautiful, rich, warm, and full of new ideas and words. After reading this story to your student, you might show the map at the beginning of the book and discuss how sometimes families live on different continents or you could talk about how people who live on different continents might have different traditions than we do. Another topic might be the food theme. There are plenty of different types of food and cooking methods mentioned in this book along with table seating arrangements and habits. There are plenty of different discussions that could take place, these are just a few that might begin to trigger topics of conversation. This book is a great multi-cultural book that is a great pick if you are wanting to share cultures with your student.
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