A beautiful, moving story in verse that builds from a child's simple wishes to more profound wishes for a better and more peaceful world. The verse is accompanied by vibrant and original portraits of African kings and queens. While showing traditions of royalty in Africa, award-winning author Tadjo subtly questions those who hold power everywhere, yet conveys a message of hope. With full-colour illustrations. Ages 5 and up.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called If I Were a .

There are 24 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2002 by Milet Publishing Ltd .

V ronique Tadjo is a writer, a poet, and a former professor at the University of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast. She is the author of As the Crow Flies , Red Earth , and Reine Pokou , which was awarded the Grand Prix Litt raire d'Afrique Noire. Catherine Groenewald lives on a small farm in South Africa and is involved with a nonprofit initiative called Siphosenkosi that trains disadvantaged women to make an African rag doll called Nosipho. She is the illustrator of Nosipho Comes to Stay.