Mama Panya's Pancakes
Authors: Mary & Rich Chamberlin
Illustrator: Julia Cairns
Original language: English
Published: May 2013
Publisher: Barefoot Books Ltd
EAN: 9781905236640
Price: € 10.99 (paperback)
Age: 4 - 7 years
Mama Panya's pancakes by Mary & Rich Chamberlain is a wonderful picture book. It is fun to introduce our Western children to Africa, Kenya to be precise. We think it is very important that our young mini-monsters learn what life for children in other parts of the world is like.
The illustrations by Julia Cairns make an important contribution to the book. Her pictures are so cheerful, atmospheric and colourful. You are immediately taken to Africa, just by the cover of the book.
In the story, Mama Panya goes to the market to buy flour ann Adika is coming along. Adika is sure that mom's pancakes are the best in Africa. Along the way, he invites everyone to their place, to taste their pancakes. But mom is worried, does she have enough to eat for everyone? Mama Panya's pancakes is a warm story about sharing and how children see our adult problems from a completely different side :))
At the back of the book you will find all kinds of information about Kenya. Where it lies in Africa and about the language they speak there, which animals they have and what village life looks like for kids over there. Even Mama Panya's recipe for Kenyan pancakes is in the back of the book because all over the world children love pancakes!
3 warm yellow glowing stars for Mama Panya's Pancakes, from the readers and the listeners!