Title: It Takes a Village

Author's Name: Jane Cowen-Fletcher

Year of Publication: 1994 

Publisher's Name: Scholastic

Target Age-Group: 4-6 years

Blurb: From the author of Mama Zooms comes a heartwarming story, based on the West African proverb, it takes a village to raise a child. A young girl proudly watches her little brother--only to discover that caring neighbors have been watching them both all along.

(the blurb has been collected from Goodreads)