Jordan Fansler- Songs from the Baobab (African Lullabies & Nursery Rhymes)

Songs from the Baobab (African Lullabies & Nursery Rhymes) is a book that provides 29 different nursery rhymes and lullabies from the African continent. It comes with illustrations for each song, the original words and translated versions, and a cd that contains all of the songs.

            This book would be fantastic for a young class that is studying music abroad or other people’s traditions. This large collection of songs can expose children to ideas, accents, rhythms, and styles that they have never encountered before. This book also does a good job of exposing children to new or different cultures at an early age, in a positive way.