Amazon.com description: Product Description: Everywhere across the United States, children from other countries are joining American classrooms. How can their classmates prepare? Learning about the culture, geography, and history of the new student s native country can help smooth the transition. Greeting the student with a few words in his or her language, making a traditional craft, and whipping up a well-known dish are all sure to help the child feel welcome. In this vibrant and colorful series, students and teachers can find out how to Meet a New Student and maybe make a new friend. A new student from Tanzania is joining Jack s third-grade class and everyone is curious. Read about this African land that was shaped by ancient volcanoes. Millions of years ago, ash from a volcano hardened around human footprints. These fossils show that humans walked in Tanzania, standing on two feet, more than 3 million years ago. Animals now live in a huge crater left after a volcano collapsed. Find out about the Maasai, one of the many tribal people of East Africa who still live in traditional ways. Then join Jack and his class in preparing a traditional East African food called ugali and welcoming a New Student from Tanzania. Jambo!