TITLE: I Lost My Tooth In Africa
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Penda
Diakite/Baba
Wague Diakite
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press PUBLICATION DATE: 2006
GENRE: Foreign 1
READING LEVEL: 8 years old
BRIEF OVERVIEW:Aminia and her family are
visiting more family in Mali, West Africa. She lost her tooth and the tooth
fairy brought her 2 chicken. The chickens lay eggs, but will they hatch before
she leaves to go back to America?
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: The students will create
teeth out of construction paper and leave them on their desk overnight. They
will then return and have to write a sentence about the book. Once they turn it
in, they will get a surprise from the “tooth fairy”.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Emily Raymond LITR 3110 section A
