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Walking through his village, a young African boy finds the materials to make a special toy.
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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.
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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- PublisherLothrop Lee & Shepard
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0688087906
- ISBN 13 9780688087906
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages32
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Book Description Hard cover. Stock, Catherine (Illustrated by) (illustrator). Textured color illustrated paper over boards. 32 p. Watercolor artwork. Audience: Children/juvenile. Set in a village in Malawi, Africa, where in the national language, Chichewa, "galimoto" means "car" and for children, a toy. Kondi, 7, tells his older brother he will make a galimoto that day. His brother laughs. He is not believing. By day's end, a determined and hard-working Kondi has gathered odd pieces of wire and has built his toy car. A tale of determination and innovation. Good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Ex-library. Near fine jacket w/ light blemishing. First edition. 1st printing. Library reinforced binding edition. Seller Inventory # Alibris.Ch3280010467
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