{"product_id":"wanjiku-child-of-mine","title":"Wanjiku, Child of Mine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA CBC Spring 2024 Showcase Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo matter where she goes, or how big she grows, Wanjikũ knows her name.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrarian Favorites: Third to Fifth Grade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the lush Kenyan countryside, a young Gikũyũ girl helps her grandmother with daily tasks. Here, as she tends to the cows, carries water, and plays in the fruit trees and sugarcane, she is called Wanjikũ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the busy city streets of Nairobi, where she goes to school, she is called by her English name, Catherine. But at home with Wangarĩ, the maid who cooks and cares for her, she is again Wanjikũ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll grown up in boarding school, Catherine is the leader of her class, surrounded by friends from different cultural backgrounds. But at night, when she gathers with her fellow Gikũyũ sisters to speak her mother tongue, she is Wanjikũ once more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGloriously illustrated, alive with the joie de vivre of girlhood, and based on the author's own beloved childhood memories, \u003ci\u003eWanjikũ, Child of Mine\u003c\/i\u003e is an ode to the heritage that walks alongside us, and a love song for the sisters we make on the journey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karen Vermeulen, Ciiku Ndung'u-Case","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46480295362796,"sku":"9781960803016","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781960803016.jpg?v=1748173061","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/wanjiku-child-of-mine","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}