Annal:1974 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Book
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in the year 1974. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book
- 1974 Horn Book-picture winner
- Score: 10.24
Muriel and Tom Feelings, author and illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Book, Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book, have now collaborated on a companion volume—a Swahili alphabet book.
Mrs. Feelings, who has lived and taught in East Africa, has written a simple but informative text. Selecting twenty-four words, one for each letter of the Swahili alphabet, she gives children a simple lesson in the Swahili language while familiarizing them with some important aspects of traditional East African life.
Award-winning illustrator Tom Feelings has…
