Kenya

Explore the Countries

by Julie Murray

Welcome to Kenya - home of the port city of Mombasa, nature and wildlife preserves, and Africa's largest freshwater lake! Maps, a timeline with photos, and fun facts complement the text. The book closes with a facts page including Kenya's population and total area, as well as images of the country's flag and currency. Students will find valuable report information while exploring Kenya! Table of contents, glossary with phonetic spellings, and index included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

40 pages, Library Binding

Published September 1, 2017

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

An extremely brief introduction to the country, this type of picture book often provides more information via words than pictures, except when talking about the countries surrounding Kenya. Also, the reader has to wait until page 11 before we see a map. At the very start, the first sentence reads, "Kenya is in East Africa." Instead of seeing a map, readers are shown a photo of a man who I assume is part of the Maasai, because of the "red tribal" clothing that he is wearing. It's a bit confusing, because the previous sentence talks about the Kikuyu tribe and then the next sentence talks about the Maasai.

I do not recommend.

[Emmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well-written, but very short. An interesting introduction to learning about Kenya. Good starting point for young readers.