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Growing Up in Africa Kindle Edition

by Genny Nuckolls (Author), Les Nuckolls (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Africa is a land of mystery, of jungles, of exotic animals and vast deserts. And for Alicia and Annie, it is a land of surprises. When their father accepts a position at a small African college, the two girls find they are in for a world of adventure-if they can survive.
Between escaping renegade cobras and cockroach armies, making friends with lions and nearly getting squashed by elephants, and teaching a chimpanzee to play dressup-not to mention trying to convince the Africans that Santa Claus is not a witch doctor-Alicia and Annie begin to realize that they may be in over their heads. Regardless of the danger, they come to love this strange and wild land, its people, and its customs.
Growing up in Africa is full of tales and truths that no reader will ever forget.

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About the Author

Les and Genny Nuckolls are both California natives with a love for traveling and writing. Les first lived in Africa as a Fulbright Scholar assigned to teach at an African bush college near the Congo border. He continued living and traveling in Africa as a consultant to several Nigerian ministries for two years. During this time, he developed a deep appreciation and understanding of African family and cultural values. He and his two young daughters had some amazing experiences, many of which are chronicled in this book. Les finished off his overseas career as Superintendent of the Peace Corps Training Centers in the Caribbean. After careers in education and administration, Les and Genny developed their passion for writing by working for several newspapers in Northern California. They have written their first book together to chronicle and celebrate the stories Les has always loved telling of his adventures in Africa.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0017026BS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cedar Fort Inc. (July 9, 2007)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 9, 2007
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 279 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 114 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #2,182,440 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #93 in Children's Explore Africa Books
- #564 in Children's Travel Books (Kindle Store)
- #928 in Children's People of Color Biographies

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valleynana

Entertaining, as well as Educational

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2007

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"Growing Up In Africa" is a book which is entertaining, as well as educational, and one that I couldn't put down. It's about amazing, true-life adventure stories, told through the eyes of the authors' oldest daughter. What a wonderful five-year educational experience this had been for this family! I was most impressed by the way the authors were able to bring every detail to life; I felt as though I was living a lot of their experiences, and believe me, some of them were quite chilling! I especially l-o-v-e-d the story about Chester the monkey who was always charming to everyone until...well...you'll just have to read it for yourself.
My 7 year old granddaughter was especially intrigued with the story about the "The Haunted Yacht", so much so that she has asked me to read all of the stories to her. She's even read a little of it on her own, but said that some of the words were still a little too hard for her. Also, at the end of each story there are questions prefaced by "Did You Know?", that I bet would make a wonderful "must read" book for educators and their students. Are there any teachers out there? This is a MUST read!!!

Sharon F.
Brentwood, CA

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Andy Geary Stevens

Three Stars

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2015

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Nice collection of short stories about life in Africa but nothing special.

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2015

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It's a very good book, fun, humorous and very educational. It will increase and spark your understanding of Africa while also just being a great read!

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2014

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Fantastic! A tremendous journey down memory lane for mean and the authors family. I particularly thought that the notes at the end of each chapter were a wonderful addition to what had just gone before. For anyone interested in Africa and the education system, definitely a must read. I would certainly recommend the book

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B. Case

Definitely a children’s book

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2013

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I read the publishing description for “Growing Up in Africa” and nowhere was it mentioned that it is designed for children. I assumed this book was a series of stories about growing up in Africa told from an adult perspective. But no, these are stories told from a child’s perspective and definitely meant for children. I easily got bored after reading a few of them. I not only stopped reading the book, I completely removed it from my Kindle cloud collection. Buying this book was clearly a mistake.

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Sharon G

I loved reading this book....

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2013

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This was a fun book to read....and I really liked how at the end of the chapter they added interesting facts. I felt like you were right there with the family.
A real adventureous book for young and old. Loved it!!!

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fetti

Growing up in post colonial Africa

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2013

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This book is aimed at school children and wriiten at that level. Having grown up in Africa myelf I was interested to read the experiences of children growing up in central southern Africa. I was especially interested to read the experiences from an American viewpoint. There are some factual errors, but overall it kept my interest.
F. Falconer (Perth, Western Australia)

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dkjk2

simplistic but well written, interesting, moves quickly

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2013

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Great family book--read it out loud in the car.
simplistic but well written, interesting, moves quickly. Highly recommend to all