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Jambo Means Hello
Swahili Alphabet Book
by Muriel Feelings
pictures by Tom Feeling

Description:

From A to Z, luminously illustrated Swahili words recreate the traditions of East African life in this Caldecott Honor Book.

"The beautiful vision of African life in the text merely hints of the community breathtakingly captured in the illustrations, which move into the realm of the sublime... Monumental figures glorify the power and beauty of man. Integrated totally in feeling and mood, the books has been engendered by an intense, pesonal vision of Africa -- one that is warm, all-enveloping, quietly strong, and filled with love."

The Horn Book

"A lyrical song of Swahili life... The drawings and text show this society as a community whether at work, at worship, or even at a wedding feast... It is to this circle of life that the Feelingses pay tribute. From their heshima (respect) comes much uzuri (beauty)."

School Library Journal

Jambo Means Hello
Swahili Alphabet Book
by Muriel Feelings
pictures by Tom Feeling

ISBN: 9780140546521
ISBN-10: 0140546529
Publisher: Puffin Books (Penguin Group)
Publication Date: 1992
Format: Paperback, 56 pages
Book Type: New

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Jambo Means Hello Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings pictures by Tom Feeling

Jambo Means Hello
Swahili Alphabet Book
by Muriel Feelings
pictures by Tom Feeling