Atinuke

Hooray for Anna Hibiscus! Atinuke

Join Anna Hibiscus and her big, bustling family in the second of Atinukes engaging illustrated chapter-book series set in modern Nigeria.

Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa, amazing Africa. Shes surrounded by so many family members she cant count them, in a wonderful old house with a garden in a compound in a big city. Follow Anna as she worries about singing a solo for a visiting president, runs away to escape hair-braiding day (and gets in a terrible tangle), enjoys the candles and hide-and-seek games on nights when the electricity goes out (and hates the new noisy generator!), and has an eye-opening visit to the other side of the city, where she learns about spontaneous generosity. Says School Library Journal, Atinuke . . . manages to balance the contemporary and the traditional with easea talent that, combined with Lauren Tobias expressive illustrations, will leave readers rapt and have them looking forward to Annas next adventures.