This book was extremely interesting. From the water color paintings to the unique setting, it really is top notch. It depicts young Manyoni, a girl from Zimbabwe, as she makes here long journey to school. This book is kind of a whats-what of Zimbabwe too. The author actually took drawing paper and sketched most of the scenes we see in the book. All of the animals in the book are live sketches except the leopard. It is an amazing book when you think about how true it is. It is not uncommon for kids like Manyoni to travel upwards of two hours to go to school everyday! This book is also very cool because it used many words that come from Zimbabwe and in the back of the book it tells what each one of them means. Books like these really expand a persons knowledge of the world and when I make lists of books I want for my classroom this one will be on there. Check it out!