Synopsis Sisters April and Erica love to jump Double Dutch but now that its summer vacation they can't find anyone else to skip rope with them. When Uncle Zambezi visits, he brings the girls two beautiful jump ropes from Tanzania. Uncle Zambezi tells the girls that the ropes are magic--whatever they wish for when they jump will come true. Fortunately, April and Erica know just what they want.
Uncle Zambezi brings his two nieces jump ropes from Tanzania, telling the girls that when they use the magic ropes their wishes will come true.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-03-01 | | Illustrator: | Earl B. Lewis |
| Size | | Height: | 11.0 in | | Width: | 9.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 14.4 oz |
Publisher's Note April and her sister Erica love to jump Double Dutch, but nobody else in the neighborhood wants to jump rope, until Uncle Zambezi arrives with a pair of magical jump ropes from Africa, in a colorful story filled with lively jump rope rhymes.
Industry Reviews "Lewis's expressive watercolors bring to life in the languid summer days of childhood and the warm embrace of a neighborhood." Kirkus Reviews (12/01/1995)
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