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24 pp.
| Millbrook |
September, 2006 |
LibraryISBN 1-57505-885-5$19.93
(4)
K-3Count Your Way series.
Illustrated by
Janie Jaehyun Park.
After a brief introduction to the country, the authors translate the numbers one through ten, including culturally relevant but randomly presented items: "Two favorite foods in Zimbabwe are sadza and nyama." Each spread includes a colorful if fairly amateurish painting as backdrop in addition to the Arabic numeral, its spelling and pronunciation in Shona, and an explanatory paragraph.