Picture books- Africa
These books are in the Yerong Creek PS library
Africa is not a country
Demonstrates the diversity of the African continent by describing daily life in some of its fifty-three nations.
Margy Burns Knight, Mark Melnicove
Captain Congo and the Crocodile King
written by Ruth Starke ; illustrated by Greg Holfeld
Graphic picture book
Disney's the lion king
If you lived here : houses of the world
Features detailed, bas-relief collage spreads of dwellings in other world regions and historical times to explain how different people live and have lived, from a village house in South Africa to a floating green house in the Netherlands
Giles Laroche
Limpopo Lullaby
written by Jane Jolly ; illustrated by Dee Huxley
It rains and rains and the Limpopo River bursts its banks. Josette is forced to shelter with her children in a huge tree near their village. They cling for their lives and, on the fourth day, a miracle happens. Based on a real incident in Mozambique.
Yerong Creek PS
Email: yerongck-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Location: Cole St, Yerong Creek, New South Wales, Australia
Phone: 02 69203521