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This book is a bit of a classic in multilingual circles. Bilingual in English and French, with interspersed words in Lingala, and additional audio in Arabic, Kinyarwanda, Suaheli and Portuguese, Kende! Kende! Kende! (“Go!” in Lingala) tells the story of Lolie and her journey as a refugee from an unnamed African country (although the author in the afterword explains that it is the Democratic Republic of the Congo in her mind).
After several years in a refugee camp, Lolie and her family arrive in a new country that they make their home. Stuck in the snow with a new baby sibling on the way, Lolie’s newly found language skills alert bypassers who help get the family safely to the hospital. The books treats its very serious themes unflinchingly and without drama - the focus very much on the people, making it a useful book to gently introduce young children to journeys some of their peers may have undertaken.
Lolie's childhood in a village north of Kinshasa is filled with laughter and curiosity. She loves to Kende, Kende, Kende, or Go, Go, Go! But when fighting nears the village, Papá must load Lolie into a wheelbarrow and flee as fast as her pregnant Mamá can walk.
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Lolie's childhood in a village north of Kinshasa is filled with laughter and curiosity. She loves to Kende, Kende, Kende, or Go, Go, Go!
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Kende Kende Kende and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
Kende Kende Kende features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, Warfare & Battles, PSHE: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Inclusion, Picture storybooks: imagination and play, Recommendations, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Picture storybooks, Children’s picture books, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts
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Kende Kende Kende was written by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille and published by Child's Play an imprint of Child's Play (International) Ltd
Kende Kende Kende has 36 pages
Yes it is part of Child's Play Library series
