The Baobab
The Baobab is an original story about a curious little girl who goes on a search for a rare, delicious fruit growing from an ancient Baobab tree. The little girl encounters animals and lands herself in a peculiar situation! Children will enjoy the daring little girl's mishaps and adventures, the rich ASL storytelling, and the captivating watercolor illustrations.
April Jackson-Woodard — Storyteller
Yiqiao Wang — Artist
Concept sketches and color samples by Artist Yiqiao Wang
Credits
Project Director: Melissa Malzkuhn
Design Director: Jacob Shamberg
Lead Programmer: Tim Kettering
Story by: Melissa Malzkuhn, Dr. Kristen Harmon, Dr. Benjamin Bahan, and Wanda Riddle
Illustrator: Yiqiao Wang
Storyteller: April Jackson-Woodard
Video Production: Zilvinas Paludnevicius
Vocabulary Audio: Milana Meadows
Production Designer: Joseph "Pepe" Wagnon
Technical Cosnultant: Greg Millam
Early Childhood Literacy Consultants: Dr. Jenny Singleton, Bobbie Jo Kite, and Svenna Pedersen
Audio Consultant: Jennifer Kaika
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Allen
Co-Principal Investigator and Science Director: Dr. Laura-Ann Petitto
Evaluation and Assessment: Dr. Melissa Herzig, Melissa Malzkuhn, Dr. Kristen Harmon, Adam Stone, and Erica Wilkins
Special thanks to: Bobby Cox, James Tranovich, Suzanne Scheuermann, and Megan Malzkuhn
Special Acknowledgement
We would like to also acknowledge California School for the Deaf, Fremont and the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School at Clerc Center, for welcoming us to meet with their students to share these stories while in development. Also, many thanks to the families and children who tested this app prior to release!
This project was made possible by the National Science Foundation funded Science of Learning Center on Visual Language and Visual Learning at Gallaudet University.
