Contributor(s): Steptoe, John (Author), Steptoe, John (Illustrator)
A Caldecott Honor and Reading Rainbow book, this memorable retelling of Cinderella is perfect for introducing children to the fairy tale as well as the history, culture, and geography of the African nation of Zimbabwe.
Inspired by a traditional African folktale, this is the story of Mufaro, who is proud of his two beautiful daughters. Nyasha is kind and considerate, but everyone--except Mufaro--knows that Manyara is selfish and bad-tempered.
When the Great King decides to take a wife and invites the most worthy and beautiful daughters in the land to appear before him, Mufaro brings both of his daughters--but only one can be queen. Who will the king choose?
Award-winning artist John Steptoe's rich cultural imagery of Africa earned him the Coretta Scott King Award for Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters. The book also went on to win the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. This stunning story is a timeless treasure that readers will enjoy for generations.
Soft, not too sweet, cake covered in Cinnamon Streusel. Perfect to pair with a cup of coffee or tea, just delicious.
Order by 3pm for next business day delivery. Delivery not available on Saturdays and Sundays.
Show off your DC pride with our shot glasses featuring four of DC's well-known neighborhoods: Petworth, Brookland, Navy Yard, and DuPont Circle.
This shot glass collection makes the perfect local DC gift for a coworker, client, family member, or friend.
Featuring exclusive artwork done in-house by local DCartist Addie Steinbacher. Shop small & support local business!
This is a wonderful loaf studded with caraway seeds. Made from organic Danko rye flour from our friends at Grapewood Farm in Virginia's historic Northern Neck and a slow-rising rye sourdough starter. The taste will bring you right back to the streets of New York.
Order by 3pm for next day delivery; no deliveries on Saturday or Sunday.
NextDay Original Hangover Recovery Beverage (6 pack; 200ml)
Health and Personal Care
$33.00
Get a NextDay with its science-backed formula for helping your hangover. Best served cold (like revenge... on your hangover). Don't let long nights slow you down.
Don Francisco and his wife, Blanca Nieve, have preserved the natural forest setting of their El Diamante farm, creating a canopy for shade grown coffee and protecting the natural spring water that bubbles to the surface. This lot is called 'the reds' and is a mixture of their red caturra and red catuai varieties.
Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization (Exploding the Myths)
$25.00
Tony Browder's book, Nile Valley Contributions To Civilization, is about correcting some of the misconceptions of where civilization came from, so the reader, in fact, can be introduced to Nile Valley Civilizations in order to understand its role as the parent of future civilizations.
Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman
$18.00
Malidoma, whose name means "be friends with the stranger/enemy, " was born under the shadow of French colonial rule in Upper Volta, West Africa. When he was four years old, he was taken by a Jesuit priest and imprisoned in a seminary built for training a new generation of "black" Catholic priests. In spite of his isolation from his tribe and his village, Malidoma stubbornly refused to forget where he had come from and who he was. Finally, fifteen years later, Malidoma fled the seminary and walked 125 miles through the dense jungle back to his own people, the Dagara. Once he was home, however, many there regarded him as a "white black, " to be looked on with suspicion because he had been contaminated by the "sickness" of the colonial world. Malidoma was a man of two worlds, at home in neither. His only hope of reconnection with his people was to undergo the harrowing Dagara monthlong initiation in the wilderness, which he describes in fascinating detail. Malidoma emerged from this supernatural ritual a newly integrated individual, rejoined to his ancestral past and his cultural present. For more than a century, anthropologists and ethnologists have attempted to penetrate the worldview of indigenous peoples. Now a true son of Africa has come forth, with the permission of his tribal elders, to tell us with stunning candor about their way of life. Today Malidoma flys the jetways writing on his laptop computer, seeking to share the ancient wisdom of the Dagara with the rest of the world and bring an understanding of another way of life to his village. His book is a courageous testament to the hope that humanity can learn to live in a global village and see the "stranger" as a friend.