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Wanjik, Child of Mine

By Ciiku Ndung'u-Case

Wanjik, Child of Mine Non-fiction

Wanjik, Child of Mine

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A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection A CBC Spring 2024 Showcase Selection No matter where she goes, or how big she grows, Wanjikũ knows her name. Librarian Favorites: Third to Fifth Grade In the lush Kenyan countryside, a young Gikũyũ girl helps her grandmother with daily tasks. Here, as she tends to the cows, carries water, and plays in the fruit trees and sugarcane, she is called Wanjikũ. On the busy city streets of Nairobi, where she goes to school, she is called by her English name, Catherine. But at home with Wangarĩ, the maid who cooks and cares for her, she is again Wanjikũ. All grown up in boarding school, Catherine is the leader of her class, surrounded by friends from different cultural backgrounds. But at night, when she gathers with her fellow Gikũyũ sisters to speak her mother tongue, she is Wanjikũ once more. Gloriously illustrated, alive with the joie de vivre of girlhood, and based on the author's own beloved childhood memories, Wanjikũ, Child of Mine is an ode to the heritage that walks alongside us, and a love song for the sisters we make on the journey.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
32
Release Date:
2024-09-24
Publication Date:
2024-11-07
Publisher:
Catalyst Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1960803018
ISBN13:
9781960803016
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
6
Maximum Reading Age:
9
Weight:
502 g
Height:
274 cm
Width:
286 cm
Thickness:
9 cm
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