Niki Daly
Niki Daly has won many awards for his work. His groundbreaking Not So Fast Songololo, winner of a US Parent's Choice Award, paved the way for post-apartheid South African children's books. Among his many books, Once Upon a Time was an Honor Winner in the US Children's Africana Book Awards and Jamela's Dress was chosen by the ALA as a Notable Children's Book and by Booklist as one of the Top 10 African American Picture Books of 2000. It also won both the Children's Literature Choice Award and...See more
Niki Daly has won many awards for his work. His groundbreaking Not So Fast Songololo, winner of a US Parent's Choice Award, paved the way for post-apartheid South African children's books. Among his many books, Once Upon a Time was an Honor Winner in the US Children's Africana Book Awards and Jamela's Dress was chosen by the ALA as a Notable Children's Book and by Booklist as one of the Top 10 African American Picture Books of 2000. It also won both the Children's Literature Choice Award and the Parents' Choice Silver Award. Niki lives with his wife, the author and illustrator Jude Daly, in South Africa. See less
Niki Daly's Featured Books
Niki Daly book reviews
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Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa
Huge hit with kids
Every year our organization does literacy outreach activities at rural schools in Kenya. We read a variety of picture books with kids and do art activities. This book is a hit with all the kids year ... Read More
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Once Upon a Time
by Marcia S, Nov 14, 2013
I bought this book to read to students because of its descriptive language of a struggling or young reader's mind trying to decipher letters to words. Finally, reading clicks, the reader starts to ... Read More
