LeAnne Hardy

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International Christian Fiction Writers

December 3, 2009

Tags: writing, African literature, children's books

Check out my guest blog at International Christian Fiction Writers.  This diverse group either writes from or about places outside the U.S. I have made it a regular read.

Children's Books in Alex

November 13, 2009

Tags: Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa, Africa, reading, children's books, Takalani, Dudonza




I drove right past the Johannesburg College, Alexandra Campus on London Road. The slum of Alex stretched to my right. Warehouses rose along the road to my left. When I was sure I had gone too far, there was nothing to do, but turn around in the crumbling lot of a business and retrace my route through the heavy traffic. Believe me, I was saying a lot of prayers! But I found it. (more…)

Musing on Litt-World 2009

November 9, 2009

Tags: Litt-World, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa, children's books, publishing




Litt-World 2009 is over. Last week I:

  • pondered the implications for my WIP (work in progress) of novelist Davis Bunn’s workshops on writing (more…)

Litt-World 2009

November 1, 2009

Tags: Litt-World, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa, children's books, publishing




November 2004 I sat on a beach in the Philippines pouring out my passion for stories for children affected by HIV/AIDS to David Waweru of Word Alive Publications in Nairobi, Kenya. (more…)

The Danger of a Single Story

October 25, 2009

Tags: Chimamanda Adichie, children's books, Africa, African literature

(I told you that Africa would always be an important part of my world.)

"How do you find African books to read to the children?" my Zimbabwean friend asked when she accompanied me to Tembisa Baptist Church to read in their creche.  I suspect she had grown up on the same kind of books as Chimamanda Adichie.  Adichie, a Nigerian short-story writer I am anxious to read, (more…)

Selected Works

Juvenile Fiction
Crossovers
Ben will be dead meat if the guys find out what he's doing at the ice rink in the early mornings.
Beads and Braids
Who will take care of Lindiwe when her sick mother passes?
Between Two Worlds
It’s never fun to be different, and Brazilian–born Cristina Larson feels very different.
The Wooden Ox
Despite the war, Keri’s parents wouldn’t let anything really bad happen to her... would they?
Fiction
Glastonbury Tor
A tale of the Holy Grail and the tumultuous England of King Henry VIII
Picture Book
So That’s What God is Like
God is like many things in a small African boy’s world—the wind, a rock, even his mother.

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