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标题：Mommy, Is It Kwanzaa Yet?
作者：Margaret Lane
期刊名称：Reviewer's Bookwatch
出版年度：2004
卷号：Nov 2004
出版社：Midwest Book Review

Mommy, Is It Kwanzaa Yet?

Margaret Lane

Mommy, Is It Kwanzaa Yet?

Barbara Ann Johnson-Stokes, author

Jumaah I. Johnson, illustrator

Baad Publishing Company

PO Box 1234, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034-0034

0972592105 $11.99

Mommy, Is It Kwanzaa Yet? is a picturebook that teaches young people about the holiday of Kwanzaa--an event that celebrates the abolition of slavery and the remnants of culture African-Americans have retained from their African heritage. The text is of intermediate level, though it presents understanding of the holiday through a young person's eyes it does deal with some fairly advanced and abstract concepts. The artwork is very simple, akin to what a gifted child could create with basic materials, and reinforces the youth-appeal and identification message of this educational introduction.