Lisa Maria Burgess

• Jul-2013
• / General Fiction
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Juma finally gets his wished for baby sister. In this first book of the "Tanzania Juma Stories," meet four year old Juma and learn about the beautiful country of Tanzania, located in East Africa and bordered by Kenya and Uganda. This book introduc...

• Jul-2013
• / General Fiction
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Juma and his sister, Sareeya, eat chapati and then sneak into the garden to make these breads by themselves, succeeding despite the antics of a marauding crow. The story introduces food, children's games, and life in a suburb of Dar es Salaam, in ...

• Jul-2013
• / Action Adventure
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Juma and his family drive across Tanzania to visit his grandmother. Now eight years old, he and his young sister, Sareeya, enjoy adventures from Dar es Salaam across to the plains of the Serengeti. During the journey, they see Mt. Kilimanjaro and ...

• Jul-2013
• / General Fiction
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Juma hides in his uncle's dhow and inadvertently joins the annual Dhow Race around the islands of Zanzibar, while his sister chases after the Changuu Island tortoises. The story introduces the ancient Stone Town and the Swahili boat culture. The s...

• Jan-2018
• / General Fiction
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Osito wants to play, but his fur is growing slowly and he's got the shivers. His new friend thinks covering this baby bear with honey and a coat of wildflowers is a good idea. Osito does get warm, but then the bees arrive, and he has to make a run...