• Who Told the Most Incredible Story: Vol 5 – Why Tigers and Leopards Do Not Mix and Other Stories

    54 folktales in five volumes are in the series and are all illustrated in colour.

    These amazing tales will preoccupy both children and adult minds, anywhere. The stories are simple, visualising the world through narration. They provide deep insights into human life, with emphasis on the essence of African lifestyle and ways of understanding. Among others, they hold a mirror for readers all over the world to see who we were and who we can become, while thinking of who we are.

    Drawn from the oral tradition these tales will appeal to both children and adults everywhere. This delightful collection, the result of years of field research work that partly informed courses the author taught in African and Oral Literature, shapes her first creative writing project.

    Written in straightforward and engaging language, the author weaves the stones out of the cultural fabric woven by the ancestors with authenticity. To make it easy rooting for readers across ages, these remarkable narratives are beautifully and colourfully illustrated, adding an intricate layer to the material.

    “Each tale entertains and creates a context for creative and innovative learning. The collection is therefore highly recommended for enjoyment and study by everyone – thinkers, political scientists, writers, theologians, sociologists and anyone who appreciates the African way of life”. – Dr. K. B. Maison (Nana Kobena Nketsia V)

  • Mumaizu and the Hippos

    Age Range: 5 – 7 years

    Mumaizu lives in Wechiau, a village in the Upper West Region of Ghana. His father, Agba Tungbani, is the head tour guide for the Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary. One day, Agba surprises Mumaizu with an invitation to see the hippos.

    The Sanctuary, established in 1998, protects approximately 20 hippos along a 40-kilometre stretch of the Black Volta River.

  • Kwajo and the Brassman’s Secret – A Tale of Old Ashanti Wisdom and Gold

    Age Range: 7 – 12 years

    Kwajo’s father makes traditional small figures. One day, he makes him a little brass drummer who comes alive and transforms Kwajo into a land of proverbs and riddles. It is a land where the figures represent money, and the people are citizens in a powerful kingdom. Kwajo is tempted by riches but must first decode a series of riddles and symbols. He falls at the last test, but nonetheless learns an important lesson.

    The Brassman’s Secret won The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa 1982. It has become one of the most important children’s books in Africa, and has been translated into several foreign languages. This is a new edition appearing for the first time with full colour-illustrations.

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  • Sosu’s Call

    Age Range: 7 – 12 years

    Sosu’s Call, won the 1999 UNESCO 1st prize for Children’s and Young People’s Literature in the Service of Tolerance. It is listed as one of the top twelve titles of Africa’s 100 Best Books; and has been named an Honor Book for Young Children by the African Studies Association’s Children’s Africana Book Committee, as a contribution to accurate and balanced material on Africa for children.

    Beautifully illustrated on artpaper, the story tells of Sosu, a young disabled boy who cannot walk. Sosu misses going to school and all the activities of the other children. His village is on a lagoon, and one day when everyone is away fishing, working in the fields or at school, he raises the alarm with his drumming, and saves the village from total destruction by the sea. His heroism is rewarded when a wheelchair is donated and at last he can go to school.

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  • When Animals Complain

    Age Range: 5 – 8 years

    It was a ‘no holds barred’ session at the enlightenment meeting as all the animals therein assembled aired their grievances against man and railed against his perceived ingratitude and numerous wrongs.

    “I clean all the mess that man makes and yet he looks down in me,” said the vulture. “Man copied our secrets to build submarines so they can travel under water,” the dolphin and other fishes added.

    These and many others were the complaints raised against Man.

    Funny and fascinating…guaranteed you will learn a lot about some unique abilities of animals.

     

  • Keku and the Hopscotch Challenge

    Keku is a fun-loving young frog but competitive as well. So, when he hurts himself just before a major hopscotch contest, the race is on to see whether he can recover in time but also be able to beat his fellow contestants!

  • Sawteeth

    Age Range: 7 – 9 years

    Notorious Kwaku Ananse has been active in the galamsey business. He has brought strangers with guns to dig for illegal gold. They are destroying the beautiful environment. The animals of the forest are not happy. Then Sawteeth returns from one of his trips. Will he be able to lead the animals to attack and drive away the galamsey people?

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  • Dowa: The Caterpillar Who Could Not Stop Eating

    Age Range: 3 – 8 years 

    Little Dowa has eaten everything around her including the very eggshell from which she emerges. Her large appetite often causes her to lose every friend she made since she forgets to share but emptied every bowl of food.

    Alone and new to her surrounding, she tries to find where she belongs. Dowa soon becomes a target of a sparrow who has thought of her a fuzzy worm. Dowa must learn to survive and fend for herself.

    Will Dowa finally be eaten by the sparrow or she will survive the attack? Does Dowa find a solution to her voracious appetite? Will she ever find where she belongs and make friends.

  • The King of Katunga: A Moral Fable for Modern Times

    Age Range: 3 – 8 years 

    The King of Katunga is a moral fable for modern times; a fairy-tale story told by a grandmother through the eye of her grandson, Rufus.

    Rufus, with his childlike innocence, ‘picks’ a rose for his grandma Jocelyn without paying for it. Grandma Jocelyn, torn between love and the need to reprimand, invokes her inner grandma magic and draws Rufus into the magical land of Katunga. This is a tale of a kingdom… A king and his dilemma and the ultimate test… Who wins? What happens next?

    Does Rufus learn his lesson? In the end it is only the virtue of honesty that leads to victory.

    This book is a gift of love and passion, straight from the heart of Jenny for all the children and grandchildren of the world.

  • Sally and The Butterfly: A Choose Your Own Path Book

    Age Range: 8+ years

    Amani, Land of the Enchanted is under attack! Wicked and selfish Orbeasts have invaded the land with one purpose: the steal all the light, joy and hope from the Animals of Amani.

    Ayla the Butterfly is the guardian of the Land. She has left through a secret passage in search of a very special girl to help save Amani. That girl’s name is Sally.

    Sally lives in a place simply known as Town, where a great Sickness has taken over her people. The grown ups have told Sally that she is not big enough to help save her own Town, but Ayla knows that Sally is the only one who can save Amani, and begs her to join her in the kingdom.

    What Sally decides to do is completely up to you! You must guide Sally through every decision. You decide if she goes to Amani or stays home. You decide if she must choose to be brave or give up when things get too hard.

    The fate of Amani rests in Sally’s hands, but she cannot do it without you!

  • Exciting Animal Stories for Little Children

    Age Range: 6 – 12 years

    Exciting Animal Stories for Little Children is a collection of fascinating stories about animals who interact with each other like human beings do.

    Stories such as the Clever Ant, Speak Up! Donkey, Dog Didn’t Want to Play, along with several others, will captivate and entertain.

    What’s best, these animal stories come with moral lessons too! Enjoy!

  • Ekuba and Spidey: The Honey Tree (Volume 1)

    Ekuba loves picking fruits to share with her friends. Her new friend Spidey needs to learn lessons in sharing and saying Thank You. Spidey wanted to trick Ekuba but she caught on and he ended up in a tree.
  • Where’s Jamela?

    Age Range: 4 – 7 years

    Mama has wonderful news – she has found a new job, and a new house nearby. But Jamela is not impressed. She likes her old house so much that is where she wants to stay. On the day of the move after everything and everyone were ready, Jamela was no where to be found. Where is Jamela?

  • Ekuba and Spidey: Sticky Scarecrow (Volume 2)

    After Ekuba left Spidey stuck in the Honeytree, he was able to break free. Ekuba started a garden with her friends and Spidey got himself snared by a sticky scarecrow because of his mischief.

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