Only the Mountains Do Not Move: A Maasai Story of Culture and Conservation

by Jan Reynolds

Book Overview

A photographic essay about contemporary Maasai--the changes in lifestyle, land, and farming practices they face and how they are adapting to those changes.

Nobody can say he is settled

anywhere forever;

it is only the mountains

which do not move from their places. So goes a Maasai proverb, and so goes the lives of the Maasai in Africa. For hundreds of years they have moved with their herds of cattle and goats...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1600608442
• ISBN13: 9781600608445
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Lee & Low Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 10.1" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 6 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 6