Books for Younger Readers

A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain.

After working together to obtain honey, the African honey badger always shares it with his partner, the honeyguide bird, until one day when the honey badger becomes greedy and his feathered friend decides to teach him a lesson.

From rooster crow to bedtime, a Kenyan boy plays and visits neighbors all through his village, even though he is supposed to be watching his grandfather's cows.

While visiting her father's family in Mali, a young girl loses a tooth, places it under a calabash, and receives a hen and a rooster from the African Tooth Fairy.

Presents a word, with English translation, for each of the 24 letters in the Swahili alphabet.

Arusha, Mosi, Tumpe, and their Maasai friends set out on a journey through the grasslands of Tanzania.

After a hot day on the African savannah, the animals begin to move and make sounds in the cool air of evening.

Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.

Books for Older Readers

In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to decorate them with some of his "blackening brew."