Sia Lives on Kilimanjaro (original Swedish title: Sia bor på Kilimandjaro) is a children's book written by Astrid Lindgren and with photographs by Anna Riwkin-Brick.
Sia is eight years old and lives with her family on the Kilimanjaro, a high mountain in Africa.
When Sia's parents decide to go to the Chagga Fest at Moshi to see King Marealle, Sia wants to join them, but her father tells her that no children are allowed there, she is too young for the feast and needs to stay home.
Her older brother Sariko, decides to follow his parents, but tells Sia that only boys are allowed to go.
[2] Especially in Israel, the Children's Everywhere series, including Sia Lives on Kilimanjaro, was a great success, thanks to the translations by the poet Leah Goldberg.
[3] In August 2016 the Israeli director Dvorit Shargal made a 54 minutes film called Africa!
[4] New York Herald Tribunes Spring Festival Award Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis The book received good reviews, but Lindgren's text was considered secondary to the pictures by Rikwin Brick.
[6] Bettye I. Latimer praised the excellent photographs of the stories and recommended it for pre-schoolers through 4th grade.