Author(s): Catherine House,Polly Alakija
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 32
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Language: English
Date Published: 2011-10-06
Dimensions: 244 x 278 x 10mm
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Edition:
Illustrations: chiefly col. ill

New in paperback. Set in Africa during the Christmas season, this is the story of a village preparing for a celebration - the birth of a child. The story is told in verse inspired by the traditional carol The Twelve Days of Christmas, but in this version by the author Catherine House the gifts are: 1 stork in a baobab tree, 2 thatched huts, 3 woven baskets, 4 market traders, 5 bright khangas, 6 women pounding, 7 children playing, 8 wooden carvings, 9 grazing goats, 10 drummers drumming, 11 dancers dancing and 12 storytellers. This is a Christmas steeped in the atmosphere of African village life, including descriptions of the objects and activities mentioned in the text.