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Walters, Eric

The Matatu

32 pp. | Orca | April, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55469-301-6 $19.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Eva Campbell. The first time Kenyan boy Kioko rides a matatu (bus), his grandfather tells the Kikuyu tale of why goats run from the matatu, sheep ignore it, and dogs chase after it, barking. The lengthy text gives a full picture of East African public transportation. Rough-textured oil-on-canvas illustrations cover both realistic scenes and the more fantastical ones from the folktale.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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