Kele's Secret

By Tololwa M. Mollel

Book Overview

In order to have his reward from Grandmother, Yoanes must first gather enough eggs to take to market. But Grandmother's hens don't make the job easy. They lay their eggs in the strangest places--the bedroom, the cow barn, and even the outhouse. And Kele, Grandmother's most unusual hen, is most clever at hiding her eggs. Poor Yoanes has to follow her all over the family compound and coffee farm if he is to discover all of her secret hideouts. But she leads him to the one place on the farm that he is most afraid of, will he dare search any further? If he is to earn his reward, the precious coin from Grandmother, he will have to.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773730079
• ISBN13: 9780773730076
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
• Length: 27 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Simple story about finding eggs

Our protagonist is determined to find out where Kele is hiding her eggs, so he can sell them with his grandmother and get his reward. So he persistently tracks her all day, then steels himself to enter the "creepy" shed and get the eggs out - two great character traits to encourage. The artwork is beautiful, and I love the clear descriptive language. Babywearers, note that the market scene shows two woman carrying their babies in kangas.