Moja means one; Swahili counting book,

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Moja means one; Swahili counting book,

Title:

Moja means one; Swahili counting book,

Author:

Feelings, Muriel L, author.

Feelings, Tom, illustrator.

Summary:

The numbers one through ten in Swahili accompany two-page illustrations of various aspects of East African life.

Physical Description:

[32] p. illus. (part col.) 24 x 27 cm.

Genre:

Subject Term:

Swahili language -- Alphabet

Geographic Term:

Africa, East -- Social life and customs.

Author(s):

Publisher:

Dial Press

Publication Date:

1971

ISBN:

9780803757776

Publication Information:

New York, Dial Press [1971]

Award Note:

Caldecott Honor Book, 1972.

Call Number:

P FEELINGS

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607000767577	Picture Books	FEELINGS	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Author Notes

Muriel L. Feelings was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 31, 1938. She received a bachelor's degree in art with minors in Spanish and education from California State University at Los Angeles. She worked as a teacher in Philadelphia, New York City, and Kampala, Uganda. She wrote several children's books including Zamani Goes to Market, Moja Means One: A Swahili Counting Book, which won the Randolph Caldecott Medal, and Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book, which also won the Randolph Caldecott Medal. She died on September 29, 2011 at the age of 73.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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