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My Great-Grandmother's Gourd

Based on a true event and illustrated with richly hued artwork, this rewarding story is about generations coming together in modern Africa, mixing old ways with the new. - Orchard Books

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I dropped the bucket tied to my waist down to Grandmother, who filled it to its brim from the baobab's necklace. Slowly I pulled the bucket up, then poured its contents into the tree.

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By Cristina Kessler
Illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop
Published 2000
Orchard Books
ISBN 0531302849
The National Geographic School Publishing branch has bought the re-print rights for My Great-grandmother's Gourd, to be used in their 5th-grade ESL program. This means kids will not only be reading the book, but also studying it. Al Hamdillilai!
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