We All Went on Safari: A Counting Journey Through Tanzania

Laurie Krebs. Barefoot Books, $16.99 (29pp) ISBN 978-1-84148-478-5

Graceful watercolors of Maasai characters moving through the grasslands illuminate We All Went on Safari: A Counting Journey Through Tanzania by Laurie Krebs, illus. by Julia Cairns. Rhyming text introduces different animals, from one leopard to 10 elephants. Numbers are also given in Swahili, along with a pronunciation guide; endnotes supply facts about the Maasai and Tanzania.

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