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Going to Ghana (Ana & Andrew #5)

by Christine Platt (Author)

Going to Ghana (Ana & Andrew #5)
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Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Ana & Andrew
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Ana & Andrew are going to Ghana! Papa is travelling to Ghana and the family gets to go too! Ana & Andrew love learning about Ghanaian culture, especially the food! While there, they visit Cape Coast Castle to honor their ancestors. There, they learn about the origins of the slave trade. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Christine Platt
Christine Platt is an author and advocate who believes storytelling is a tool for social change. She holds a BA in Africana studies, an MA in African American studies, and a JD in general law. Currently serving as communications director for the award-winning Clara Lionel Foundation, founded in 2012 by Robyn "Rihanna" Fenty, Christine Platt is a member of the American Association of Blacks in Energy, the Women's Council on Energy & the Environment, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Association of Black Women Historians, and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. She also serves as an ambassador for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Although her only daughter is now in college, Christine Platt continues to draw on their adventures together as an inspiration for her stories. She has written more than thirty books for young readers and currently resides in Washington, DC.

Alea Marley is an award-winning illustrator of many books for children, including Phoebe Dupree Is Coming to Tea! by Linda Ashman. She loves creating whimsical scenes that are filled with patterns, texture, and bursts of color. Alea Marley lives in northern England.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781644942604
Lexile Measure
600
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Calico Kid
Publication date
January 20, 2020
Series
Ana & Andrew
BISAC categories
JUV011010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JUV013070 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
JUV030010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Africa
JUV068000 - Juvenile Fiction | Travel
JUV074000 - Juvenile Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural
Library of Congress categories
History
Brothers and sisters
Africa
African American families
Ghana
Slave trade
Family vacations
Ana
Andrew

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