My First Amazing Journey Around the World
Unit 5: Africa
Week 20 (Lesson 77-80)
Picture Books
- Wangari’s Trees of Peace by Jeanette Winter
- Africa is Not a Country by Margy Burns Knight
- Ashanti to Zulu by Margaret Musgrove
- We All Went on Safari by Laurie Krebs and Julia Cairns
- Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book by Muriel Feelings
- Jambo Means Hello by Muriel Feelings
- Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki
- My Rows and Piles of Coins by Mollel
- Cleopatra by Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema
Chapter Books
- African Critters by Robert Haas
- National Geographic Kids Everything Ancient Egypt by Crispin Boyer
- Mummies and Pyramids by Mary Pope Osborne and Will Osborne
- Ancient Egypt: An Interactive History Adventure by Heather Adamson
- Pharoahs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne
- Cigars of the Pharoah by Hergé
- Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 BC by Kristiana Gregory
Week 21 (Lesson 81-84)
Picture Books
- Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures: Ancient Egypt by Joanna Cole
- Mango Rain by James Rumford
- Rain School by James Rumford
- Why is the Sky Far Away? by Mary-Joan Gerson and Carla Golembe
- Mary Slessor: Courage in Africa by Renee Meloche and Bryan Pollard
- Betty Greene: Flying High by Renee Meloche and Bryan Pollard
- Trial by Poison by Dave and Neta Jackson
Chapter Books
- Lillian Trasher: The Greatest Wonder of Egypt by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge
- Rowland Bingham by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge
- Risking the Forbidden Game by Dave and Neta Jackson
- Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis
- African Folk Tales by Hugh Vernon-Jackson and Yuko Green
- Mary Slessor: Forward to Calabar by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge
- Betty Greene: Wings to Serve by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge
Week 22 (Lesson 85-88)
Picture Books
- The Fortune Tellers by Lloyd Alexander
- The Village of Round and Square House by Ann Grifalconi
- Gervelie’s Journey: A Refugee’s Diary by Anthony Robinson and Annemarie Young
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Aardema
- Give Up, Gecko! by Margaret Read MacDonald and Deborah Melmon
- Beatrice’s Goat by Page McBrier and Lori Lohstoeter
Chapter Books
- Quest for the Lost Prince by Dave and Neta Jackson
- The Good News Must Go Out by Rebecca Davis
- Assassins in the Cathedral by Dave and Neta Jackson
Week 23 (Lesson 89-92)
Picture Books
- If You Were Me and Lived In…Kenya by Carole P. Roman
- Mama Mita by Donna Jo Napoli and Kadir Nelson
- Bringing Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
- For You are a Kenyan Child by Kelly Cunnane
- Papa, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse & Barbara Lavallee
- Planting the Trees of Kenya by Claire Nivola
- 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agree Deedy
- Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan
- Mama Panya’s Pancakes by Mary Chamberlin and Rich Chamberlin
- Galimoto by Catherine Stock
- David Livingstone: Courageous Explorer by Renee Meloche and Bryan Pollard
- Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan
Chapter Books
- My Life with the Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall
- Kondi’s Quest by Sylvia Stewart
- Escape from the Slave Traders by Dave and Neta Jackson
- David Livingstone: Africa’s Trailblazer by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge
- Bulu: African Wonder Dog by Dick Houston
Week 24 (Lesson 93-96)
Picture Books
- Nzingha: The Great Warrior of Angola by Desree Crooks
- Tale of a Baboon from Botswana by Richard Marsh
- Ostrich and Lark by Marilyn Nelson and San Artists of the Kuru Art Project in Botswana
- A Story, a Story by Haley
- African Tales: Tales from Rhodesia by Winifred Pearce and Ida Pearce
- Cecil’s Pride by Craig Hatkoff
- The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can by Tererai Trent and Jan Spivey Gilchrist
- Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
- Living In…South Africa by Chloe Perkins and Tom Woolley
- At the Crossroads by Rachel Isadora
- The Gift of the Sun by Diane Stewart
- Goal! by Mina Javaharbin
- My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me by Maya Angelou
- Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott
Chapter Books
- The Mystery of Meerkat Hill by Alexander McCall Smith
- Secrets of the Fire by Henning Mankell
- Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales by Nelson Mandela
Week 25 (Lesson 97-98)
Picture Books
- Madagascar by Mary Oluonye
- In Search of Lemurs by Joyce Ann Powzyk
Chapter Books
- Who Was Nelson Mandela? by Meg Belviso and Pamela D. Pollack
- Lions at Lunchtime by Mary Pope Osborne and Sal Murdocca
