Children's publishing in Africa / Meena Khorana -- Excitement and challenges of publishing for Kenyan children / Asenath Bole Odaga -- Award-winning children's books / Nancy J. Schmidt -- To build a nation where peace and justice reign / Osayimwense Osa -- Postcolonial Hispanic African children's literature / Mbare Ngom -- Babar and the French connection / Claire-Lise Malarte-Feldman and Jack Yeager -- French avant-garde revisited / Jean Perrot -- Vicarious culture shock / Greta D. Little -- Beyond illusion / Karen Patricia Smith -- Myth of the golden age / Michael Scott Joseph -- Quest for selfhood / Judy Anne White -- Stories of passage, stories of crossings / Miki Flockemann.