Anna Hibiscus

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Anna is likable and means well even though she might not make the best choices or not realize the consequences.

Considerations or precautions for readers advisory (strong language, sex, death, religious overtones, violence, etc. Anna Hibiscus Series Found in Children’s Books Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa, amazing Africa, with her large, loving family. This type of writing is like poetry where it is always special to hear the author's own voice in the character of his or her creation.Anna Hibiscus is a little girl who lives in a beautiful white compound surrounded by her extended family. Each story has a subtle moral and message, and teaches the reader something about African culture without being heavy-handed. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Then I realized that Atinuke uses this story to introduce to kids the notion of having lots of cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents around at all times.

Anna sends her Auntie secret texts in the hopes that Auntie Constance won't forget, but she needn't have worried.

Atinuke's loving exploration of childhood in a contemporary West African city setting is not just beautifully realised, it is a great achievement. That is because the stories tackle key issues such as living in an inter-generational household, the tensions of having family in the diaspora, the challenges of living with gross inequality, the experience of urban-rural divides in a family and many others. In Anna Hibiscus on Holiday, Anna, her mother and father, and her twin brothers Double and Trouble, attempt to take a holiday away from all of the uncles, aunties and cousins who make their compound so noisy, only to discover that many hands make light work.