The Village that Vanished

Brief Description: In southeastern Africa, a young Yao girl and her mother find a way for their fellow villagers to escape approaching slave traders. Publisher Marketing: Young Abikanile and all of the villagers of Yao feel safe hidden deep within the African jungle. But word has come that the slavers are on their way! Abikanile looks to her mother and her grandmother for strength and guidance. These two brave women come up with a plan to fool the slavers and protect their tribe. But as the villagers retreat into the forest, Abikanile finds that she too has the courage to help her people stay safe and free. Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 12/06/2004 (EAN 9780142401903, Paperback)

PW Notes and Reprints 12/06/2004 pg. 62 (EAN 9780142401903, Paperback)

Booklist 09/15/2002 pg. 231 (EAN 9780803726239, Hardcover)

New York Times 02/09/2003 pg. 20 (EAN 9780803726239, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2003 pg. 79 (EAN 9780803726239, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 884 (EAN 9780803726239, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 1341 (EAN 9780803726239, Hardcover)

Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2002 pg. 551 (EAN 9780803726239, Hardcover)

Bookpage 02/01/2003 pg. 22 (EAN 9780803726239, Hardcover)

Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2002 pg. 109 (EAN 9780803726239, Hardcover)

Multicultural Review 06/01/2003 pg. 84 (EAN 9780803726239, Hardcover)

Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/2002 pg. 1390 (EAN 9780803726239, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Publishers Weekly 08/26/2002 pg. 68 (EAN 9780803726239, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

School Library Journal 12/01/2002 pg. 97 (EAN 9780803726239, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2002 pg. 36 (EAN 9780803726239, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2003 pg. 36 (EAN 9780803726239, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Grifalconi, Ann Ann Grifalconi illustrated patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam by Walter Dean Myers, winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. She is the author-illustrator of the Caldecott Honor book The Village of Round and Square Houses and Tiny's Hat. Ms. Grifalconi lives in New York City. Contributor Bio:  Nelson, Kadir Kadir Nelson won the 2012 Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor for Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans. He received Caldecott Honors for Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, for which he also garnered a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award and won an NAACP Image Award. Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange won a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. Nelson's authorial debut, We Are the Ship, was a New York Times bestseller, a Coretta Scott King Author Award winner, and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor book. He is also the author and illustrator of the acclaimed Baby Bear.