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Nanta’s Lion ~ Suse MacDonald

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Nanta’s Lion

Written by Suse MacDonald
Illustrated by Suse MacDonald

This is a search and find adventure book about Nanta, an African girl living in the Maasai village, who went out in search of the lion that had been stealing the cattle in their village. My kids’ favorite part of this book was watching the lion slowly appear in the landscape as they turned the pages. Although Nanta never saw the lion, we sure did! Read more >>

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Originally posted on June 16, 2010.

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