• Much of the African land is covered in desert and jungle

• Africa is home to a wide variety of animals: Lions, elephants, zebras, and gorillas

Africa is the 2nd largest continent in the world, next to Asia.

Africa is HUGE!

Africa is almost an island.

Egypt connects to Asia.

Africa is about 4 times the size of the United States.

• There are about 748 million people living in Africa.

• Many of them are children like you!

Let’s take a look at the children in Africa.

They like to play...

dress up…and read!

Just like you!

Here are some of the books they read.

They are all written in a language called Swahili.

Swahili is one of many languages spoken in Africa.