By: Laurie Krebs Publisher: Barefoot Books Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Barefoot Books Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 32 Publication Date: September 01, 2004 Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Product Description: Join Arusha, Mosi, Tumpe and their Maasai friends as they set out on a counting journey through the grasslands of Tanzania. Along the way, the children encounter all sorts of animals including elephants, lions and monkeys, while counting from one to ten in both English and Swahili. The lively, rhyming text is accompanied by an illustrated guide to counting in Swahili, a map, notes about each of the animals, and interesting facts about Tanzania and the Maasai people.
Eye candy This book is just gorgeous to look at. The artwork is wonderful. I really enjoy cultural books like this.
What child wouldn't want to learn how to count such exotic creatures as leopards, lions, ostriches, giraffes, hippos, wildebeests, zebras, warthogs, monkeys, and elephants. It is an extra treat that the swahili names are added too.
This is so much better than an ordinary counting book with it's interesting creatures and cultural introduction to Tanzania. A great way to encourage kids to learn about far away places.
We combined this book with Mama Panya's Pancakes and had a wonderful time learning about Africa.
swahili for toddlers we love this book. after reading it once, i'd learned to count to ten in swahili. now, after a couple more readings, my 2 and 3 year old are counting in swahili, too.
Great book, beautiful illustrations This is a favorite for my 2 year old. Counting is represented 3 ways on each page spread - in the text, a visual number in the same location on each page, and by the number of animals on each page. Great picture book for counting, nice text for reading.
The back of the book offers a bit of material that we read over as well - descriptions of the Masai people, and their way of life, a map of Tanzania, and visuals + descriptions for all of the animals.
We All Went on Safari Did not receive the first shipment; notified the seller who promptly sent another copy. It was a softcover edition which was fine, but it appeard to have been folded in half. I probably could have sent it back but by that time so much time had passed and it was needed for a specific project.
A beautiful book! Our whole family loves this book. My son, now 3, learned to count to ten in English by reading this at bedtime almost every night. We are just now starting to read the Swahili words too. The information, spellings of the Swahili words and their pronounciations, even the names of the children are all accurate (I speak Swahili to moderate fluency). One note... Most Maasai do not even speak Swahili, rather they speak Maa! But that doesn't really matter. We love the book anyway, and the Maasai do live with all of the wildlife depicted on this wonderful safari! I would say this book is appropriate from age 1, as it has a very nice cadence to it that is calming before bedtime and the pictures are very engaging. Don't wait until age 4!
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