Liberty Public Library presents Storytime Travel Series: Africa

1. Liberty Public
Library
Story Time
Storytime Around the
World:
Africa
Welcome Song:
Are you listening?
Are you listening?
Yes I am! Yes I am!
Now it’s time for Story Time,
Now it’s time for Story Time,
Yes it is! Yes it is!
World Cooking:
Pounded Yam (Fufu)
African Safari Song!
Ingredients
2 cups yam powder
2 cups of water
Directions
Bring 2 cups of water to a boil on a stove top. Use
a 2 Qt pot or larger. Whilst still on the stove top
add the yam powder and mix it together using a
wooden spoon. The pounded yam is ready when it
smoothens and thickens into a dough.
This process takes about 5 minutes
This yam side dish is much like our
mashed potatoes! It’s eaten alongside a
meal brimming with vegetables,
particularly vegetable soup.
Recipes suppled by PBS Kids World Foods website:
Pbs.org/food/recipes
Oh, I’m going on an African safari,
Oh, I’m going on an African
safari,
Oh, I’m going on an African safari,
Oh, won’t you come along with
me?
I hope I’ll see some lions on safari,
Oh, I hope I’ll see some zebras on
safari,
Oh, I hope I’ll see some cheetahs
on safari,
Oh, won’t you come along with
me?
Oh, won’t you come along with
me?
Oh, won’t you come along with
me?

2. Book Recommendations
Created By Samantha Colwell, 2016, Liberty Public Library
Not only does helping your child to be a
citizen of the world promote a global
sense of togetherness, but it also helps
your child’s early literacy! Learning
about other communities, countries, and
people around the world requires
learning a more advanced vocabulary,
and puts them ahead in critical and
abstract thinking.
Tips for Parents:Facts and Figures!
*Where is Africa on the world map?
(It’s in red below)
*The Nile River in northeastern
Africa is the longest river in the
world!
* Though called “King of the Jungle” lions do not live in a jungle at all. They
typically live in the wide open spaces of grassland and savanna areas.
*Over 130 pyramids
have been discovered in
Egypt.
We’re Going On A Lion Hunt
By David Axtell
“In this charming rendition of a
well-known children’s chant, two
sisters are looking for not a bear
but a lion—a lion that lives on
the African savanna.”
Galimoto
By Karen Williams
“When Kondi tells his older
brother Ufulu that he is going to
make a galimoto, Ufulu laughs at
him. Where in the village will
Kondi find enough wire to shape
into a truck, a car, even a
bicycle?”
Giraffes Can’t Dance
By Giles Andreae
“Gerald was a tall giraffe whose
neck was long and slim. But his
knees were awfully crooked and
his legs were rather thin.”