In this winning trio of stories, Atinuke (Catch That Chicken!) introduces readers to counting whiz Tola, who lives with her family in “a run-down block of apartments in the megacity of Lagos, in the ...

For the aspiring reader, there’s special satisfaction in tackling one’s first “real” book—not a school-issued easy-reader or a picture book, however delightful, such as any younger child might read, ...

BY: Atinuke, illustrated by Onyinye Iwu (Candlewick Press, Tuesday) ages 7-9, 96 pages, $15.99 hardback. STORY: Tola Adebayo lives in a rundown apartment house in crowded Lagos, Nigeria. She shares ...

Children are capable of many things and must get tired of hearing that they are too little to do one thing or another. In fact, children need to be given the chance to try a great number of things.