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My great-grandmother's gourd /

Residents of a Sudanese village rejoice when a traditional water storage method is replaced by modern technology, but Fatima's grandmother knows there is no substitute for the reliability of the baobab tree.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kessler, Cristina
Other Authors: Krudop, Walter Lyon, 1966- (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Orchard Books, [2000]
Subjects:
Water > Fiction.
Baobab > Fiction.
Trees > Fiction.
Grandmothers > Fiction.
Sudan > Fiction.
Description
Summary:Residents of a Sudanese village rejoice when a traditional water storage method is replaced by modern technology, but Fatima's grandmother knows there is no substitute for the reliability of the baobab tree.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Awards:African Studies Association Children's Book Honors, 2001.
ISBN:0531302849 (tr. : alk. paper)
0531332845 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)