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The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela: A Tale from Africa

by Cristina Kessler · 2006

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In the mountains of Ethiopia, a young girl named Almaz vows that one day her honey will be the best in the land. But the other beekeepers laugh her away and tell her it's men's work. Determined in her goal, Almaz decides to use her brains to prove them wrong.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisEthiopiaEthiopiaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
geographygeographyMore like thisLess of thissciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 32 pages

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