• A Journey Through Careers (16 books)

    Suitable for children from 8 years and above.

    A journey through careers is a 16-book collection to help educate the youth about some common careers that they must know about before making career goals in life or receive training for a particular vocation.

    Books in this set (16)

    A Journey through careers in

    Agriculture and Natural Resources
    Architecture and Building Construction
    Art and Communication
    Business and Administration
    Education and Training
    Finance and Insurance
    Government and Public Administration
    Health Science
    Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation
    Human Service
    Information Technology
    Law Enforcement and Public Safety
    Manufacturing, Technical and Vocational Skills
    Transporation, Distribution and Logistics
    Retail and Wholesale
    Engineering and Mathematics

  • The Price of Honour and Respect and Other Tales from Africa…with Moral Lessons, Questions and Activities (African Folktale Series)

    Age Range: 7 – 12 years
    In this beautifully illustrated, collectable library of easy-to-read traditional folktale with their moral lessons, test questions, and activities for the young ones, classic African stories are brought magically to reality. The stories in the African Folktale Series (AFS) are filled with moral lessons that have been handed down from many generations to the present in many African countries from Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroons, Liberia, the Gambia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania to Zimbabwe.
    ABOUT THE BOOK
    This beautifully illustrated, collectable library of easy-to-read traditional folktales brings classic African stories to reality magically.
    COMPILATION 1
    The Price of Honour and Respect
    Ananse Challenges the Powerful King
    The Princess Who Married the Python
    The Married Woman with Two Lovers
    God’s Challenge to Wise People
    The Princess Who Married the Evil Spirit
    Where Did Body Odour Come From?
    The Evil King Who Destroyed Himself
    Ananse & Friends at the Village of Plenty

    The traditional African elders who inhabited an ancient continent brimming with wisdom successfully utilized these folktales to socialize their youngsters to the moral requirements of their society to ensure order, security and growth.

  • Red Oak Heroes Series: Kofi Annan

    *Available from 15 August 2023

    Age Range: 10 – 14 years

    From the day Awo, a seven-year-old primary two girl, first hears about Mr. Kofi Annan, the former United Nations Secretary-General, she becomes so fascinated by his great achievements that she vows to become like him.
    With the help of everyone she comes across, her Uncle, Mr. Thompson especially, Awo learns as much as she can about her role model. Her curious questions often jog the memories of those who answer them, causing them to remember even the least things they know about the first black African to occupy the United Nation Secretary-General position. Having secured her mother’s promise to take her along to visit Mr. Annan the next time he is in the country, Awo’s only prayer is for that day to come quickly. But will Awo’s dream ever come to pass?

  • 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.

  • A Time to Part

    Age Range: 13+ years

    The Ayi Kwei Armah Novel 1st Prize” Award Winner, GAW Awards 2018 
    She’s chasing shadows, running from the past. He’ll be there to catch her when she falls.
    Seven years ago, Jasmine left everything she knew behind. Her mother was dead, her father was terminally ill, and she had broken Hagan, the only man who ever loved her. It was the perfect time to start over. Except she never left any of it behind. When an echo from the past and the search for a killer pull her back into the chaos, she’ll have to decide if letting go is too high a price to pay for her life.
    This is a story of second chances, of love that survives the worst, and the fight to hold on to the light, in the face of darkness.

    A Time to Part

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  • A Very Noisy Christmas (Very Best Bible Stories)

    Age Range: 2 – 6 years

    How loud can you shout?

    How quietly can you whisper?

    Discover how quiet – and how noisy – the first Christmas was, and find out why the birth of Jesus is something worth shouting about.

    “Just brilliant – parents and children will love reading this together. Christmas will never be the same again!” – Melanie Lacy, Executive Director of Growing Young Disciples; Editor of the New City Catechism Curriculum

  • 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.

  • Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba (Our Ancestories)

    Age Range: 4 – 12 years

    Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba is the true story of a girl who had a difficult birth but went on to become the Queen of two ancient African kingdoms.

    Revered for her wisdom, courage, and strength, Njinga became a dominant political figure in Angola in the 1600s. This richly illustrated children’s book tells her story and the challenges she faced from the day she was born. Njinga must overcome the jealousy of her brother, the loss of her father, and the encroachment of the Portuguese at the dawn of a time of great trial for the African continent.

    This is the story of hope and courage that shows every young girl is capable of greatness..

    ★ The Story of an Actual Legendary Queen

    Queen Njinga is remembered for defying the odds and standing up for herself and her people.

    ★ A Narrative That Empowers and Motivates

    Njinga’s story is inspiring because she is an outstanding example of female governance in the history of Africa.

