Kwame's Big Day -- Book Review

 Author:  Ann M. Morris

Illustrators: Obayomi  Aanuoluwapo and 

Dirisu David

• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DVLZR19F
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ann M Morris (February 4, 2025)
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 4, 2025
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• File size ‏ : ‎ 11.5 MB

About The Book:  Kwame is a young, rural, Ghanaian boy, proud and happy to be able to attend Royal Promise Christian School.

Today is March 6, the day Ghana celebrates its independence. It is a big day for Kwame, as he will participate in a marching competition in his village to celebrate.

Hopefully you, the reader, will enjoy his story and learn some new things about southern, rural Ghana.

What I Thought:  Kwame's Big Day is a wonderful picture book! 

Kwame and the other local children are marching to celebrate the anniversary of Ghana's Independence. The children, parents, and teachers are so proud.

Children will love to learn about the culture in a rural village in Ghana. Kwame is a great role model for children.

The illustrations are beautiful.

Highly Recommended.

About The Author:  

Ann Morris lived most of her school days in Humboldt, Iowa, USA. She graduated from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, which included over a year of living and studying in Pamplona, Spain, where she attended la Universidad de Navarra.

Morris has loved to write since she was young, inspired by her mother. In different capacities through work and volunteering, she realized that there was a need for healthy learning stories for children that would also have a message for any adult sharing those books with them.

Ms. Morris remains in Iowa, where she has dedicated her talents to writing children's books in English under the name of Ann Morris and a Spanish version of the same story under her Spanish name of Ana Morris. She also writes poetry and was published as early as ten and twelve years of age through a children's magazine called Wee Wisdom.

She is equally proficient in English and Spanish and visible in the city of Des Moines, Iowa. She champions various minority causes, especially those that involve education. Her contribution in two languages serves a dual purpose. It provides reading material and positive interaction potential for young readers of each native language and it provides a reading challenge for those learning the other language.

She has participated in many author fairs and readings, has read to and addressed numerous elementary and junior high school students, which she enjoys dearly.

Her ultimate goal is to provide a positive adult role model for a curious child and a learning experience, which may be a learning process or a new outlook for the child in the story.

Morris is passionate about cultures and languages and is involved in the Royal Promise Mission in Anun-Asikuma, Volta Region, Ghana, West Africa. English there is a second language to people, as Ghana was also a British colony. Ghana has 80 native languages. Morris shares her books with her friends and family in Asikuma and supports educational efforts there.

Find The Book Here:  https://www.amazon.com/Kwames-Big-Day-Ann-Morris-ebook/dp/B0DVLZR19F