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Gr 4-8 After spending his first four years in an African city, the author's parents sent him to live with his grandparents in a small Malian village. Grandma Sabou was a respected herbalist and healer with a gift for storytelling. Grandpa Samba owned a mango plantation and was one of the few men in his village who knew how to cook. Together, they...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Malian artist Diakité came to the United States as a young man to marry an American artist. Here he studied ceramics—hence the tiles that illustrate this autobiography and several of his picture books. The medium admirably suits the subject: rural Mali comes to life in the earth tones, saturated colors, and bold drafting of Diakité's color tiles, supplemented with his handsome portraits and traditional designs in black on dove gray. He recounts incidents involving such memorable figures as wise Grandma Sa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Malian artist Diakité's ceramic tiles illustrate this autobiography. The medium admirably suits the subject: rural Mali comes to life in the tile...Log In or Sign Up to Read More