Galimoto - Hardcover

Williams, Karen Lynn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688087892 ISBN 13: 9780688087890

Publisher: HarperColl, 1990

Synopsis

"Kondi, a seven-year-old African boy, decides to make a galimoto -- a toy vehicle -- out of scraps of wire. He finds some wire...but it's not enough, so Kondi searches out more....Gentle text and...soft watercolors capture the essence of life in a contemporary African village.

About this title

About the Author:

When Karen Lynn Williams was growing up in New Haven, Connecticut, her dream was to become the youngest novelist ever. At the age of ten, she formed a writing group with some of her friends. They would lounge around on pillows and in old stuffed chairs in her basement and write for hours. When Karen hadn't produced the hoped-for novel by the age of twelve, she gave up on her dream of early publication, but not on writing. Although it took longer than she initially thought it would, eventually Karen became the award-winning author of such books as Baseball and Butterflies (a novel) and Galimoto and Painted Dreams, both picture books illustrated by Catherine Stock. Karen Lynn Williams lives with her husband, Steven, and their children, Peter, Christopher, Rachel, and Jonathan, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-3-- When seven-year-old Kondi decides to fashion a galimoto (a generic term for various push-toys made from wires and sticks), his older brother is convinced that a small boy should not undertake such a difficult project. Besides, the elder brother reminds him, Kondi does not have enough wire to make a toy. Readers follow the clever boy through his small African village on his quest to obtain the precious material from adults and other children through persuasion and old-fashioned know-how. Although he encounters many obstacles in his search, Kondi's persistence is rewarded. Stock's bright watercolor illustrations energize this quiet tale. Readers will cheer Kondi as he sees his goal realized. A good read-aloud choice. --Denia Lewis Hester, Dewey School, Evanston, IL
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About this edition

• Publisher: HarperColl
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0688087892
• ISBN 13: 9780688087890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Stock Catherine