• Yaa Mansa: Victim of Beauty (Great Minds Series)

    Age Range: 8 – 12 years

    Beauty, they say, lies in the eyes of the beholder, but Yaa Mansa’s beauty was so glaring that even the meanest person could not help but steal a second glance at her.

    The most captivating of it all was her mesmerizing smile that stupefied men.

    Due to the unceasing ogling from lustful men here and there, Yaa Mansa realized that she was really sought for by men and that some men were even prepared to kill in order to have her. She, as a result, thought she could use her beauty to exploit them to get all that she wanted. At what cost does Yaa Mansa achieve her aim?

  • Nii Noi the Sanitation Officer

    Age Range: 6 – 15 years

    This book is a thought-provoking piece of a fairly peaceful community that wakes up to the incessant complaints of 13-year-old Nii Noi. Like the dawn of teenage, he becomes, somewhat, shocked by the deplorable sanitary conditions in his neighbourhood.

    Fuming at the apathy of everyone around him towards better sanitation practice, Nii Noi becomes a crusader for hygienic living. But as a prophet without honour in his community, it takes the tragedy of a flood to get the community to appreciate the crusade by Nii, and what he desires to achieve: a hygienic, clean and joyful community. The writer, through the voice and eyes of a boy, reveals the innocent naivety and obvious apathy of society, and the power of camaraderie and community to cause change.

  • How Ato Killed the Dragon

    Age Range: 3 – 6 years

    There once lived a man called Papa Ebo and his wife Maame Adae. They were very rich. They had only one daughter called Ama. They loved Ama so much that they did not even allow her to go out to mingle with other children, locking her up whenever they went out.

    What happened to Ama when her parents forgot to lock her door when they went out? Who took Ama away? And can she be saved?

  • A Painful Decision (Drama on Female Circumcision)

    Age Range: 6 – 12 years

    Africans have many customary practices. Sometime ago, these customs certainly had some advantages. With the passage of time, however, some of these practices have outlived their usefulness, not to mention the aim they are often associated with. Hence, there is the need for us to either modify these customary practices or abandon them altogether.

    It will be discovered, in this play, the great pain and suffering that female circumcision brings to our women.

    We do not dispute the fact that it is one of the legacies bequeathed to us by our forebears. Nonetheless, what prevents us from abandoning it since there is nothing to gain from it now or in future? The time has come for us to become selective in the practice of our customs so that only what brings progress to us is maintained.

  • Shattered Dreams

    Age Range: 6 – 12 years

    Rose and Susan were very close friends. They attended the same school, were in the same class and did everything in common. One thing kept close. Both of them took great delight in following rich old men and slept with them expressly for money.

    While Susan’s parents were against their habit of going after old men who could be their fathers, Rose’s mother encouraged her daughter in the act.

    “Use what you have to get what you want,” Rose’s mother used to tell her.

    The two girls continued with their wayward life until the inevitable happened.

  • Deception

    Age Range: 8 – 12 years

    This is a story of deception of a host of people by Chief Victor Okafor, the hero of the story. An orphan at a tender age, Victor ran away from the orphanage, joined street children, worked for one Chief Igwe and he grow to become the head of the street children, all of whom worked for Igwe as pickpockets.

    Victor abandoned the group after the arrest of Igwe and lived on his own, trafficking Nigerian girls to Italy. While all this was going on Victor’s matrimonial relatives were kept in the dark until his arrest and imprisonment.

    Deception

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  • Abo the Great Hunter

    Age Range: 5 – 9 years

    Abo the hunter goes on a hunting expedition. During this expedition, he encounters many challenges but returns with some precious gems. He conceals his wealth from everyone and fails to be kind to those in need.

  • The Agony of a Jealous Wife

    Age Range: 8 – 12 years

    Kwesi Atta is the richest man in the town of Abease and is married to Mensima, the daughter of the Krontihene of Abease. Their marriage has been blessed with four healthy and beautiful children – three girls and a boy. To outsiders, Atta’s family is an example of a happy family. Only those who are close to the couple know that behind the facade of a peaceful and happy existence is a potential active volcano…
  • Afua and the Magic Calabash

    Age Range: 5 – 8 years

    Afua and the Magic Calabash tells a story of a maltreated orphan girl who has a magic calabash.
  • The Village Teacher

    Age Range: 8 – 12 years

    The story of Jospeh Amanehunu or “suffering Joseph” whose life begins with great difficulty.
  • Mission to Kunda (Great Minds Series)

    Age Range: 8 – 12 years

    Obrenya and his best friend Sunkwa, two unemployed youth in Atakrom village, think it is a curse to be poor and so decide to go on a journey to Kunda, to solicit the assistance of the great medicine man, Botobia, to become rich.

    But, with the expedition so terrifying and the rituals grim, do they succeed?

    Read about their exciting and adventurous journey through the forest.

  • Kidnappers in Action

    Age Range: 6 – 12 years

    In this exciting story, a young boy must outsmart a band of kidnappers.

  • Kwaku Ananse and Abebe the Grasshopper

    Age Range: 3 – 7 years

    Who is craftier, Kwaku Ananse or Abebe the grasshopper? Find out in this delightful Ghanaian story.

  • Abrefi’s Red Letter Day: A True Story Based on Adolescent Reproductive Health

    Age Range: 9 – 17 years

    Sex education, particularly, guidance in a girl’s first menstrual experience, has been presented in an interesting, friendly and easy to understand manner. It is good for girls, parents, counsellors and educationists all over the world.

  • Icon Series: Numeracy for Nursery

    Age Range: 3 – 5 years

    Icon Numeracy is a series of three books, namely:

    • Numeracy for Nursery (Ages 3 and 4)
    • Numeracy for KG 1
    • Numeracy for KG 2

    Each of the books was carefully prepared to cater for the need of learners at the foundation level. The books have been well prepared to meet the Standards-based Curriculum by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) in 2019. Young learners were particularly paid attention to, so they have the full benefits of these books, and prepare them adequately into the world of mathematics.

    The Numeracy for Nursery was carefully extracted from the KG Curriculum to help young learners have the requisite understanding of the basic concepts, and to enable them to move to the upper classes with ease. Besides, the language has been kept brief in both the rubrics, headings and explanation of concepts to enable the young learners to read after a little guide by teacher. The books have been divided into 7 strands, namely:

    1. Number: Counting, Representation and Cardinality
    2. Number Operations: Addition and Subtraction
    3. Patterns and Relationships
    4. Geometry
    5. Measurement
    6. Motion or Position
    7. Handling Data

    Each of the Strands (Topics) has been expanded with enough exercises to help the learner grasp the concepts. The books are activity-based and learners have the opportunity to express themselves as they learn. Group work has also been given to enable learners work in groups while learning about teamwork and communication, and collaboration.

    What makes the series easy to use, fun and exciting is the design of the book with some beautiful toys that excite the learners at this level. The books breathe enough to keep learners very active while using them. By the time learners are through with the series, they will be well-equipped with the core competencies as explained in this new standards-based curriculum.

    Learners, teachers and parents will find the series very interesting to use.

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