Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book - Brossura

Feelings, Muriel

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ISBN 10: 0140546626 ISBN 13: 9780140546620

Casa editrice: Puffin Books, 1992

Riassunto

The numbers one through ten in Swahili accompany two-page illustrations of various aspects of East African life.

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L'autore:

Muriel Feelings was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended California State College. She lived in Guyana, South America, and in East Africa, where she taught for two years. Upon her return to the United States she taught high-school art in Brooklyn, New York. Her award-winning books Moja Means One and Jambo Means Hello were both illustrated by Tom Feelings. Ms. Feelings passed away in September 2011.
 
Tom Feelings, well-known illustrator and artist, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended the School of Visual Arts. In 1971 Mr. Feelings became the first African-American artist to win a Caldecott Honor with his illustrations for Moja Means One. Among the other award-winning books he has illustrated are To Be a Slave, a Newbery Honor Book by Julius Lester, and the Coretta Scott King-award winner Soul Looks Back in Wonder, a celebration of African-American creativity for which such distinguished writers as Maya Angelou, Margaret Walker, and Walter Dean Myers wrote poems. Mr. Feelings passed away in August 2003. 

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Book by Feelings Muriel

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Puffin Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0140546626
• ISBN 13: 9780140546620
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 32
• Disegnatore: Feelings Tom