I love Anna Hibiscus, her family and her adventures. I could easily see each chapter in this book being its own picture book (incidentally that's how Lenore Look wrote Ruby Lu, Brave and True). I can't wait to read/re-read the rest!
It's just about impossible to resist the infectious happiness of Anna Hibiscus. Warm and joyful.
Less a chapter book, more a collection of short stories about Anna Hibiscus and her family. Childlike but not childish, the stories share Anna's observations of her family and life in Africa. Readers will appreciate the similarities between American and the African culture described, as well as come...