Hockey Night in Kenya

Book cover for Hockey Night in Kenya by Danson Mutinda and Eric Walters
Author

Danson Mutinda

Eric Walters

Illustrator

Claudia Dávila

Book Summary

Kenyan orphans, Kitoo and Nigosi, spend their days studying, playing soccer, helping their elders with chores around the orphanage and reading from the limited selection of books in their library. When the librarian gives Kitoo a copy of Sports Around the World he becomes fascinated by an image of the Canadian national men’s ice hockey team. Then one day the fates align and Kitoo finds a pair of beat up old roller blades, he teaches himself to skate and dreams of one day playing hockey like the men in his book. But you can’t play ice hockey in Kenya, can you?

Sports, Hockey, Kenya, Friendship, Black, Africa

Age Range
Ages 4 to 8 (grades K-3), Ages 9 to 12 (grades 4-7)
ISBN #
9781459823617
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Book Category
African Descent