Orphan Boy

This African legend tells the tale of an elderly Maasai man who gets help from an unlikely source -- Venus!
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Internet Resources

Art and Life in Africa
Grade Levels: All
This website provides essential information on the Maasai tribe.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Maasai.html

Ross Warner Photography
Grade Levels: All
Find photographs of Maasai people and their environs.
http://rosswarner.com/Maasai.html

Daily Nation
Grade Levels: All
Read Kenya's daily newspaper online.
http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/Today/

Books by Tololwa M. Mollel

Ananse's Feast : An Ashanti Tale
Andrew Glass (Illustrator)
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate

Big Boy
E.B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate

Dume's Roar
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate

The Flying Tortoise : An Igbo Tale

Barbara Spurll (Illustrator)
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate

The King and the Tortoise
Kathy Blankley (Illustrator)
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate

Kitoto the Mighty
Kristi Frost (Illustrator)
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate

My Rows and Piles of Coins
E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate

The Orphan Boy : A Maasai Story
Paul Morin (Illustrator)
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate

The Princess Who Lost Her Hair : An Akamba Legend
Charles Reasoner (Illustrator)
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate

Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper!
Barbara Spurll (Illustrator)
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate

Shadow Dance
Donna Perrone (Illustrator)
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate

Song Bird
Rosanne Litzinger (Illustrator)
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate

Subira Subira
Linda Saport (Illustrator)
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate

To Dinner, for Dinner
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate

Excerpted from Discovering World Cultures Through Literature

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