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"In the lush Kenyan countryside, a young Gikäyäu girl helps her grandmother with daily tasks. Here, as she tends to the cows, carries water, and plays in the fruit trees and sugarcane, she is called Wanjikäu. On the busy city streets of Nairobi, where she goes to school, she is called by her English name, Catherine. But at home with Wangaräi, the maid who cooks and cares for her, she is again Wanjikäu. All grown up in boarding school, Catherine is the leader of her class, surrounded by friends from different cultural backgrounds. But at night, when she gathers with her fellow Gikäyäu sisters to speak her mother tongue, she is Wanjikäu once more."--Provided by publisher.
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Summary
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
A CBC Spring 2024 Showcase Selection
No matter where she goes, or how big she grows, Wanjikũ knows her name.
In the lush Kenyan countryside, a young Gikũyũ girl helps her grandmother with daily tasks. Here, as she tends to the cows, carries water, and plays in the fruit trees and sugarcane, she is called Wanjikũ.
On the busy city streets of Nairobi, where she goes to school, she is called by her English name, Catherine. But at home with Wangarĩ, the maid who cooks and cares for her, she is again Wanjikũ.
All grown up in boarding school, Catherine is the leader of her class, surrounded by friends from different cultural backgrounds. But at night, when she gathers with her fellow Gikũyũ sisters to speak her mother tongue, she is Wanjikũ once more.
Gloriously illustrated, alive with the joie de vivre of girlhood, and based on the author's own beloved childhood memories, Wanjikũ, Child of Mine is an ode to the heritage that walks alongside us, and a love song for the sisters we make on the journey.
Foreword
- ARCS to relevant reviewers in the trade; e-ARC on Edelweiss
- Early blurbs from children's book creators like Vashti Harrison, LaTashia Perry, and Kelly DiPucchio
- Leveled and aligned with Common Core
- Submission to Junior Library Guild, Baker and Taylor ARC program, and relevant awards
- Promotion at library conferences; educator and librarian outreach.
- Blog tour with book giveaways
- Social media promotion
- Simultaneous e-book release
