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Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie

Babu's Song

32 pp. | Lee | April, 2003 | Trade ISBN 1-58430-058-2 $$16.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Aaron Boyd. Longing to own a soccer ball, Bernardi, a boy in modern-day Tanzania, sells a keepsake music box made for him by his mute grandfather, Babu. Saddened by his poor judgment, Bernardi confesses to Babu, who forgives him and uses the money to send Bernardi to school. The story is sentimental, but both Bernardi's situation and the warm, realistic watercolors accurately depict modern rural Tanzanian life.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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