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Juba This & Juba That: 100 African-American Games for Children

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I've loved the Juba Rhyme ever since I heard two little girls singing it outside the window of my maternity ward in Leesburg, Virginia. And this book is full of others equally delightful, equally reflective of hard times and the determination to overcome them. Excellent read-aloud book for all ages; the clapping and tapping would work well everywhere from pre-K to a a nursing home. Makes you think, speak, and enjoy. Older people may remember when this was a porch ritual--families gathered together after supper when the sun was going down and the day's labor was finished, singing and reciting and telling stories. It's a custom to bring back, and this book is a fine primer for starting--or maintaining--a pleasant activity that brings people together.