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Ichikawa, Satomi

The First Bear in Africa!

32 pp. | Philomel | April, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-399-23485-3 $$14.99
(3) K-3 A girl tourist visiting an African family living in the bush leaves her teddy bear behind, so young Meto runs after her to return it. Each animal the boy meets (and greets by its Swahili name) asks him what the strange new animal is. The fluid, well-designed watercolors encompass realistic village scenes and personable savanna animals, a mix well suited to the ingenuous narrative.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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