GALIMOTO (AFRICAN TOY) 1ST PRT

Williams, Karen L.

ISBN 10: 0688087892 / ISBN 13: 9780688087890

Published by Lothrop Lee & Shepard, NY, 1990

About this Item

1ST ED, 1ST PRT. 'Galimoto" means CAR or "push toy" in Chichewa, the national language of Malawi, Africa. The story of a young African boy walking thru his village, finding material to make a special toy. Vibrant watercolors reflect the busy life of the African village.

Seller Inventory # 001048

Bibliographic Details

• Title: GALIMOTO (AFRICAN TOY) 1ST PRT
• Publisher: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, NY
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0688087892
• ISBN 13: 9780688087890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Stock, Catherine
• Edition: 1st Ed
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine DJ

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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 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.