I Lost My Tooth In Africa

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I Lost My Tooth In Africa was written by by Penda Diakité and illustrated by Baba Wagué Diakité. This book has 32 pages and published in January 1st 2006 by Scholastic Press. The stting of this book is in Mali, West Africa. [1]

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Summary

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Pros

There is unquestionable early elementary appeal in any story about losing a tooth; the child voice and cross-cultural setting give this tale even more liveliness. Amina's youthful descriptions of her African family yield a rich sense of familial devotion and love; all of life centers on the courtyard, the communal meals, the countless aunties and uncles. Elementally speaking, this is a universal tale of a young girl with a loose tooth and a big family, and it is this universality that allows it to overcome the tendency for memoirs to be personally significant only to the author. Each ceramic-tile illustration, framed by a patterned border, is dense with images from the tale; the illustrations exude happiness and togetherness, and the thick paint echoes the lushness of the jungle setting. This could partner with Beeler's Throw Your Tooth on the Roof for a look at global tooth-losing rituals or it could be enjoyed on its own; young listeners will appreciate this on many levels, from the identification with losing a tooth to the kid-centered descriptions of day-to-day life, from the marvel of raising chickens to the sprinkling of information about the family and village. Notes from the author and illustrator are included, as is a glossary and a basic recipe. [3]

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References

  1. Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon by Ruth Forman. Retrieved February 9th, 2021
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 I Lost My Tooth In Africa by Penda Diakité. Retrieved February 9th, 2021 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "aalbc" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "aalbc" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "aalbc" defined multiple times with different content
  3. I Lost My Tooth in Africa (review) by Heather Morrison. Retrieved February 9th, 2021