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A Gift from Childhood: Memories of an African Boyhood
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4.1 out of 5
Based on 19 Ratings and 5 Reviews

Book Description
Baba Wagu� is only four years old when he is sent to the tiny Malian village of Kassaro to be raised by his paternal grandparents, according to the family tradition. He is most unhappy about this at first, but under his grandmother's patient and wise tutelage he comes to love his close-knit village community. He learns how to catch a catfish with his bare hands, flees from an army of bees, and mis... More
Book Information
PublisherGroundwood Books
BindingHardcover (3 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages96
ISBN-100888999313
ISBN-13978-0888999313
Publication Date02/23/2010
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About Baba Wague Diakite (Illustrator) : Baba Wague Diakite is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Baba Wague Diakite include The Pot of Wisdom: Ananse stories, Mee-An and the Magic Ser... more
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