About this book
Kintu must overcome his fear of the jungle if he is to one day succeed his father as chief of their village. Written in 1935 by a Newbery Award-winning author, this book was illustrated with silhouettes in black, white, and red and with full-color watercolor pages by Enright herself.
Themes & subjects
ChildrenJuvenile fictionJungles
Setting
Africa
About the author
Elizabeth Enright
17 September 1909 – 8 June 1968
Elizabeth Wright Enright Gillham (September 17, 1907 – June 8, 1968) was an American writer of children's books, an illustrator, writer of short stories for adults, literary critic and teacher of creative writing. Perhaps best known as the Newbery Medal-winning author of Thimble Summer (1938) and the Newbery runner-up Gone-Away Lake (1957), she also wrote the popular Melendy quartet (1941 to 1951). A Newbery Medal laureate and a multiple winner of the O. Henry Award, her short stories and articles for adults appeared in many popular magazines and have been reprinted in anthologies and textbooks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Enright
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