Visits in Africa – what resources are needed?

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• Material World by Peter Menzel

• Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel

Peter Menzel traveled the world, staying with “average” families in many countries and

documenting their ways of life. These two books that present his fascinating memoirs and

captivating photography are used in all six books of the Visits to . . . series.

• Pen

• Tracing paper

• A soft pencil (4B works well)

• Colored pencils

Recommended Reading

Grades 1–3 or Family

Most of these are picture books that younger students will particularly enjoy, but don’t

overlook how much everyone can learn from a well-written children’s book. Feel free to share

them with the whole family. Older students might read them to the younger students.

• Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove

• Beatrice’s Goat by Page McBrier

• The Butter Man by Elizabeth Alalou and Ali Alalou

• One Child, One Seed: A South African Counting Book by Kathryn Cave

• We All Went on Safari: A Counting Journey through Tanzania by Laurie Krebs

• Yatandou by Gloria Whelan

Grades 3–12

• Letters from Egypt by Mary Whatley (edited by Sonya Shafer, published by Simply Charlotte Mason)