Ayo's Adventure: Across the African Diaspora from Afro to Zulu

by Ain Heath Drew (Author); Erin K Robinson (Illustrator)

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Pub Date Sep 17 2024 | Archive Date Sep 02 2024

Barefoot Books

Children's Fiction | Multicultural Interest

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Description

As a lifelong literacy advocate, I seek out children's books that help kids explore the world around them. Ayo's Adventure is a journey through the sights and sounds of the African diaspora. I loved hanging out with Ayo on his adventure. I learned so much." - LeVar Burton, Actor + Children's Literacy Advocate

When Ayo struggles to fall asleep, he tumbles into an extraordinary journey across the African diaspora, where he experiences creative and resilient cultures that share his heritage. From hip-hop to kente cloth, from Mansa Musa to revolution, the African diaspora has inspired the world! Endmatter further explores connections between the nations, cultures, and traditions represented on both sides of the Atlantic, for a deeper understanding of the African diaspora.

Advance Praise

"Ayo's Adventure is a dreamy and illustrious stroll through Black history and culture. It is a beautiful and brilliant reminder that Blackness is both deep and wide and joyful. It is everything I would read to my three free Black children" - Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson, Ph.D, Chair of the Africana Studies Department at Wellesley College

"As a lifelong literacy advocate, I seek out children's books that help kids explore the world around them. Ayo's Adventure is a journey through the sights and sounds of the African diaspora. I loved hanging out with Ayo on his adventure. I learned so much." - LeVar Burton, Actor + Children's Literacy Advocate

"A gentle but enormously powerful introduction to the Diaspora, Ayo's Adventure is a joyfully inventive journey that can inspire readers of all ages to explore the many ways that people of African heritage around the world are connected" - Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, author of Makeda Makes a Birthday Treat

"Ayo's Adventure is a dreamy and illustrious stroll through Black history and culture. It is a beautiful and brilliant reminder that Blackness is both deep and wide and joyful. It is everything I...