Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book by Muriel L. Feelings

Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book by Muriel L. Feelings
Illustrated by Tom Feelings

Published by Puffin Pied Piper in 1971
Caldecott Honor

Summary: 
Beautiful scenes of Africa in shades of brown illustrate the Swahili numbers for 1-10. On each page, most text was brown, except for the word for the number (moja = one). In the sentence describing the one thing, the item being counted is named in red (mountain).

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Curriculum connections: 
For middle to upper grades, social studies connection to African/cultural studies. For younger grades, text-to-self and text-to-society connections might be made with the illustrations.

Special features: Introduction and author's statement

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