He is also the author of Anthills of the Savannah, A Man of the People, Girls at War and Other Stories, Home and Exile, Hopes and Impediments, Collected Poems, The Education of a British-Protected Child, Chike and the River, and There Was a Country. His Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. In his opinion children should spend their time reading and doing sums. Chike and the River is a children's story by Chinua Achebe.

The Book "Chike and the River" is a novel about a poor boy who grows up in Nigeria and wants to cross the river Niger. Chike and the River is a magical tale of boundaries, bravery, and growth, by Chinua Achebe, one of the world’s most beloved and admired storytellers. Chike on the Banks of the River Chike’s uncle was a very strict man. Chike, his mother and his sister lived out in the country side and then Chike has moved into …

Written by Achebe, famous for his work Things Fall Apart, this is children's book. He did not like to see Chike playing with other children. Everyone at his school had done it and he was feeling left out, everyone had also described it as a great place which didn't help Chike at all.

About Chike and the River The more Chike saw the ferry-boats the more he wanted to make the trip to Asaba.

He called it a waste of time. He rarely spoke and never laughed except when he drank cold beer or palm wine with his neighbor, Mr. Nwaba, or with one of his few friends. It was first published in 1966 by Cambridge University Press, with illustrations by Prue Theobalds, and was the first of several children's stories Achebe would write.

Chike ...Young Adult Fiction / People & Places / AfricaYoung Adult Fiction / Social Themes / GeneralRent and save from the world's largest eBookstore. This is a unique book. His mother had told him to stay away from the Niger river.

I enjoyed tagging along on Chike as he discoverers truths about himself, his friends and his ...This novella is about an 11 year old boy whose widowed mother entrusts his upbringing to his strict uncle, who believes that children should study and work hard and not waste their time in play.