About this item
Readers are invited to a joyous cultural celebration full of delicious food, laughter, and love in Samantha Cleaver and Reuben Nantogmah's charming picture book, adorably brought to life by debut illustrator Bri Marie McNish. In Ghana and some other west African countries, when a baby is born, the extended family prepares for a whole week to welcome the little one at a celebration called an outdooring. Andani can't wait to meet her new baby cousin, but a week is so long!. As her aunties and uncles prepare cassava, tuo zaafi, fufu, and other delicious foods for the outdooring, Andani will have to patiently (well, okay, sometimes not so patiently) wait to perform the most important job of all: being the first to greet the little one by name.
About the Author
Dr. Samantha Cleaver has worked in education for more than a decade. Her experience, as a teacher, school leader, researcher, and parent, all contributes to her writing for parents and teachers. She, like many teachers and teachers-at-heart, loves reading, researching reading, and writing about reading. Her most recent work, Read with Me: Engaging Your Young Child in Active Reading, was a collaboration with Dr. Munro Richardson and came out of their work advancing early literacy in Charlotte, NC. In addition to writing, Dr. Cleaver currently teaches middle school and is working on writing books that children and adults can read together. Her favorite books for Active Reading with her young children are Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat and What Mommies Like by Judy Carey Nevin.
