Children’s books set in Africa

Your ticket to Africa awaits. Check out these children’s books set in Africa.

Below you will find a list of countries in Africa. To find a children’s travel book about a specific African country, click on the country. More frequently than with other continents, books from Africa (especially folktales) aren’t contained within political borders. If you need more options, check out our list of general African books or specific regional books for Africa by clicking here.

What kind of books?

However, within the country profiles, you will find an assortment of books set in Africa for kids. These include folk tales, history books, picture books, and more.

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Looking for children’s books written in various African languages?

I discovered this resource of over 1300 online children’s books written in one of 200 languages of Africa in AfricanStorybook.

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