Visits to Africa

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This Visits to Africa notebook serves as your guide to

• see the big picture as you explore Africa.
• become familiar with the countries of the world and where they are located.
• get to know real families who live in those countries and see what their lives are like.
• look closely and carefully at the details of those families’ countries.
• create a personal map book.

Book List for Visits to Africa

Required books

• Material World by Peter Menzel
• Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel

Optional Recommended Reading

Grades 1–3 or Family

• Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove
• Beatrice’s Goat by Page McBrier
• The Butter Man by Elizabeth Alalou and Ali Alalou
• One Child, One Seed: A South African Counting Book by Kathryn Cave
• We All Went on Safari: A Counting Journey through Tanzania by Laurie Krebs
• Yatandou by Gloria Whelan

Grades 4–12

• Letters from Egypt by Mary Whatley (edited by Sonya Shafer, published by Simply Charlotte Mason)

Books In Series

Visits to Africa
Visits to Asia
Visits to Europe
Visits to North America
Visits to South & Central America, Australia
Visits to the Middle East