Marguerite Abouet

Mathieu Sapin

Akissi, a young West African girl, is always getting in trouble, whether it be saving her pet monkey from a disastrous end or babysitting for the neighbors.

Akissi

Kim Tyo-Dickerson

Impish, irrepressible Akissi tears through her neighborhood in this collection of comics. She gets into mischief in every conceivable way in her African village, whether delivering a fish, finding a pet monkey, playing football with her brother and local boys, playing dolls with a live baby, learning the consequences of tattling, and/or dealing with eating rotten food off the market ground. Translated from the original French, this window into a little girl's West African home and community is hilarious and fresh, perfect graphic novels for upper elementary and middle school collections. 

Also includes a truly funny recipe at the end for Coconut Goat's Droppings. Seriously easy, seriously global, seriously yum!

Akissi

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