What is an acacia tree?
The tree on the cover; any of a genus of trees or shrubs of the pea family, having finely divided leaves and growing in tropical or warm regions. (Scott, Foresman Advanced Dictionary, 1988) • Which animal in the picture is an animal that might eat the others? The leopard. • Do you think this place is like where we live? Discuss the plains and the highlands of Kenya, and discuss that not all places in Kenya look like this picture because there are beaches, swamps, etc. Pages 3-4: • The wildlife in Kenya is diverse. There are elephants, giraffes, lions, rhinoceroses, zebras, antelope, buffalo, cheetahs, leopards, crocodiles, eagles, ostriches, storks, and more. • What are these animals? Pages 7-8: • In this picture it is very dry, what is it called when an area doesn’t have water and it is very dry? Drought. Pages 9-10: • Most of the people in Kenya live in rural areas, but many people go to the cities every year. The people in rural areas farm and raise livestock. Some people live as no
