Wanjiku, Child of Mine

By: Ndung'u-Case, Ciiku

Book Overview

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

A CBC Spring 2024 Showcase Selection

No matter where she goes, or how big she grows, Wanjikũ knows her name.

In the lush Kenyan countryside, a young Gikũyũ girl helps her grandmother with daily tasks. Here, as she tends to the cows, carries water, and plays in the fruit trees and sugarcane, she is called Wanjikũ.

On the busy city streets...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1960803018
• ISBN13: 9781960803016
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Catalyst Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.1" x 10.6"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4