We All Went on Safari
ISBN: 1841484784
By Laurie Krebs, Illustrated by Julia Cairns
Barefoot Books, Cambridge, MA (March 2003)
NOTE: "We All Went on Safari" has been printed in 16 foreign countries
and has won the following awards:
- Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award
- Kirkus Book Review Stars
- Child Magazine's Best Children's Books of 2003
- Family Fun's Best Books of 2003
- Capitol Choices 2004
- The Children's Literature Choice List 2004
- ForeWord Magazine's Silver Award for Picture Books
- Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award Nominee, 2005
- Great Lakes Great Book Award Nominee 2005
- Teacher's Choice Award of 2004
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Book Description:
"Everyone is invited to join Arusha, Mosi, Tumpe and their Maasai friends as they embark on an exciting counting adventure through the grasslands of Tanzania! Along the way, children will discover many different kinds of African animals - including lions, hippos, warthogs and monkeys - as they learn how to count from one to ten in both English and Swahili." Amazon.com
"We all went on safari / Past an old acacia tree / Nearby giraffes were grazing / So Tumpe counted three" tatu 3
Giraffe - twiga (twee-gah)
Giraffes have long, 18 inch tongues and spongy upper lips that allow them to eat around the spiky thorns of their favorite food, the acacia tree.
Editorial Reviews:
"In a fresh, bright successor to Tom Feelings's classic Moja Means One (1971), Krebs (The Beeman, 2002) and Cairns (The Spider Weaver, 2001, etc.) team up to invite readers to tour the Serengeti with a group of young Maasai, counting animals in English and Swahili as they go. The text's easy, natural rhythm makes reading aloud a pleasure....Further information about the Maasai, Tanzania, the ten children's Swahili names, and the equal number of wild creatures met along the way close this brilliant horizon-expanding outing." Kirkus Reviews
"A lively group of Maasai children takes readers on a trek across the grasslands of Tanzania in a counting book that doubles as an introduction to this culture. Youngsters will learn numbers from one to ten in English and Swahili as Mosi, Tumpe, Arusha and other friends count African wildlife....The singsong verse, beginning with the refrain 'We all went on Safari,' lends itself to a fun read-aloud." School Library Journal
"In this concept book, Maasai children pass through the grassland habitats of various African animals as each child in turn counts the leopards, hippos, zebras, elephants, or other animals that he or she sees. The beautiful watercolor illustrations by Julia Cairns strikingly silhouette the children against the changing scenery. Expanded at the end with brief facts about Tanzania, the Maasai People, and the Swahili language, the book incorporates elements of this information into each scene. Children will love it for its beauty and its rhythmic rhyming text. Ages 4-7." Highlights of Children's Books, Free Library of Philadelphia
"Each time I read the fabulous We All Went on Safari (Barefoot Books, $15.99) to the rapt children at our story time, I find yet another dimension. This sophisticated, rhyming countingbook by Laurie Krebs and Julia Cairns is vibrantly illustrated with pictures of the Maasi people and the animals of Tanzania. Fact-filled pages on Tanzania at the end of the book include a map and Swahili names and numbers. Ages 2-6" Dara LaPorte, Politics and Prose Bookstore
