Yemi thought that because they were gone for so long her mother must've been worried, but she wasn't. They fed him, bathe him, and even tucked him in for a nap. The people from the village took care of Kokou when they realized that he was alone. She thought that he was having a hard time by himself but he wasn't. When they wandered off the market, Kokou must've gotten lost and Yemi kept looking for him. Yemi, kokou, and her mother went out for market day and yemi insisted to look after her brother by herself. This book talks about a girl named, Yemi and her brother, Kokou. It takes a village to raise a child." This quote represents the concept behind "it takes a village" very well because the story shows what the different people of the village did to help care for Kokou when he wasn't by his own family's side. We don't raise our children by ourselves. The best quote from this story came at the very end, as the mother knew best and stated, "As my mama told me, and her mama told her, I will tell you. I think these books' perspectives from African culture can assist children in understanding certain specific aspects of traditional African life. Both of these books convey the culture and lives of African villages on market day. I think this book can be paired well with the book, "Mama Panya's Pancakes" by Mary and Rick Chamberlin. The pictures and illustrations throughout the story made the book that much better, as the reader was really able to get a sense of all different aspects of market day in an African village. The concept of the story was so cute as the young daughter realized quick that everyone in the village works together and helps each other out no matter what. I think this book expresses the saying, "it takes a village" perfectly. Yemi panicked as she assumed he was lost and deprived of food, water, and other necessities however the exact opposite was happening, as many villagers took time to take care of and watch Kokou until Yemi found him. While Yemi took Kokou to explore the market that day, Kokou wondered off on his own. As Yemi was all excited to watch Kokou "all by herself," the mother and other villagers looked at Yemi with a smirk. Due to the mother's busy work day at the market selling mangos, her older daughter Yemi was asked to watch her younger son Kokou. This book is about a mother and her two children living and working on market day in an African village.
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