• City Sounds

    Age Range: 2 – 5  years

    Read about daily sounds heard by a young boy living in the vibrant, bustling community of Nima, Accra, Ghana.

    City Sounds

    36.00
  • Yaa Traps Death In A Basket

    In a time when demi-gods and mortals lived in the Earth together, there lived an awkward little girl named Yaa whose only virtue was her kindness. When her parents sent her away on a fool’s errand, Yaa meets a wild boy and three spirits whose actions would change her life forever and shape the course of humankind for years to follow.

    How could a shy little girl with clumsy feet and little imagination change the world?

    See what happens when Yaa traps Death in her basket to find out!

  • Between Wars

    In a single twist of war, two sister, Enkaakye and Timaa, find their lives turned upside down. Enkaakye resiliently waits for the return from war of the one she loves. Timaa chooses to give up hope and patience, and move on with her life. The sisters’ choices lead to consequences that threaten their bond of sisterhood to its core.

    As war drums begin to beat in their community once more, will their relationship survive the imminent danger?

    Between Wars is a heartwarming story of love, loss, family, and friendship. Above all, it shows how wisdom and courage can be found in the most unexpected of places.

    Between Wars

    40.00
  • Aníké Elèko

    Age Range: 7 – 12 years

    Aníké has to hawk èko every morning but that does not stop her from going to school. She loves school and wants to be a doctor.

    However, her mother has decided her fate: once she finishes primary school, she will join her Aunt Remí in the city as a tailor.

    When a mystery guest visits Àníké’s school, she has the chance to win a scholarship that will change her fate. Will the help of her friends Oge, Ìlérí and Àríyo the cobbler be enough?

    Written by Sandra Joubead and illustrated by Àlàbá Ònájìn, ÀNÍKÉ ELÉKO tells a colourful story
    of one girl’s courage in the face of opposition to her dreams.

     

    Aníké Elèko

    40.00
  • Fantastic Mr Fox (Roald Dahl)

    Age Range: 7 – 9  years

    Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World’s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!

    Fantastic Mr Fox – the legendary tale of the most cunning fox in the world.

    Boggis is an enormously fat chicken farmer who only eats boiled chickens smothered in fat.

    Bunce is a duck-and-goose farmer whose dinner gives him a beastly temper.

    Bean is a turkey-and-apple farmer who only drinks gallons of strong cider.

    Mr Fox is so clever that every evening he creeps down into the valley and helps himself to food from the farms.
    Now the farmers have hatched a plan to BANG-BANG-BANG shoot Mr Fox dead. But, just when they think Mr Fox can’t possibly escape, he makes a fantastic plan of his own . . .

  • The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (Roald Dahl)

    Age Range: 7 – 11  years

    “A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero” David Walliams

    Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World’s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!

    The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me is a classic Roald Dahl story.

    Billy’s biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet shop. But then he finds a giraffe, a pelly and a monkey living inside – they’re the Ladderless Window Cleaners! Who needs ladders when you’ve got a giraffe? They become best friends and when they meet the richest man in all England, there’s a chance Billy’s scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true . . .

  • Esio Trot (Roald Dahl)

    Age Range: 7 – 11  years

    “A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero” David Walliams

    Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World’s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!

    This is the wonderful and warm-hearted Roald Dahl classic, Esio Trot.

    Mr Hoppy really loves his neighbour Mrs Silver, and Mrs Silver really loves her tortoise, Alfie. One day Mrs Silver asks Mr Hoppy how to make Alfie grow, and suddenly Mr Hoppy knows the way to win her heart. With the help of a magical spell and some cabbage leaves, can Mr Hoppy be happy at last?

  • The Twits (Roald Dahl)

    Age Range: 7 – 11  years

    “A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero” David Walliams

    Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World’s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!

    Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man with bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard.

    Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eye.

    Together they make the nastiest couple you could ever hope not to meet.

    Down in their garden, the Twits keep Muggle-Wump the monkey and his family locked in a cage. But not for much longer, because the monkeys are planning to trick the terrible Twits, once and for all . . .

