Picturebooks Around the World: Exploring the Continent of Africa

This week, we ‘travelled’ to our next stop in our exploration around the world… the continent of Africa! Africa is a large, diverse, continent made up of over 50 countries and with 1500 different languages/dialects spoken!

Check out this brief video below for a very quick introduction to continent:

For our first picturebook, we read about the country of Kenya. We learned about Wangari, an eco-activist who helped encourage the women of Kenya to plant thousands of trees. We discussed why trees are so important to people across the world.

Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa eBook : Winter,  Jeanette: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

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