Written by: Atinuke and Lauren Tobia
Why you should read this book: At the heart of this warm, charming chapter book about a little girl growing up in a big family compound in Nigeria is the idea of community, in the African sense of the word, where no sensible person would ever want to be alone even for a moment. Anna Hibiscus can't imagine a world without aunties and uncles and cousins and parents and grandparents and siblings all around her, and when her nuclear family attempts to take their own vacation, disaster ensues! Anna Hibiscus, like a young Ramona Quimby, learns important lessons about life, culture, and caring for others, driven by her own exuberance and her family's loving guidance.
Why you shouldn't read this book: You absolutely despise other people. Just hate them. Misanthropy squared. Can't stand having them in the vicinity.
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