  • The Importance of Being Earnest & Other Plays (Macmillan Popular Classics)

    Around the World in Eighty Days, one of his most popular books, was first serialized in late 1872 in a French newspaper. An instant success, the novel details the round-the-world adventures of the affluent Englishman Phileas Fogg who, accompanied by his French valet Passepartout, sets out on an impossible journey for a wager of £20,000. This groundbreaking novel has since been adapted numerous times for the theatre, television, radio and cinema.

  • The Scarlet Letter (FingerPrint! Classics)

    “Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!”

    In the seventeenth-century Puritan community of Boston, Hester Prynne is trapped, first into a loveless marriage and then into adultery.

    With the scarlet letter ‘A’—signifying an adulteress—fixed on her bosom, she is brought out of the prison and made to stand on the scaffold with her infant.

    What happens when Hester, in spite of being
    publicly shamed by the crowd and repeatedly
    urged by a young priest, refuses to reveal
    the identity of her daughter’s father?

    A tale of sin, punishment and atonement, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter exposes the moral rigidity and double standards of the society. One of the first mass-produced books in America, it became an instant bestseller on its first publication in 1850. it continues to remain Hawthorne’s masterwork.

  • The Enormous Crocodile (Roald Dahl)

    Age Range: 7 – 11  years

    The Enormous Crocodile is incredibly hungry-and incredibly greedy. His favorite meal is a plump, juicy little child, and he intends to gobble up as many of them as he can! But when the other animals in the jungle join together to put an end to his nasty schemes, the Enormous Crocodile learns a lesson he won’t soon forget. Dahl’s wicked humor is as delightful as ever in this new, larger edition of a hilarious favorite.

  • Jamila’s Clever Plan

    Age Range: 3 – 8 years

    Jamila lives with her grandmother in Bebeji, Kano state. Her grandmother, Kaka, is a dressmaker. One day, Kaka decides to pack away her sewing machine because she can no longer see.

    Sad and scared, Jamila stops school to care for her blind grandmother. Together, they beg for alms in the marketplace until they come across a new eye clinic.

    Jamila hatches a clever plan to help Kaka get her sight back.

  • A Durbar Festival for Hassan and Hussaina

    Age Range: 3 – 8 years

    The Durbar festival in Katsina is here and everyone is excited to see the Emir leading a colourful procession on horseback. Hassan and Hussaina jump up and down when they see their brother riding behind the Emir.

    Inspired by the festivities, the twins decide to organise a Durbar festival of their own. They do not have horses or colourful costumes but they have a clever plan. Soon, the twins are on their way to join in the fun.

  • Boy (Roald Dahl)

    Age Range: 7 – 11  years

    “A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero” David Walliams

    Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World’s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!

    BOY, Roald Dahl’s bestselling autobiography, is full of hilarious anecdotes about his childhood and school days, illustrated by Quentin Blake.

    As a boy, all sorts of unusual things happened to Roald Dahl. There was the time he and four school friends got their revenge on beastly Mrs Prachett in her sweet shop.

    There are stories of holidays in fishing boats, African adventures and the days of tasting chocolate for Cadbury’s.

    You’ll hear tales of horrible school bullies and the motor-car accident when Roald’s nose was nearly sliced clean off . . .

    Roald Dahl vividly shares his memories; some are funny. Some are painful. Some are unpleasant. All are true.

  • I Love You Kweku: A Letter from Mum (Hardcover)

    Age: 4 to 6 years

    “I loved you even before I saw you.

    From the day I knew I was going to be a mum

    on that day my eyes went twinkle twinkle”

    These simple words from the book convey a lot of emotion and a feeling of belonging that every child seeks. They are reassuring and soothing. These words will help quell a lot of insecurity and fear. They go a long way to help shape behaviour and boost confidence.

    These semi-personalized books are written for every child using their day names, following a Ghanaian cultural norm. Find the day of the week on which your child was born and choose from the range.

     

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