Good Luck, Anna Hibiscus!

In this third installment of the beloved Anna Hibiscus series, young Anna is buzzing with excitement for a trip to Canada to visit her grandmother, where she hopes to experience snow. The story beautifully captures the warmth and chaos of her extended Nigerian family during the dry Harmattan season, as they prepare for her journey. Beyond the travel preparations, Anna's social consciousness awakens when she learns about children in her community who lack access to water. This book gently introduces themes of empathy, cultural exchange, and the importance of helping others, all wrapped in Atinuke's inviting prose and Lauren Tobia's expressive illustrations. It's perfect for children aged 4-11, offering both a delightful adventure and thoughtful discussion points.

It’s the dry, dusty winter season in Nigeria, and Anna Hibiscus is getting ready to visit her Canadian grandmother in the third adventure of Atinuke’s lively chapter-book series. Anna Hibiscus can’t wait to visit her grandmother in faraway Canada, where she will see snow for the first time! But before she goes, there’s much to do—including searching in a department store for clothes to keep her warm in cold weather and saying goodbye to the big family she loves. Atinuke’s inviting text and Lauren Tobia’s expressive drawings capture Anna’s life with her parents and grandparents, baby brothers and cousins, aunties and uncles during the Harmattan season, when dust from the Sahara Desert blows everywhere. To conserve water, the family uses leftover wash water for their garden, but Anna learns that some children outside their gate have no water at all. Can she do anything to help? “Once again, Anna demonstrates a growing social consciousness,” said Kirkus Reviews of this third adventure in a warm series that is sure to captivate.