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Once Upon a Time in Ghana – Volume I
Once Upon a Time in Ghana was named a Children’s Africana Book Award Best Book 2014.
Recorded on location in the Volta Region in Ghana in 2006-07, these stories are the result of collaboration between Anna Cottrell and Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah. Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah translated the Ewe stories into English and Anna Cottrell has retold them in contemporary English for the wider European market. This edition presents the 24 stories in their original form for the Ghanaian market.
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Solma: Tales from Northern Ghana
This compilation of stories is specially written for children of all ages. This collection is culled from tales told among the Gurunsi people of Northern Ghana. They make interesting reading and teach children the needed moral and social values.
“… Mothers, go and tell your children that Kanwum lost her heart because she would not listen to her mother. Tell your children what happened to Kanwum and why it happened. Let your children’s children not forget this story. Children, go home and listen to your mothers and your fathers. Let this story be told as long as there are children.”
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My Happiest Day
Almost everybody in the village of Akroful can sing well except Kofi. But when Christmas comes, Kofi is chosen to sing the Christmas carol for his class. He displayed a hidden talent to the admiration of all. Kofi can dance better than everybody.
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Frema Visits the Airport
Ever since Frema saw the huge iron bird in the sky, she was excited about aeroplanes.
She knew she wanted to be a pilot in future. Follow Frema as she takes a trip to the airport to learn all about aeroplanes.
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A Journey to Lake Sana
Lake Sana is one of the beautiful Lakes visited by many including tourists. It has a lot of fishes and other aquatic animals in it. Oduro was very happy when he returned home because his teacher had told them they will be going on an excursion to Lake Sana,
His father had promised him to pay for the excursion if he placed first to third position in class.
What will Oduro do in order to go to Lake Sana?₵17.00A Journey to Lake Sana
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Naughty Adwoba
When Adwoba is punished for her naughty behaviour, she escapes into the bush. She falls into a deep sleep and wakes only to find herself in a strange room with some other children whose hands and feet are tied up.
As she screams and cries for release, an ugly-looking man enters. What happens to Adwoba and the other children? Will she ever see her mom and friends again?₵17.00Naughty Adwoba
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Fafa at the Zoo
Fafa, a beautiful girl of about eight years old loves animals. Her parents promised to take her to the Zoo when she comes first in class. She studied very hard and came first. Mr and Mrs Osei sent their daughter to the Zoo as they had promised.
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Femi and Koro
Femi has just cooked some delicious potatoes and was about to enjoy it alone. Unfortunately for him, Kofo his friend is passing by at the period and asks if he could join him.
Femi cannot refuse because of his customs, so instead, devises a plan to outsmart Koro and have his food all to himself. Femi gets to find out the hard way, that sometimes the person who thinks he’s being clever, can turn out to be the one who’s been outsmarted
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Story time with Eno Anowa
Naming ceremony is a rite every child goes through in the Ghanaian society eight days after birth. In this story, Eno Anowa, the great storyteller of Subanpa village tells the children gathered in her compound a story of a naming ceremony in Bobokrom.
₵17.00Story time with Eno Anowa
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A Day with Aunty Ama
The first day with Aunty Ama was glorious. She did things she has never done before: feeding birds and collecting eggs that the layers have laid. What a glorious day? But it soon ends sadly when she heard the honk of her father’s car.
Ama felt sad but knew she would have visit again.
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Who Went Highest?
Blackie the dog wants to play with Kwame and Ama on the swing at the playground but his request is denied. The children, after playing, argue on who went higest on the swing till they got home.
As night falls, Blackie sneaks out of the house to play on the swing at the playground. He plans on going the highest swing.
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Skippy Finds a Friend
Skippy, a hairy white dog, is always left alone in the house. This leads to his adventure at the beach.
Let’s find out what happen at the beach.
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Seidu Drives His Father’s Cow
Seidu drives his father’s Cow
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Storytime with the Animals
After a heavy meal of fufu and palm-nut soup, Kofi Anto, a nine-year old boy decides to visit his friend. Kwaku Manso. On his way Kofi comes across a group of animals including the dog, the goat, the cat, the hen and the lizard under a mango tree. To his greetings all the animals responded eagerly except the lizard, who snubs Kofi for having made a number of attempts on his life with a catapult. However, Kofi soon reconciles with the Lizard and all the other animals he has offended in one way or the other. He then joins them to listen in turns to their delightful stories.
Last of all comes Kofi’s interesting story about the mosquito as the animal’s envoy.
All these stories are simply but vividly narrated by the author.
₵16.25Storytime with the Animals
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My Fifth Copy Book
Introduces the children to the writing of alphabets and help build handwriting skills, right from the beginning. With tracing lines and lines for them to write in-between.
Widely-used and recommended by many schools in Ghana.
₵16.25My Fifth Copy Book
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