Anna Hibiscus

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Sometimes she has to watch her twin baby brothers Double and Trouble, and sometimes she’s watching the family goat butt heads with the family’s new generator. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Atinuke, a Nigerian born storyteller, has written a series that addresses issues such as cultural identity and economic issues with grace and a light hand, being both serious and humorous at the same time. By submitting a review you grant us the right to display and use it in any way; please read our General Legal Notices for full details. She asks each member of her extended family what she should do because she feels so happy and she weaves their various responses into a song.

Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.Now right from the start folks might worry that the men in this book all seem to go to work while the women stay home and remain traditional keepers of the home.

While Atinuke might be seeking to universalize her protagonist's experience, it often reads like a condescension to potential Western readers. Our Non-Fiction Range includes: Academic, Photography, Audio books, Business, Cook Books, Craft Books, Health and Fitness Books, Mind, Body, Spirit (Tarot). Anna Hibiscus is a small girl of dual heritage with a happy heart living with a large and loving family in Africa.Anna's adventures with her large family of cousins, aunties, uncles, and grandparents are fun for children anywhere in the world to read about. Anna Hibiscus Series Found in Children’s Books Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa, amazing Africa, with her large, loving family. In Anna Hibiscus Sells Oranges, our young heroine imagines that the life of an orange vendor is colorful and exciting, and decides to join their ranks and sell the oranges from her family's orange trees. According to the author’s note this is set in Nigeria where Atinuke grew up and since Anna’s city is a lagoon it’s probably Lagos, but I would be surprised if most kids (and their parents) sat down to puzzle that out.