Nigerian storyteller Atinuke’s debut book for children and its sequels, with their charming (and abundant) gray-scale drawings by Lauren Tobia, are newly published in the US by Candlewick Press, joining other celebrated Atinuke stories in captivating young readers. In this first of a series of four chapter books we meet the exuberant Anna as she goes about her life in. She lives in Bristol and has two daughters and a greyhound called Mickey. While studying, she was highly commended in the Macmillan Childrens Book Prize. Lauren Tobia worked as an intensive care nurse before graduating from the University of the West of England with a degree in Illustration. Readers will happily follow as she goes on a seaside vacation, helps plan a party for Auntie Comfort from Canada (will she remember her Nigerian ways?), learns firsthand what it’s really like to be a child selling oranges outside the gate, and longs to see sweet snow. Anna Hibiscus is her first title for Walker Books. 21 Total Resources 2 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books. A pair of chapter books feature a young girl and her family who live in a large city. Anna is never lonely-there are always cousins to play and fight with, aunties and uncles laughing and shouting, and parents and grandparents close by. by Atinuke and Lauren Tobia Book 1 of the Anna Hibiscus Series. From acclaimed Nigerian storyteller Atinuke, the first in a series of chapter books set in contemporary West Africa introduces a little girl who has enchanted young readers.Īnna Hibiscus lives in Africa, amazing Africa, with her mother and father, her twin baby brothers (Double and Trouble), and lots of extended family in a big white house with a beautiful garden in a compound in a city.

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