Kenya

Mama Panya is making pancakes tonight, and on the way to market, her son Adika invites all their friends. Mama wonders how many pancakes she can make, but everyone brings milk, butter, plantains, fish, spices and it’s a feast under the baobab tree. A sparkling story that expresses Kenyan village life based on sharing, beautifully illustrated. (Picture book)

A Kenyan folktale retold, the grass is brown and the cows are hungry, but the rain won’t fall on Kapiti Plain. A clever herdsman fashions an arrow to shoot the cloud and drop the rain. Delightful rhyming text, colorfully illustrated. (Picture book)

When a Maasai boy takes his cattle out to graze, he meets a Kikuyu boy, whose family farms the land. At first the boys dislike each other, but then they find a way to share cow's milk in exchange for fruits and vegetables. (Picture book)

Captivating childhood memories of Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton, growing up today in a nomadic Maasai tribe, where cows are a way of life, clothing is a nanga and beads, and hunting lions with spears is every warrior’s challenge. Joseph is a super storyteller, bringing traditional Maasai culture to us. (Chapter book)

“I love you more than the warrior loves to leap, more than the bush baby loves the moon, more than the elder loves his stories.” A Maasai father tells his son how he’ll care for him, teach him, and how much he loves him. Watercolor illustrations shimmer on each page. (Picture book)

Annie and Jack are whirled to the plains of Kenya, right in the middle of a zebra migration crossing the Mara River. Searching to solve the riddle of something sweet and gold, they encounter hyenas, elephants, lions, and a Maasai warrior. (Easy reader)

Learn about animals of the African savanna (e.g. no two zebra stripes are alike), color and add stickers to savanna scenes of giraffes, termites, anteaters, elephants, leopards, hippos, lions and more. (Sticker activity book)

Best friends Kari and Lucas are off to Kenya on safari, but smugglers are stealing prehistoric artifacts from Simba Hill. Mystery adventure, Maasai culture, and game drives. (Chapter book)

Ella and Ethan are visiting the Maasai Mara game reserve - their mission is to see the Big Five game animals. They meet Maasai villagers and spot elephants, Cape buffalo, leopard, rhinocerous, but how do you find a lion? (Easy reader)

Based on a true story, Beryl grows up on a ranch in British East Africa (Kenya), hunting lions with Nandi tribal warriors, training horses, and becomes one of the first women pilots, flying alone at night across the Atlantic. (Chapter book)

"Remember what millions of hands can do." Wangari Maathai, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, organized women in Kenya to re-plant millions of trees, restoring the land and changing people's lives. Spectacularly detailed illustrations tell her story. (Picture book)

Wangari Maathai looks at the barren land where all the trees have been cut down, and she starts by planting nine seedlings. She convinces village women to the seeds of hope, and in time, a green umbrella spreads all over Africa. Vibrant illustrations capture Wangari’s vision and the beauty and wonder of the Earth. (Picture book)

True story of Anna Merz, and Samia, a black rhino. Finding an abandoned baby rhino, Anna brings Samia home to care for her - what an adventure watching Samia grow up. Fabulous illustrations by Daniel Kirk! (Picture book.)

And in Kenya you can visit Lewa Conservancy (created by Anna Merz) to see endangered black and white rhinos.