Her other books include Baby, Sleepy Baby Baby Goes to Market B Is for Baby and Catch That Chicken!, all illustrated by Angela Brooksbank. She is the author of the award-winning Anna Hibiscus series, illustrated by Lauren Tobia, as well as Hugo, illustrated by Birgitta Sif, and Too Small Tola, illustrated by Onyinye Iwu. About the AuthorĪtinuke was born in Nigeria and spent her childhood in both Africa and the United Kingdom.

manages to balance the contemporary and the traditional with ease”-a talent that, combined with Lauren Tobia’s expressive illustrations, will leave readers rapt and have them looking forward to Anna’s next adventures. Follow Anna as she worries about singing a solo for a visiting president, runs away to escape hair-braiding day (and gets in a terrible tangle), enjoys the candles and hide-and-seek games on nights when the electricity goes out (and hates the new noisy generator!), and has an eye-opening visit to the other side of the city, where she learns about spontaneous generosity. She’s surrounded by so many family members she can’t count them, in a wonderful old house with a garden in a compound in a big city. Join Anna Hibiscus and her big, bustling family in the second of Atinuke’s engaging illustrated chapter-book series set in modern Nigeria.Īnna Hibiscus lives in Africa, amazing Africa.

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