Eugenie Fernandes
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
It's Groundhog Day, and all Gregory Groundhog's friends keep waking him up to find out whether Spring will be coming soon. Finally Gregory gets up, sees his shadow, and tells them winter will last six more weeks. Disappointed, they all return home to take naps, and Gregory decides to...wake them up!
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story about a young Kenyan boy whose mother left him but had named him Muthini which meant suffering because he was born with no fingers on his left hand and only two on his right. Many times he was made fun of or avoided which hurt him deeply. He lives with his very elderly grandmother, his Nyanya, along with many cousins whose parents had either died or left them. They are extremely poor and there is never enough money or food, but...