Cristina Kessler

• Apr-1995
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• Sep-1997
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• Feb-1998
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In this picture book for older children, Muhamad spends his first night alone in the desert tending to a new mother goat and her kid. Told in Muhamad's voice, the story reflects the culture of the Tuareg, a nomadic people with strong ties to family a...

• Sep-2000
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Delighted by the installation of a water pump in her village, Fatima nevertheless decides to help her grandmother, who insists on sticking to the old ways despite the criticism of others. Jr Lib Guild....

• Mar-2001
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Baby rhino played. He tossed and turned, squiggled and squirmed in the cooling mud. His mother, huge head hung low, grazed nearby to protect her baby. But shots ring out, and suddenly, baby rhino Jubela must face the world on his own. He ro...

• Dec-2003
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This was a beautiful friendshipA once-in-a-lifetime friendshipWould their cultures, African, and American, so different, tear them apart?We were walking single file to the rice field three mornings later. As we went, Khadi tried...

• May-2006
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In the Ethiopian mountain village of Lalibela, famous for its churches and honey, a young girl named Almaz determines to find a way to be a beekeeper despite being told that is something only men can do....

• Jul-2007
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Twelve-year-old Namelok is thrilled when she finds a mother black rhino and her new baby in the bush while collecting firewood for her Maasai tribe. she vows to protect them, visit them, and--most important--keep them a secret so that poachers will n...

• Mar-2009
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Ayisha and Ahmed know there is trouble. Something is not right with this American archaeologist and his wife. Supposedly tourists. Why are they so interested in the ancient manuscripts of Timbuktu? Could they really be plotting to steal one? Well, th...

• Apr-2021
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This is a story of adventures involving a talking chevron trade bead with the power to travel through time and a young Sudanese girl, Izdihar. Izdihar finds a beautiful chevron trade bead on the desert sands one night after a giant haboob dust storm....