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Dear baobab

Author: Cheryl Foggo; Qin Leng
Publisher: Toronto : Second Story Press, ©2011.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : English
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After his parents die, seven-year-old Maiko leaves his village in Africa to live across the ocean with his aunt and uncle. When he thinks of home, he thinks of the big baobab tree at the center of the village. In his new home, Maiko feels a special connection to the small spruce tree in the front yard, especially when he finds out it is the same age as he is. Like his beloved baobab, this tree also sings to him and  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Fiction
Juvenile fiction
Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Cheryl Foggo; Qin Leng
ISBN: 9781897187913 1897187912
OCLC Number: 718182335
Description: [24] p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Responsibility: written by Cheryl Foggo ; illustrated by Qin Leng.

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Maiko struggles to adapt to his new life in Canada, homesick for his village in Tanzania and the beautiful baobab tree at its center. He takes comfort in a small spruce tree in his new front yard,  Read more...

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