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An eight-year-old girl describes her year living in the southern African country of Swaziland.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 1-3-- An eight-year-old American child's upbeat impressions of living in Swaziland. A visual delight, Leigh's account is attractively laid out with her own colorful crayon maps and pictures interspersed with well-chosen photographs. Her concern about such concrete realities as vaccinations, the friendliness of Swazi children, snails that keep her from swimming in lakes, and the way that water drains south of the equator ring true and are well expressed. Her closing advice that, ``You should not be afraid of what you have never done'' is valuable to all children, but should be especially comforting to those facing a new living situation. This is Leigh's own story, rather than the story of Swaziland, yet most readers will come away with some important facts about the country. The description of boys making toy cars from wire and soda cans tells about creativity in the face of limited resources, while other observations lay a groundwork for understanding the geography, family structure, diet, politics, and relations with South Africa. An unusual and personal book. --Loretta Kreider Andrews, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
出版社周刊评论
Now 11 years old, Nila went with her parents to live in Swaziland when she was eight. Here, using her own words and drawings as well as photos, the appealingly precocious girl offers a personalized depiction of life in that small country. Sensing--correctly, it would seem--which information will be of interest to her peers, the author focuses on ways in which the lifestyle of children in Swaziland differs from that of American kids. She describes the schools attended by Swazi youngsters, the many chores they perform at home, the food they eat and their toys and clothing. She also retells a pleasant Swazi folktale, and ends on an inspirational note: ``You can do all kinds of things you never dreamed you could do. . . . Just like writing a book. Just like living in Africa.'' While this project could easily have become cute and cloying, Nila pulls it off neatly--written in her own hand, both the girl's text and sketches are refreshing, upbeat and ingenuous. Ages 5-8. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
An American child shares her view of living in a different country, including how to get there, the structure of the school year, and the way people dress. The informative book answers some questions children have about Africa; color photographs and illustrations add to the authenticity. From HORN BOOK 1993, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
Subtitled A Child's-Eye View of a Southern African Country'' and originally written as letters (to classmates in New York) by an eight-year-old who had gone to live there. Born in 1981, Nila, now at the United Nations International School, is bright, curious, communicative, and disarmingly sensible; she also chooses exactly the things that will interest other children- -where Swaziland is, how she and her parents got there (there's a wonderfully clear and simple map), what her school, home, and friends were like, a few words in siSwati and some surprising words in English (a traffic light is a ``robot''). There are general facts (``the Milky Way is fancier...Some constellations are upside down...There's no Big Dipper'') and fascinating oddments (toads like to hide in muddy shoes left out at night); we even get a recipe and a modern folktale. Best, Nila really conveys the flavor of the land and its people, both in her simple, eminently readable text and in her lively, informative illustrations. A few color photos round out this charming book. (Nonfiction. 4-9)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 2-4. Can an eight-year-old's school report become a children's book? Not a very good one, at least not without considerable adult input. Nila's first-person account of her year in Swaziland, presented as a facsimile of her own printed script, is a lively, informal young visitor's account of a foreign place. In her chatty individual voice she gets across all kinds of interesting traveler's facts--the differences in the seasons and in the night sky; what it's like to eat crocodile and warthog; facts about school, language, foods, animals, and general geography (Swaziland "is smaller than New Jersey but sort of round. It is ruled by a King. . . . There are no lions"). However, the illustrations are poor--either posed group photographs ("Here is a Swazi family at home") or Nila's crude crayon drawings of stick figures in comic book style. Though the dedication page includes a photograph of Nila with two of her "best African friends," there is no indication anywhere in her story that she ever went into a Swazi home or that she got to know any Swazi as a person. Williams' When Africa Was Home [BKL Ja 15 91], with compelling illustrations by Floyd Cooper, gives a far better sense of a white child's experience in Africa. ~--Hazel Rochman