Conway, David. Lila and the Secret of Rain. London, UK: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books.
For months the sun has burned down on Lila's Kenyan village. It is too hot to gather firewood, too hot to weed the garden, even too hot to milk the cow. Without rain the well will run dry and the crops will fail. Lila is so worried that when her grandfather whispers to her the secret of rain, she decides to go and talk to the sky herself. How Lila saves the village by telling the sky the saddest thing she knows. 6-9 years old, picture book.(Ages 6-9.) [Children’s Picture Book.]

Cunnane, Kelly, illustrated by Ana Juan. For You As A Kenyan Child. New York, NY: Atheneum Books for Youth Readers, Simon and Schuster, 2006.
Imagine you live in a small Kenyan village, where the sun rises over tall trees filled with doves. You wake to the sound of a rooster's crow, instead of an alarm clock and the school bus. Your afternoon snack is a tasty bug plucked from the sky, instead of an apple. And rather than kicking a soccer ball across a field, you kick a homemade ball of rags down a dusty road. But despite this, things aren't that different for a Kenyan child than they would be for an American kid, are they? (Ages 4-8.) [Children’s Picture Book.]

Jamieson, Victoria and Omar Mohamed. When Stars Are Scattered. New York, NY: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2020.
Based on coauthor Mohamed's childhood after fleeing Somalia on foot with his younger brother, this affecting graphic novel follows the brothers' life in a Kenyan refugee camp. (Ages 9-12.) [Graphic Novel.]

Nyong’o, Lupita. Sulwe. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2019.
When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade. (Ages 4-8.) [Children’s Picture Book.]

Mugo, Anthony. Never Say Never. Nairobi, Kenya: Longhorn Publishers, 2012.
Daniel Muthini Njoki, the son of a poor, single mother, is arrested and taken to a remand home in Murang'a, then to Getathuru Reception Centre. He is subsequently transferred to other approved schools: Kericho, Othaya, and finally Kabete, where he sits and passes the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education. The doors to a university are now open. Although he is innocent of wrongdoing, the book probes the question of who engineered his arrest difficulties, and examines the challenges, and the hopes of getting an education in Kenya.(Ages 12+.) [Young Adult Fiction.]

Mutinda, Danson and Eric Walters. Hockey Night in Kenya. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: Orca Book Publishers, 2020.
Kenyan orphans, Kitoo and Nigosi, spend their days studying, playing soccer, helping their elders with chores around the orphanage and reading from the limited selection of books in their library. When the librarian gives Kitoo a copy of Sports Around the World he becomes fascinated by an image of the Canadian national men's ice hockey team. Then one day the fates align and Kitoo finds a pair of beat up old roller blades, he teaches himself to skate and dreams of one day playing hockey like the men in his book. But you can't play ice hockey in Kenya, can you? (Ages 6-8.) [Children’s Fiction.]