14 Cows for America

14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This exquisitely illustrated picture book is a heart-warming (the more so because it is true) tale of a young Massai man who felt driven to do something to comfort the American people in the wake of September 11.  He tells his village elders what has happened and they, too, want to help.  And that is how the people of the United States come to possess a small herd of blessed Kenyan cattle still cared for on our behalf by the same remote village of Massai.  We all should learn from the generosity of these people half a world away who offered what they could to help people they'd never met in a place they could scarcely imagine.

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