    ★ An Author with Passion for African History

    Born and raised in Nigeria, Ekiuwa Aire hopes that her books on African history will instill pride and acceptance in young minds about diverse cultures.

    ★ Beautiful, Vibrant Illustrations

    Natalia Popova studied at Moscow State University where her interest in visual arts and illustration was born.

    ★ Exciting Historical Facts

    Based on true events in Angola in the 1600s, the story of Queen Njinga is beautifully illustrated and presented in a way every child will enjoy and learn from. The book also includes a brief history of the Kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba, where they were located on a map, as well as information on Queen Njinga’s legacy.

  • Montessori Bookset: Numeracy, Writing, Reading, Environmental Studies and Natural Science Skills – KG1 (5 books)

    Suitable for children between 2 and 6 years.

    Montessori Skills provides a comprehensive and interesting exercises through the ‘Do it Yourself guides, providing learners with step by step instructions to help them develop new practical skills in writing, numeracy, literacy, environmental studies and nature science skills.

  • They Came From Ghana: The Two Worlds of Kwame and Kwabena Boaten

    In this historical novel of 19th century Gold Coast, two young Ashanti boys are introduced to the unfamiliar but fascinating world of the white man. Kwame and Kwabena Boaten are eager to learn the ways of their mentors, Tedlie and Bowdich, to become doctor and administrator respectively so they can come back and help their own people. Despite the curtailment of their government sponsorship in London, they get benefactors to help them continue their education. They however have to contend with racism and bullying from Hardwick as well as inordinate hatred from Dupuis, Under-Secretary and later His majesty’s Envoy to the Guinea Coast (whose machinations dog them all their lives). How do they survive? Kwabena reminds Kwame, ‘If they attack us – we can bear rough handling. [But] they cannot break our spirit; we are Ashanti remember; and afterwards we shall carefully plan our revenge.’ Do they succeed in the face of all the odds?

    Noel Smith effortlessly weaves a brilliant tale of sheer determination, ambition, intrigue, love and altruism, through the treacherous terrain of the slave trade, missionary activities and disease ridden expeditions, and historical insight.

  • First Skills with Ladybird: Big and Little (Hardcover)

    Age Range: 2 – 4  years

    Learning the concepts of comparing and sorting is an important skill, helping young children to understand the world around them.

    • Helps to teach comparing and sorting
    • Builds understanding of the world
    • Supports early literacy skills
    • Advice on how to help your child

    First Skills is a new series designed to develop essential core skills for 2 -4 year-olds.

    Bright, colourful photographs help to capture children’s imaginations.

     

  • First Skills with Ladybird: ABC (Hardcover)

    Age Range: 2 – 4  years

    Knowing the sounds of the letters in the alphabet and matching those letter sounds to pictures are important pre-reading skills for young children.

    • Helps to introduce the alphabet
    • Builds understanding of letter sounds
    • Supports early literacy skills
    • Advice on how to help your child

    First Skills is a new series designed to develop essential core skills for 2 -4 year-olds.

    Bright, colourful photographs help to capture children’s imaginations.

     

  • Book Pal

    Age Range: 6 – 10 years

    In this Book Nana Manukure Kissiedu focuses on the joys of joint reading as an effective tool to motivate ,build and sustain the reading culture in children.This book records the exciting moments of pupils from two classes who were paired to read entertaining and educative books of their own choice .

    The author takes us into the world of the children and how excited they can be when motivated to read.

    Book Pal

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  • Taxi to Johannesburg (Junior African Writers Series Level 1)

    Level 1 is for readers who have been studying for three to four years. The content and language have been carefully controlled to increase fluency in reading.

    Tumi is going to Johannesburg by taxi. But the taxi breaks down and then it is stopped by a policeman. Will Tumi ever get to Johannesburg?

  • Chipo and the Bird on the Hill – A Tale of Ancient Zimbabwe

    Age Range: 7 – 12 years

    Two children, Chipo and Dambudzo set out in search of a big stone bird at Great Zimbabwe after Sekuru tells them the story of how this bird guided their ancestors to a hill. All the mysteries of the ancient ruins come alive as the children slip away from their duties to climb the hill in search of the bird. The story is set in the ‘Great Zimbabwe’ of 700 years ago. Great Zimbabwe was built by Shona-speaking people who lived there and was where the most powerful rulers of the south-eastern interior of Africa lived. It was an organised and prosperous state. The story and illustrations are the author’s impressions of how life in Great Zimbabwe might have been when it was full of huts, footpaths, cooking fires, people laughing and chatting and cock-crowing.

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