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Painted warriors and wild lions Painted warriors and wild lions Gilbert Morris When Duffy Kerrigan and her adopted brothers and sisters, who all come from different countries, accompany their widowed father on a trip to write about and photograph the Masai people in Africa, she… OL14854753W
First come the zebra First come the zebra Lynne Barasch When two young Kenyan boys, one Maasai and one Kikuyu, first meet, they are hostile toward each other based on traditional rivalries, but after they suddenly have to work together to save a baby in d… OL15060032W
Only the mountains do not move Only the mountains do not move Reynolds, Jan "A photographic essay about the Maasai people in Kenya, traditionally nomadic herders, exploring the contemporary challenges they face--focusing on environmental changes such as the overgrazing of la… OL16553970W
Warrior princess Warrior princess Mindy Budgor While waiting for her business school applications to go through, Mindy Budgor decided to volunteer in Africa, helping build schools and hospitals in the Maasai Mara. When living and working with the… OL17882810W
Hell's gate Hell's gate Richard Crompton Mollel, "the Maasai warrior-turned-detective, has been banished from Nairobi, Kenya's bustling metropolis, to a small, fly-blown town on the edge of a national park. His career, he thinks, has taken … OL17915295W
Countdown Countdown Ben Mikaelsen In two parallel stories, a fourteen-year-old boy who is NASA's first Junior Astronaut and a fourteen-year-old Maasai herder in Kenya both edge into maturity while questioning their family traditions. OL1839867W
Hell's gate Hell's gate Richard Crompton Extorting money from displaced people, violence against women, what it means to be Kenyan in a society divided by tribal loyalties, wildlife poaching and where do you find justice in a system where b… OL24269176W
Warrior son of a warrior son Warrior son of a warrior son Melinda Lilly A Masai folktale about how the tiny caterpillar outsmarts the other animals even though they are much bigger and stronger. OL26285673W
The lonely lioness and the Ostrich chicks The lonely lioness and the Ostrich chicks Verna Aardema In this retelling of a Masai tale, a mongoose helps an ostrich get her chicks back from the lonely lioness who has stolen them. OL2654514W
Who's in Rabbit's house? Who's in Rabbit's house? Leo Dillon,Diane Dillon,Verna Aardema Rabbit has a problem - someone is inside her house and won't let her in. OL2654551W
The Maasai of East Africa The Maasai of East Africa Jamie Hetfield Describes the customs, traditions, food, clothes, and homes of the Maasai people, who live in the grasslands of eastern Africa. OL2985914W
Our secret, Siri Aang Our secret, Siri Aang Cristina Kessler Namelok, a Masai girl, tries to persuade her traditionalist father to delay her initiation and marriage because they will restrict her freedom and keep her from the black rhino mother and baby she is… OL35104W
Olbalbal Olbalbal Barbara A. Margolies Text and photographs describe life in a Masai village in Tanzania. OL3925239W
From Mukogodo to Maasai From Mukogodo to Maasai Lee Cronk Can one change one's ethnicity? Can an entire ethnic group change its ethnicity? This book focuses on the strategic manipulation of ethnic identity by the Mukogodo of Kenya. Until the 1920s and 1930s… OL450214W
Papa do you love me? Papa do you love me? Barbara M. Joosse When a Masai father in Africa answers his son's questions, the boy learns that his father's love for him is unconditional. OL547305W
The lion's tail The lion's tail Douglas F. Davis Given the gift of cattle by the gods, the Masai tribe must outwit the lions on the Serengeti Plain who also want the cattle. OL6559386W
The baboon king The baboon king Anton Quintana Son of a Kikuyu mother and a Masai herdsman father, Morengáru the hunter lives on the edges of tribal society until an actual banishment forces him to make a life for himself among a troop of baboon… OL74720W
Masai and I Masai and I Virginia L. Kroll Linda, a little girl who lives in the city, learns about East Africa and the Masai in school, and imagines what her life might be like if she were Masai. OL7983999W
Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper! Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper! Tololwa M. Mollel A variety of animals try to help a hare get rid of the mysterious intruder who has taken over her house. OL875999W
The Orphan Boy The Orphan Boy Tololwa M. Mollel Though delighted that an orphan boy has come into his life, an old man becomes insatiably curious about the boy's mysterious powers. OL876000W
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