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Galimoto, by Karen Lynn Williams ; illustrated by Catherine Stock

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Galimoto, by Karen Lynn Williams ; illustrated by Catherine Stock

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eng

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illustrations

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Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Galimoto

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by Karen Lynn Williams ; illustrated by Catherine Stock

Summary

When seven-year-old Kondi decides to fashion a galimoto (a generic term for various push-toys made from wires and sticks), his older brother is convinced that a small boy should not undertake such a difficult project. Besides, the elder brother reminds him, Kondi does not have enough wire to make a toy. Readers follow the clever boy through his small African village on his quest to obtain the precious material from adults and other children through persuasion and old-fashioned know-how. Although he encounters many obstacles in his search, Kondi's persistence is rewarded. to make a special toy. A Reading Rainbow book

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