Overview
Kenyan orphans, Kitoo and Nigosi, spend their days studying, playing soccer, helping their elders with chores around the orphanage and reading from the limited selection of books in their library. When the librarian finds a box of damaged books that she can’t shelve, she offers them to Kitoo who becomes fascinated by one called Sports Around the World. Kitoo is particularly interested in an image of the Canadian Ice Hockey team. When the fates align and Kitoo finds a pair of beat up old roller blades, he teaches himself to skate and dreams of one day playing hockey like the men in his book. But you can’t play ice hockey in Kenya, can you?
Full Product Details
Author: Eric Walters ,
Danson Mutinda ,
Claudia Davila
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers,Canada
Imprint: Orca Book Publishers,Canada
Dimensions:
Width: 13.30cm
, Height: 0.60cm
, Length: 19.40cm
Weight: 0.120kg
ISBN: 9781459823617
ISBN 10: 1459823613
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 01 May 2021
Recommended Age: From 6 to 8 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""Uplifting and welcome. The book allows young readers to learn about life in an orphanage in rural Kenya.""-- ""Sal's Fiction Addiction"" ★ ""This simple story of discovery, sport, and friendship is filled with likable characters and innocently joyful moments...Delightful.""-- ""Kirkus Reviews, starred review"" ""I quite enjoyed this book about Kitoo and his friend best Nigosi. The pair have a great friendship, encouraging each other to be the best, while embracing their differences and their similarities.""-- ""Book Time blog"" ""Offers a good starting point for children in learning about and discussing different cultures. Playful black and white, full and half-page illustrations provide moments to stop and reflect upon the boys' life, friendship and adventures. Recommended.""-- ""CM: Canadian Review of Materials"""
Uplifting and welcome. The book allows young readers to learn about life in an orphanage in rural Kenya. -- Sal's Fiction Addiction This simple story of discovery, sport, and friendship is filled with likable characters and innocently joyful moments...Delightful. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review I quite enjoyed this book about Kitoo and his friend best Nigosi. The pair have a great friendship, encouraging each other to be the best, while embracing their differences and their similarities. -- Book Time blog Offers a good starting point for children in learning about and discussing different cultures. Playful black and white, full and half-page illustrations provide moments to stop and reflect upon the boys' life, friendship and adventures. Recommended. -- CM: Canadian Review of Materials
This simple story of discovery, sport, and friendship is filled with likable characters and innocently joyful moments...Delightful. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
""Uplifting and welcome. The book allows young readers to learn about life in an orphanage in rural Kenya.""-- ""Sal's Fiction Addiction"" ★ ""This simple story of discovery, sport, and friendship is filled with likable characters and innocently joyful moments...Delightful.""-- ""Kirkus Reviews, starred review"" ""I quite enjoyed this book about Kitoo and his friend best Nigosi. The pair have a great friendship, encouraging each other to be the best, while embracing their differences and their similarities.""-- ""Book Time blog"" ""Offers a good starting point for children in learning about and discussing different cultures. Playful black and white, full and half-page illustrations provide moments to stop and reflect upon the boys' life, friendship and adventures. Recommended.""-- ""CM: Canadian Review of Materials""
Author Information
Danson Mutinda's parents, Ruth and Henry Kyatha, cofounded the Hope Development Centre orphanage with Eric and Anita Walters in 2007. When Henry passed away, Danson became patron of the program. He and his coauthor, Eric Walters, worked together to write this story of two energetic and joyful children who are based on many of the children they work with at the centre. He lives in Kikima, Kenya, on the grounds of the orphanage. Eric Walters began writing as a way to get his fifth-grade students interested in reading and writing. A Member of the Order of Canada, he has now published more than 100 novels and picture books. He is a tireless presenter, speaking to over 100,000 students per year in schools across Canada. He lives in Guelph, Ontario.
