AFRICAN PROVERBS FOR ALL AGES
Universal Wisdom FROM AROUND THE CORNER By Allison Chase Sutherland
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ongtime Great Falls resident Nelda LaTeef is an award-winning children’s author and illustrator. Her latest children’s picture book, African Proverbs For All Ages, which she illustrated and co-collected with noted anthropologist and educator Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, is being published by Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan and was just released November 30. This inspiring work has already garnered significant recognition as it has been selected by Oprah Winfrey as her very first Children’s Oprah Book, and it has been named a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.
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This approachable book invites children and adults alike to explore and reflect on complex notions about relationships, identity, society, and the human condition. Nelda notes, “What is distinctive about the book is that it encourages lively debate as to which of the four proverbs framing each of the sixteen illustrations best captures the picture’s narrative. This approach invites readers to analyze each proverb for themselves.” Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole describes the concept succinctly. “It has been said that a proverb is a short sentence based on
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