Akissi : tales of mischief
Abouet, Marguerite, 1971-2018
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Poor Akissi! The neighbourhood cats are trying to steal her fish, her little monkey Boubou almost ends up in a frying pan and she’s nothing but a pest to her older brother Fofana… But Akissi is a true adventurer full of silliness and mischief, and nothing will scare her for long!
Main title:
Akissi : tales of mischief / Abouet & Sapin ; translation by Judith Taboy and Marie Bédrune.
Author:
Abouet, Marguerite, 1971-, authorSapin, Mathieu, 1974-, illustratorTaboy, J., translatorBédrune, Marie, translator
Imprint:
London ; New York : Flying Eye Books, 2018.©2014.
Collation:
183 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm.
Series title:
Akissi ; n1.
Notes:
First published by Gallimard as Akissi: histoires pimentees, ©2014.This collection of the hilarious Akissi comics by critically acclaimed author Marguerite Abouet will delight young readers with its cheeky protagonist and the mischief she gets up to in her West African village. Translated from the French.
Audience:
Upper primaryFor Ages: 8+ years old
Contents:
Cat invasion -- Football match -- Good mothers -- The pet -- Home cinema -- Tattle tattle, toil and trouble -- Tapeworm -- Plastered-up super hero -- Tooth-puller -- Spell caster -- Lice games -- Living teddy -- Sunday feast -- Dark room -- God is with us -- Midnight pee -- Coconut shock -- Flamboyant hair -- Public toilets -- Cassava panic -- Rabbit's paradise.
ISBN:
9781911171478 (paperback)
Language:
EnglishFrench
Subject:
BRN:
395756
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Junior Fiction - Graphic Novel | AKISSI n1 | Available |