Reviews for Moja Means One: A Swahili Counting Book

The average rating for Moja Means One: A Swahili Counting Book based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-04-14 00:00:00 Matt Smith The intended purpose of this book is to help children learn to count in Swahili. It gives the name of the number and how to say it, but the weird thing is that the artwork simply is a picture about life in Africa and doesn't have anything to do with the number. 1 is fish in the Nile. That is not very relatable. The artwork is nice. It's beautiful pencil drawings. This is a beginning book that isn't a story. It is a learning tool to help educate about Africa. Neither kid was all that into this. It was too simple for the niece and the nephew was having a bad night anyway. He was in a mood. (He wanted to keep playing a video game and couldn't not be upset about having to stop.) The niece gave this 2 stars and the nephew gave this 1 star. He was more upset than anything.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-10-26 00:00:00 Jacob Oxford Moja Means One is a fiction book written by Muriel Feelings and illustrated by Tom Feelings. The language and style of the book is very simple and informative. The book is not long, and it just teaches the audience of how to count in swhaili. The book doesnt necessarily have a story line, it just gives the audience a description of different culural norms in africa. The pictures in the book are in a black and white tone. This tone creates a soft theme throughout the book. I believe this book is for 4th or 5th graders. I am not sure if they would necessarily be interested in the book, but I am sure they would enjoy learning something from a different language.