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Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book
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Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book Paperback - 1992

by Muriel Feelings; Tom Feelings (Illustrator)

"The beautiful vision of African life in the text merely hints of the community breathtakingly captured in the illustrations. . . . The space has been filled with monumental figures that glorify the power and beauty of man".--Horn Book. Full color. Caldecott Honor Medal; ALA Notable Book.


From the publisher

A companion to the Caldecott Honor Book Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book Jambo Means Hello introduces children to the Swahili alphabet with helpful pronunciation keys, while presenting East African culture and lifestyles through an easy-to-understand narrative and vivid illustrations. A Caldecott Honor Book * "A lyrical song of Swahili life."--School Library Journal, starred review

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  • Title Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book
  • Author Muriel Feelings; Tom Feelings (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 56
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Puffin Books, NY
  • Date July 15, 1992
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780140546521 / 0140546529
  • Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.53 x 10.58 x 0.23 in (21.67 x 26.87 x 0.58 cm)
  • Ages 03 to 05 years
  • Grade levels P - K
  • Reading level 750
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Cultural Region: East Africa
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Alphabet, Swahili language - English
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

About the author

Muriel Feelings was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended California State College. She lived in Guyana, South America, and in East Africa, where she taught for two years. Upon her return to the United States she taught high-school art in Brooklyn, New York. Her award-winning books Moja Means One and Jambo Means Hello were both illustrated by Tom Feelings. Ms. Feelings passed away in September 2011. Tom Feelings, well-known illustrator and artist, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended the School of Visual Arts. In 1971 Mr. Feelings became the first African-American artist to win a Caldecott Honor with his illustrations for Moja Means One. Among the other award-winning books he has illustrated are To Be a Slave, a Newbery Honor Book by Julius Lester, and the Coretta Scott King-award winner Soul Looks Back in Wonder, a celebration of African-American creativity for which such distinguished writers as Maya Angelou, Margaret Walker, and Walter Dean Myers wrote poems. Mr. Feelings passed away in August 2003.
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