Pub Date: August 22, 2007
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2009279596
Lexile Code: 0600
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 06 to 09
Physical Info: 0.44" H x 11.18" L x 9.33" W ( 1.00 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Places | Africa | Family | Multigenerational | Middle East | Girls and Women
Series: Tales of the World
Description: Yatandou lives in a Mali village with her family and neighbors. Though she is only eight years old, she must sit with the women and pound milet kernels--hard work that is done in hopes of a brighter future for the village. Full color.
Brief description:
Gloria Whelan is a poet and the award-winning author of many children's books including Homeless Bird, for which she received the National Book Award. The Listeners is her third title in the Tales of Young Americans series. Her other picture books with Sleeping Bear Press include Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers (2008 Society of Illustrators Gold Medal winner); Yatandou (a Junior Library Guild selection); and Friend on Freedom River (a Jefferson Cup honor book). Ms. Whelan lives near Lake St. Clair in Michigan where you can often find her out walking.