A gift from childhood :
Diakit�e, Baba Wagu�e.
A gift from childhood : memories of an African boyhood / Baba Wagu�e Diakit�e. - Toronto, Ont. ; Berkeley, CA : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2010. - 134 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
School Library Journal, May 2010 Publisher's Weekly, March 2010 New York Times, March 2010 Horn Book, July 2010 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2010 Library Media Connection, August 2010 Multicultural Review, October 2010 Resource Links, October 2010
A memoir in which Baba Diakite recalls the time he spent as a child with his grandparents in a tiny Malian village where he learned to catch a catfish with his bare hands, listened to his grandmother's stories, and soaked in other life lessons until it was decided he was educated enough to attend school in the city where his talents as an artist and storyteller were nurtured.
7.0. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.
Text mainly in English with some Bambara.
0888999313
Diakit�e, Baba Wagu�e.
Mali.
Mali--Social life and customs.
966.23
A gift from childhood : memories of an African boyhood / Baba Wagu�e Diakit�e. - Toronto, Ont. ; Berkeley, CA : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2010. - 134 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
School Library Journal, May 2010 Publisher's Weekly, March 2010 New York Times, March 2010 Horn Book, July 2010 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2010 Library Media Connection, August 2010 Multicultural Review, October 2010 Resource Links, October 2010
A memoir in which Baba Diakite recalls the time he spent as a child with his grandparents in a tiny Malian village where he learned to catch a catfish with his bare hands, listened to his grandmother's stories, and soaked in other life lessons until it was decided he was educated enough to attend school in the city where his talents as an artist and storyteller were nurtured.
7.0. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.
Text mainly in English with some Bambara.
0888999313
Diakit�e, Baba Wagu�e.
Mali.
Mali--Social life and customs.
966.23