Pagineborn 1945 · Nsuta, Ghana
📖 Best for: K–2nd grade (ages 5–8) · Grades 3–5 (ages 8–11)
Meshack Asare books in order · Borrow free (Open Library & your library) · Free books like these
Ghanaian author-illustrator Meshack Asare’s Sosu’s Call, about a boy who cannot walk saving his village from a flood, won the UNESCO Prize for Children’s Literature in the Service of Tolerance.
New to Meshack Asare? Start with Sosu’s Call.
Meshack Asare’s books are under copyright, so Pagine doesn’t host them — but you can borrow every title below free. Tap Local library to see which libraries near you have it, Libby / OverDrive to borrow the ebook or audiobook with your library card, or Open Library for free online lending.
Most public libraries lend ebooks and audiobooks free with a library card — ask at the desk or sign up online.
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Ghanaian author-illustrator Meshack Asare’s Sosu’s Call, about a boy who cannot walk saving his village from a flood, won the UNESCO Prize for Children’s Literature in the Service of Tolerance.
Sosu’s Call is a great place to start; other favourites include Tawia Goes to Sea, Kwajo and the Brassman’s Secret, Nana’s Son.
Meshack Asare’s books are best for k–2nd grade (ages 5–8) · grades 3–5 (ages 8–11).
Meshack Asare’s books are still under copyright, so they are not free to download. You can borrow them free: from your public library (search WorldCat), as ebooks and audiobooks with a library card through Libby/OverDrive, or from Open Library’s free lending. Pagine links to each below, and suggests similar books you can read free right now.
Search WorldCat to see which libraries near you have a copy, or ask your school or public library. Most libraries also lend Meshack Asare ebooks and audiobooks free through the Libby app.